July 18, 2017

Singular and Plural Nouns ( Regular and Irregular nouns )

Singular noun - refers to one noun.

Plural nouns - refers to more than one noun.

REGULAR NOUNS 

Singular nouns can be pluralized by adding -s or -es
Ex. Boat-boats 


Singular nouns ending in s,x,z,ch,sh can be pluralized by adding -es 
Ex. Bus-buses


A singular noun ending in a consonant and then y makes the plural form by dropping the y and adding -ies. 
Ex. Penny- pennies 


While in some words we follow the general rule, there are certain instances we exempt words 
Ex. Hero-heroes


IRREGULAR NOUNS 

Singular nouns that changes the spelling when pluralized. 
Ex. Woman- women leaf- leaves 

Again there are certain instances we exempt words. 
Ex. Roof-roofs

Some nouns does not change the spelling. 
Ex. Deer-deer sheep-sheep

Words that are plural in form and does not have a singular form.
Ex. Jeans 

Pluralizing the principal noun 
Ex. Basket-of-gold - baskets-of-gold


July 21, 2017 

Noun and Pronoun Case

Subjective Case- the noun or pronoun is used as a subject

Objective Case-  A noun or pronoun is in the objective case when it is used as a direct object, an indirect object, or an object of the preposition. 

Possessive Case- noun that shows ownership of an object.

Pronoun- used to replace the noun(s).

Demonstrative pronouns- are pronouns used to point to something specific

Interrogative pronouns- are pronouns used to make questions easy

PERSONAL, DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
 
Personal pronouns- referring to people or beings. Personal pronoun is a pronoun that is associated primarily with a particular person, in the grammatical sense.

Definite pronouns -  refer to something specific. So a personal pronoun would also be a definite pronoun. 


Indefinite pronouns - do not refer to something specific.