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SECTION 14 nouns

grammar summary

y
o
s
s
o
are
are
m
m
d
d
s
house,
s
w
y
w
o
o
Nouns are m o s t t t l l l y w o r r r d s for house, tree,
Nouns
Nouns are mostly words for things and people - for example house, tree, driver, child, water, idea, lesson.
Most nouns can after the.
after
nouns
nouns
Most
Most nouns can come after the.
(we

English nouns can be countable (we can say two houses) or uncountable (we can't say two waters). .
can't
(we

houses)
two
two
two
say

s

)
say
two
two
r
say

e
can't
t
w
a
can't
n
a
use

/
a
use
an
an
idea).
Countable nouns have plurals (houses), and we can use a/an with them (ahouse, an idea).
Uncountable nouns have no plurals, and we can't use a/an before them.
c
some English uncountable nouns are countable in some other languages (like furniture).

e
l
(like
b
o
n
t
nouns
languages
are
languages
are
are
u
nouns
a
can
We

We can join two nouns:
We
brother's
parents'

parents'
house).
parents'

wife,

my

my
brother's

s'
or

f
(
(
or
a
a
• with a possessive 's or s' (for example my brother's wife, my parents' house).
possessive
or
's
's
f
example
r
r
brother's
my
my
o
o
preposition (for
• with a preposition (for example a piece of cake).
a
a
the
shop).
e
(for
e

example
r
after
after

shoe
shoe
h
t
t
a
(for
a
shoe
h
o
o
(for
r
• directly one after the other (for example chocolate cake, a shoe shop).
key
key ring
key ring
glass house
glass
glass house
ring finger
plate glass
finger nail
nail file
number plate
number
number
plate
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