Class VIII-A………….

07-07-2020
English
Yaseen Piyar Ali
Noun and its properties……
1. Living or non-living…..
2. Countable or uncountable noun….
a. Countable…. Table…. Fan….. pencil…. Books
b. Uncountable…. Rice….. milk…. Salt… water…
3. Abstract or concrete……
a. Abstract….. freedom…… democracy… happiness. Truth….
Anger…. Danger….
b. Concrete…… ice-cream…. Cat…. phone…

Types of noun:
1. Common noun…….
Wren and martin English grammar & composition…
A common is a known specific person, place or thing…..(Naveed)
A noun denotes a class of objects or concepts as opposed to a particular
objects.
A common noun is a name of common person, place or thing (Falak)
A common noun is a name of any general place, person, or thing and
they cannot be capitalized…(sehar)
A common noun is non-specific person, place. or thing (waniya).
A common noun is a name shared by all the things of same nature, class,
purpose, function and appearance.
Boy…… girl…..
Pen……. Used for writing purpose…
School…….. students come to learn and teachers come to teach…
Book……. Supposed to be read……
Mobile…… to used for calling other people……

Making plural from singular….

Singular Plural
Rule no.1. those nouns which end
with ss, ch, sh, o,x are made plural
by adding es at the end…
Ss
Glass… Glasses
Class… Classes
Ch
Watch Watches
Catch Catches
Match. Matches
Sh
Dish Dishes
Wish Wishes
Fish Fishes
O
Mango Mangoes
Tomato Tomatoes
Potato Potatoes.
X
Fox Foxes
Box Boxes
Fax Faxes

Rule. No. 2. Those nouns which

have vowel+y at the end are made
plural by adding s….
Boy Boys
Toy…. Toys
Day Days
Rule. No. 3. Those nouns which
have consonant+ y at the end are
made plural by replying y with ies.
Family Families
Fly Flies
Candy Candies
Cry Cries
Lady Ladies

Rule. No. 4 those nouns which

have f, fe at the end are made
plural by replacing f, fe with ves….
Leaf Leaves
Thief Thieves
Loaf Loaves
Wife Wives
Knife Knives
wolf Wolves
life Lives
Rule.no. 5 those nouns which end
with any consonant apart from
discussed above are made plural by
adding s at the end
Book Books
Pen Pens
Laptop Laptops
shop Shops
hat Hats
dog dogs

2. Proper noun………..
3. Collective noun……
4. Material noun…….
5. Abstract noun…….