Friday, 17 January 2014

NOUN and the VERB




NOUN

COMMON NOUNS                                                                       PROPER NOUNS
         boy                                                                                                 john
         girl                                                                                                  mary

SINGULAR NOUNS                                                                       PLURAL NOUNS
        boy                                                                                                 boys
        girl                                                                                                  girls

SINGULAR POSSESSIVE 
                                                              PLURAL POSSESSIVE
       boy's                                                                                                boys'

Rules for changing singular noun to plural form:
Eg.Common  nouns:    pen--------->pens
      collective nouns:    Army------->armies
                                   lady--------->ladies
                                   baby--------->babies

Plural of the nouns ending with 'x' , 'sh'  , or 'ch' is form by adding es.

eg: box----->boxes
     brush----->brushes
     bench----->benches

'y'----before 'y' if a vovel comes ,then add only 's'.
  eg: donkey--->donkeys
        key------->keys

Compound nouns form their plural by adding 's' to the importand word.
eg: mother-in-law------->mothers-in-law
     step-son------------->step-sons

Some nouns are used in singular form.
eg:This scenery is beautiful
     All this information was wrong.

Some nouns are having same form both singular and plural.
eg:this deer or these deer.
    sheep---sheep
    fish---fish.

Some singular looks plural.
eg:physics
    mathematics
    news
    politics
    innings.

CONCRETE NOUNS:   which can see or touch.
ABSTRACT NOUNS:    cannt see but feeled.
       eg:Idea,honesty,bravery etc..
MATERISL NOUNS:     water,gold,wood.
COLLECTIVE NOUNS:  Group of things.
       eg: army,bunch etc..



The Verb

Definition:A verb is a  word that expresses the action or otherwise helps to make a statement .

Eg: He runs fast.

Kinds of Verb.
1.Action Verb: Express mental or physical action.
Eg: He rode the horse to victory.

2.Linking verb makes a statement by connecting the subject with a word that describes or explains it.
Eg: He has been sick.

A verb does two things in a sentance.

1. It shows action(eg.works) or the state of being(eg. is,was) of the subject.
eg:The boy walks to school.
     The flower is beautiful.

2.It shows the time of action(the tense)
eg: The boy walked to school.




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