Noun

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What is Noun?-- A Name refers to person, animal, object or place.

How many types of Noun? -- It can be basically divided into two groups below.

• Countable Noun -- Table, Cat, Dog
• Uncountable Noun -- Sugar, Water, Attitude ..

Must know about Nouns

• Use a/ an to describe only one noun
• The following characters can tell you that the word is a noun
  • XX ness -- emptiness
  • XX ity -- capacity
  • XX tion -- duration
  • XX ence -- confidence
  • XX sion -- mission
• Use apostrophe ('s) for making the posessive noun.
  • John's dog -- The dog belongs to John
• Use s' for making plural possessive noun that end with s or es
  • Boys' dog -- The dog belong to the boys
• Use 's for making plural possessive noun that do not end with s or es
• People's right -- The right of people

 

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