The Noun

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 The Noun
English nouns can be masculine, feminine or neuter (those referring to inanimate objects).

However, their gender does not affect either the article or the adjective that may accompany them, since they do
not vary in form.

Example: The red car – The red cars.

On the other hand, the gender of the noun must be taken into account when substituting it for a personal pronoun:

■ The girl is nice – She is nice;

■ The boy is nice – He is nice;

■ The lamp is nice – It is nice.


Countables!
 Countable nouns are those that can be
counted and have plural.
Countable nouns have
singular and plural forms.
When we refer to singular countable nouns,
they can be preceded by the indefinite
article a/an.

 Can be counted one at a time using I have an I ate a

numbers in front of the countable egg Chocolate cake
noun
 Uncountable nouns do
Uncountables! not have plural form
Uncountable nouns are those elements that
we cannot count using numbers but we can
 Nouns uncountable, are those that
count using quantifiers or partitives.
cannot be counted.

 In this group we generally include all

substances, matters and abstract A carton of milk
qualities.
 Example:
Others
quantifiers or
partitives.

 If we want to express a specific quantity

of an uncountable element we will add a
group of words that divide the whole into
parts that can be counted followed by the
preposition of:
 Some! Example:
 We use SOME in affirmative I have some naughty cats
sentences with countable and
uncountable nouns.

I was given some birthday presents

 Any!
Example:
 The expression ANY is used with
countable and uncountable nouns in They didn't buy me any juice
negative sentences and in questions.

Is there any money in the wallet?

 Plural of
countable nouns
 3.- If the word ends in "-o", "-es" is usually
To form the plural of added as well.
countable nouns:
Potato → Potatoes (Potato/s)

1.- The ending "-s" is added to the singular: Tomato → Tomatoes (Tomato/s)

animal - animals. 4.- When the word ends in "y" after a

consonant, the "y" is replaced by an "i" and "-
2.- If ending in -s, -z, -sh, -CH,-x, etc.: es" is added, but it must have a consonant
before.
Church - churches

fish - fishes. Baby → Babies (Bebé/s)

Fox - foxes Lady → Ladies(Dama/s)

To form the plural of
countable nouns: 6.- Some words, as in Spanish, are always in
plural form:

5.- Some words ending in "-f" or "-fe" form the Scissors: Tijeras
plural by replacing the "f" with a "v" and adding
"-es". Trousers: Pantalones
Life → Lives (Vida/s) 7.- In some cases the "a" is changed
Thief → Thieves (Ladrón/es) to "e“:

Knife → Knives (Cuchillo/s) Man → men

Fox - foxes Woman → women
Practice
Exercises

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There is ____ beer in the fridge. Are there ____ grapes in the
kitchen?

Some Some
Any Any
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There is not ____ wine in my

I have ____earrings
glass.

Some Some
Any Any
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There are not ____ eggs on the

In the jungle there are ____ lions.
table.

Some Some
Any Any
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option E xa m
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____ gifts are small

____ advice for me?

Some Some
Any Any
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option E xa m
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Are there ____cats in the store?

Buy ____ pears

Some Some
Any Any
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I saw that he was carrying ____

I didn't find ____ juice at home
flowers

Some Some
Any Any
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option E xa m
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Are ____ apples sweet?

____ dogs are big

Some Some
Any Any
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