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Definition
 Nouns
are the words we use for the names of things.
They
can be the names of people, places, objects, or even feelings.
EXAMPLES
objects |
lamp, hat, gate, spoon, book
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feelings |
joy, sadness, fear, anger
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natural things |
thunder, electricity, gravity, speed
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groups |
herd, pack, catalogue, crowd
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USE
We
went to town and bought a lamp.
The joy she
felt was clear for all to see.
Thunder could
be heard from a distance of three miles.
The cow with
the curly horn was the most spectacular of the herd.
We
use nouns all the time in both speech and writing.
There
are three different types of noun:
- Common nouns
- Proper nouns
- Abstract nouns
Common
nouns. This is the term for objects such as 'shoe', 'book',
'coat', 'man', and 'woman'.
Proper
nouns. This is the term for names of people, places, days
of the week, and months of the year.
Proper
nouns are written with a capital letter:
Jack Smith
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November
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Tuesday
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Buckingham Palace
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Abstract
nouns. This is the term for feelings - such as 'anger', 'joy',
'fear', and 'sadness'.
If
there is more than one thing being discussed, we use the plural.
PLURAL - girls
Most plurals of
nouns are formed by adding the letter 's'.
books shoes coats dogs cats
But
there are a lot of words which have what are called irregular plurals:
SINGULAR
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PLURAL
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man
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men
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woman
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women
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child
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children
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ox
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oxen
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ostrich
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ostriches
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