Roxana Nastase - English Grammar Practice--The Noun: Explanations & Exercises with Answers

ROXANA NASTASE

ENGLISH GRAMMAR THE NOUN EXPLANATIONS & EXERCISES WITH ANSWERS SCARLET LEAF PUBLISHING HOUSE 2016 SCARLET LEAF PUBLISHING HOUSE TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA COPYRIGHT BY ROXANA NASTASE ISBN: 978-0-9880895-0-1 All rights reserved. No part of this book can be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address Scarlet Leaf Publishing House Scarletleafpublishinghouse@gmail.com Cover Design: Roxana Nastase . Most of the nouns add s to singular to form the plural. Ex: chair chair s 2. Nouns ending in ch , -sh , -s or x at singular, add es for plural.

Ex: watch watch es bush bush es kiss kiss es box box es Note: the nouns POTATO and TOMATO add es for plural: potato potato es tomato tomato es 3. Nouns ending in a consonant +-y at singular turn y into i and add es for plural. Ex: fly fl ies try tr ies 4. Nouns ending in f or fe at singular turn the respective termination into ves . Ex: wolf wol ves wife wiv es leaf leav es life liv es Exception: roof roofs 5. Some nouns have irregular plural: Ex: man men child children woman women person people tooth teeth foot feet mouse mice sheep sheep fish fish ox oxen goose geese die dice NOTES: 1.

Foreign nouns and abbreviations in o add only s at the form of the singular to form the plural. Ex: photo photo s piano piano s 2. Names take s for plural without modifications Ex: Mary Mary s (The Marys of the world are too many to be counted) 3. Some nouns have the same form for the singular and the plural: a) Some names of animals and fish cod, fish, mackerel, salmon, pike, plaice, trout, sheep, deer, swine b) Measurement units and numerals Two hundred dollars One dozen eggs - but two dozens eggs c) Nouns like: brace (= pair), yoke (= pair of oxen), stone (6.350 kg), couple, head, hundredweight (= 50 or 45 kg) are invariable after numerals and are always followed by of Exceptions possible for : pairs of; stone(s); hundredweight(s) d) The nouns: kind, sort, manner e) Names of inhabitants of a country or towns that end in e or s : Ex: Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Viennese, Swiss f) The nouns: series and species

. We always use a verb in plural for: a) nouns like: c avalry gentry infantry peasantry foot = infantry craft = ships, boats poultry clergy nobility laity cannon horse = cavalry cattle b) adjectives and participle used as nouns like: t he poor the blind the accused the rich the wounded the deceased . If we have an expression like: five pounds ten liters four miles designating a quantity or a measurement unit, the verb will be used in singular.

Ex: Wheres that two pounds I left on the table? Ex: Four liters of milk is not enough. 6. The nouns people and police are always used with a verb in plural. Ex: People are interesting. Exception: when people represents a nation

Ex: The people of our country has made the choice. 7. 7.

The following nouns are singular even though they end in s:

C rossroads News Series Means Mathematics Physics Politics Economics Athletics Ex: Heres the news. Ex: Physics is difficult. . Rephrase the sentences using the nouns in plural instead of singular and make all necessary changes: a) The table had only three legs. _____________________________________________ b) The boy played the piano in the sitting-room. ______________________________________________ d) The chair was broken. ______________________________________________ e) He opened the window because it was too hot. ______________________________________________ f) The door was left open. ______________________________________________ g) The dog was barking while the chariot was passing by. ______________________________________________ h) The ashtray was full of ashes. ______________________________________________ i) The jar was in the pantry. ______________________________________________ j) The pen was lying on the floor. ______________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________ 2.

Fill in the blanks with one noun from the list; use the noun in singular or in plural, according to the meaning of the sentence: bush, kiss, fly, potato, tooth, deer, salmon, cavalry, news, Physics a) She was listening to the _______________ attentively and forgot everything about her ___________________ homework. b) No one was touching the ________________________ on the table. They seemed weird and werent appealing at all. c) Their ________________________ were common knowledge. They could be seen kissing each other everywhere without concern about the people around. e) He had to see the doctor. e) He had to see the doctor.

His ___________________ were painful and he couldnt chew anything at all. f) The _____________________ were by the river drinking some water. g) There were lots of _____________________ in the kitchen. Someone had forgotten to cover the jam jar. h) I read that one can find _____________________ in these waters. j) She was choosing the ___________________. j) She was choosing the ___________________.

Most of them were too small and she was thinking with horror of peeling them. 3. Rephrase the following sentences putting the nouns in plural. Make all the necessary changes: a) The watch was very expensive. ____________________________________________ b) The match was very exciting. _____________________________________________ d) The sketch was very funny. ______________________________________________ e) The bitch barked at night and awaked everybody. ______________________________________________ f) The bush hid the view. ______________________________________________ g) The brush was green and silver. ______________________________________________ h) The dish was very tasty. ______________________________________________ i) They gave me a brush as a present. ______________________________________________ j) Joan left her watch on the night table. ______________________________________________ 4. ______________________________________________ 4.

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