NOUN:(اسم)
- A noun is a word which used for naming anything.Or A noun names a person ,place or an idea.
COUNTABLE NOUN:(قابل شمار اسم)
Names of these things which are counted.
e.g
book,table,people ,star ,animal etc.
FORMS:
Countable noun have two forms.
1)Singular 2) Plural
SINGULAR:(واحد)
The noun which represents one person,place or thing is known as singular noun.
e.g
flower,fish,book,boy ,girls etc.
PLURAL:(جمع)
The noun which stands for more than one person ,place or thing is known as plural noun.
e.g
flowers,fishes,books,boys,girls etc
Rules for making plurals from singular nouns.
- By adding "S" to singular numbers
e.g
book to books,boy to boys,head to heads,girl to girls pin to pins etc.
- By adding "es" to those singular nouns which ends at s,x,ch,sh,ox,o etc.
e.g
box to boxes,glass to glasses,bush to bushes,hero to heroes etc
- By changing "y" of those singular noun which proceeded by a constant into "i" and adding "es" in the end.
e.g
baby to babies,lady to ladies etc.
- By adding "s"at the end of singular noun proceeded by a vowel.(a,e,i,o,u)
e.g
boy to boys,monkey to monkeys etc
- By changing f or "fe" of singular noun into "ves"
e.g
leaf to leaves, life to lives ,wife to wives etc.
- By adding "s" at the end of singular noun proceeded by vowels (a,e,i,o,u)
e.g
chief to chiefs,roof to roofs
- In compound noun only principle word is pluralised.
e.g
Brother-in-law to Brothers-in-law,step-son to step-sons,maid-servant to maid servants
- Some noun are used in only singular form.
e.g
furniture,offspring,scenery etc.
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