A2 Nouns - Plural Form - Noun Phrase - Adjectives

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UNIT A2
UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

0 Self-study Preview
Nouns:
1  http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omgrammar/sustantivos.htm
(Section: Grammar).
02 Compound nouns:
 http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit15/page2.
htm
(Sections: Pronunciation and Useful Tips).
03 Adjectives:
 http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omgrammar/adjetivoscalificati
vos.htm
(Section: Grammar - Position of adjectives).
 http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit10/page4.
htm
UTN FRVM (Sections: Grammar, UsefulCecchel
Lic. Evangelina Tips and Exercises).
- Lic. Bibiana Fernandez
A noun is a word that functions as the
name of something (a person, a place
or a thing). Nouns are the most
common class of word in English.
There are different kinds of nouns.

Gerunds
Running is good for you.
Here “running” looks like a verb because of its -ing ending but it is a noun
(gerund) because we are talking about the concept of running, we are talking
about a thing. Examples of gerunds: reading, writing, dancing, thinking,
flying.
Examples: Watching a movie is fun!

Dancing is great.
His paintings are awesome.

SINGULAR AND
PLURAL NOUNS

Nouns usually form their plural form by adding -
s to the singular.
Examples:
Desk – desks
Chair – chairs
Window – windows
Table – tables
Door – doors

Some other nouns add –es to their singular form. (Nouns
ending in -x, -s, -sh and -ch).
Examples:
Fax – faxes
Class - classes
Brush – brushes
Watch – watches

Anyway, there are some special rules for other nouns:
(a) Nouns that end in -y preceded by a vowel, add –s in the plural form;
but nouns that end in -y preceded by a consonant, change -y to -i and
add -es.
Examples:
Boy – boys
Toy – toys
Baby – babies
City – cities

(b) Nouns that end in -f or -fe change -f or -fe to -ve and add -s.
Examples:
Knife – knives
Wife – wives
Leaf - leaves

(c) Nouns that end in -o form the plural form by adding -s or -es according
to usage.
Examples:
Piano – pianos
Video – videos
Hero – heroes
Tornado – tornadoes
Echo – echoes
Tomato - tomatoes

(d) Other nouns are considered irregular since they do not add -s or –es.
They change the main vowel or some part of the word or they do not
change at all.
Examples:
Tooth – teeth
Foot – feet
Man – men
Woman – women
Mouse – mice
Child – children
Person – people
Fish – fish
Deer – deer
Sheep – sheep

Change into plural the following nouns:
Scarf: ___________
Light: ___________
Bay: ___________
Lady: ___________
Box: ____________
Kiss: ____________
Family:__________
Day: ___________
Church: ___________
Notebook: ___________
Match: ____________
Word: ___________
Pencil: ____________
Telephone: ____________

N O U N
A S E
P HR

 A basic noun phrase is a phrase which includes:
 a noun (also called headword)…

 and modifiers.
 A noun phrase does not contain a verb.

 A noun phrase contains noun modifiers. They modify the meaning of the
noun (headword) that comes at the end of the phrase.
 Some of the modifiers can go before a noun (Pre-modifiers):

The mountain (Article)
Two new cars. (Adjectives)
Some food. (Quantifier)
An interesting movie. (-ing participle)
A retired teacher. (-ed participle)
A far-away house. (Adverb)
A children book. (Noun)

The order of a noun phrase in Spanish is as follows:

Identify the noun phrases and translate them.
1) The new evaluation system is on the files.
2) I have a Mechanical Engineering degree.
3) They are downloaded files from the Internet.
4) She has a nice red t-shirt.
5) They read a science fiction novel.
6) Big houses are very expensive.
7) I study at the National Technological University.
8) The black laptop on the table is big.
9) That is a beautiful large garden.
10) He is a Chemical Engineer and I am an Electronic Engineering student.
11) UTN has an excellent university education.

ADJECTIVES

An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun. (By "noun" we
include pronouns and noun phrases.)
An adjective "qualifies" or "modifies" a noun:

A new student.
An interesting book.
An adjective can be used before a noun:

I like Chinese food.
…or after certain verbs:
It is hard.

Adjectives do not have plural forms or gender:
An expensive car. An expensive house.

Expensive cars. Expensive houses.
We can often use two or more adjectives together.
A beautiful modern French painting.

Choose a word and say a sentence!
Expensive Old important
nice full
New sad Cold
Difficult economic
happy national Blue
Tall Big
Common Nouns vs Proper Nouns:
https://www.grammar.cl/english-games/common-nouns-proper-noun
s.htm
(Section: English Grammar Game).
Concrete Nouns vs Abstract nouns:

https://www.grammar.cl/english-games/concrete-nouns-abstract-nou
ns.htm
(Section: English Grammar Game).
Countable Nouns vs Uncountable nouns:

https://www.grammar.cl/Games/Countable_Uncountable_Nouns.ht
m
Compound Nouns:
https
://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_
Language_(ESL)/
Compound_nouns/Compound_nouns_hu897991ts
Singular and Plural Nouns:
http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit2/page1.htm
(Sections: Pronunciation, Grammar, and Exercises).
http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/plurals/plurals1.html
(Section: Fill-in exercise).
http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/plurals/plurals2.html
Adjectives:
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise
-english-4427.php
(Section: Exercise).
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/vocabulary/2v26-adjective-oppo
sites.php
(Section: Exercise).
http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/adjectives/adjectives1.html
http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/adjectives/adjectives2.html

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UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

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Examples: Watching a movie is fun!

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

 a noun (also called headword)…

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

 Some of the modifiers can go before a noun (Pre-modifiers):

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UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

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UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

An adjective "qualifies" or "modifies" a noun:

An adjective can be used before a noun:

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

An expensive car. An expensive house.

We can often use two or more adjectives together.

UTN FRVM Lic. Evangelina Cecchel - Lic. Bibiana Fernandez

Expensive Old important

Concrete Nouns vs Abstract nouns:

Countable Nouns vs Uncountable nouns:

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