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WAGHOLI, HADAPSAR, KALYANINAGAR

TOPIC
SINGULAR/PLURAL NOUNS
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
ABSTRACT NOUNS
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NOUNS (SINGULAR/PLURAL)

A noun can refer to one or more than

one person, place, animal or thing.
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SINGULAR NOUN:

A noun that names one person, place,

animal or thing is called a singular
noun.
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PLURAL NOUN:
A noun that names more than one
person, place, animal or thing is called
plural noun.
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 Add : es to nouns that end in ch, sh, o,

s, ss, x and z to get their plural forms.
 EXAMPLES:

BRUSH BRUSHES
OSTRICH OSTRICHES
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TOMATO TOMATOES BUS BUSES

BOXES
BOX
PRINCESS PRINCESSES
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 Some words ending in O take only S in its plural form. Eg:

Piano – Pianos
 Nouns that end in a consonant followed by Y change into
plural form by changing Y to I and then adding ES. Eg: City
– Cities, Country – Countries, Monkey – Monkeys.
 Nouns that end in a vowel followed by Y change into plural
form by adding – S. Eg: Key – Keys
 To form the plural of a noun that ends in F or FE – we
replace the F or FE with – VES. Eg: Leaf – leaves, wife –
wives.
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 Some nouns have the same form in singular and plural.

 Eg:

SHEEP
DEER
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COLLECTIVE NOUNS:
Collective nouns refer to a set or group of persons, animals or things.
Eg: Crowd of people.
Flock of sheep. Herd of cows. Pack of dogs.
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 ABSTRACT NOUNS:
 Abstract noun refers to qualities of a person, place,
animal or thing which you cannot see, feel, touch, smell
or taste. You can only experience them.
 Eg: ANGER, LOVE, SADNESS, KINDNESS,
FRIENDSHIP, HATRED, ETC.
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