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To identify the subject, you ask yourself “who” is doing the action.
To identify the object, you ask yourself "what" is being affected by the action.
Nouns can either be countable or uncountable
Abstract nouns
It denote an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object.
Common nouns and Proper nouns
- Names of countries that use a plural form or contain the words “united” or “union”
- Names of ships
- Newspapers
- Names of buildings
- Compound nouns
- Unit nouns
- Quantifying nouns
- Species nouns
Collective nouns
Words we use to talk about a group of things, animals or people.
A bit of cake, a chunk of chocolate, a grain of sand, an ítem of cloth, a piece of cake, a sheet of paper, etc.
A ball of paper, a sheet of paper, a fragment of paper, a piece of paper, a heap of paper, etc.
Quantifying nouns
A) Nouns for a type of container (Basket of, cup of, box of, etc)
“class of…” “More than one-fourth of the territory is made up of this class of reliefs.”
“Species of…” “Under these conditions certain species of bacteria break down the waste to
form methane gas.”