There are countable and uncountable nouns. Countable a chair a question an engineer a bus Uncountable mater milk freedom friendship
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The countable noun is used in the form of the singular and the plural. The uncountable nouns is used only in the form of singular.
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Some nouns form the plural by changing the root vowel.
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The plural of the nouns sheep, deer, swine and fish is identical with the singular.
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Some nouns borrowed from Latin and Greek keep the plural form of the language from which they have been borrowed. A phenomenon [finominen]-phenomena [finimine]явище a crisis [ kraisis ]-crises[kraisiz] a radius [reidjes]-radii [reidiai]
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If the singular ends in – th [θ] preceded by a long vowel or a diphthong, in the plural the final [θ] is changed into [ ʆ] after which the ending –s is pronounced [z]. A path [pa:θ]- paths [pa:ʆz]
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Some nouns ending in – o take –es. f.e Tomato- tomatoes But: radio-radios, piano- pianos, photo- photos, video- videos.
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Repeat the rule!
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Plurals Spelling Rules To form plural nouns we usually add -s to the noun. one pen - two pens Nouns ending in -s, -ss, -ch, -x or -o take -es in the plural. bus - buses, glass - glasses, brush - brushes, watch - watches, fox - foxes, tomato - tomatoes However, some nouns ending in - o take only –s . radio - radios, piano - pianos, studio - studios , video - videos kilo - kilos Nouns ending in a vowel + y take -s in the plural. boy - boys Nouns ending in a consonant + y drop the -y and take -ies in the plural. party - parties , baby - babies Most nouns ending in -f or -fe, drop the -f or -fe and take -ves in the plural. knife - knives , wolf - wolves However, some nouns ending in -f or -fe take only -s. roof - roofs, cliff - cliffs, giraffe - giraffes
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Irregular Plurals Some nouns do not form their plural according to the about rules. They either have a different form or the same form as in the singular. These are:
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Singular Plural child man women foot tooth goose mouse sheep ox deer children men women feet teeth geese mice sheep Oxen deer
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Countable / Uncountable Nouns Countable nouns are nouns which we can count. They have singular and plural forms. One egg, two eggs, three eggs
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Uncountable nouns are nouns which we cannot count. Uncountable nouns have only singular forms. These nouns include: Food: cheese, butter, salt, pepper, bread, spaghetti, etc Liquid: coffee, milk, water, tea, lemonade, etc
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We can use the following nouns before uncountable nouns to show quantity:
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a bottle → a bottle of coke a glass → a glass of water a carton → a carton of milk a cup → a cup of coffee a bowl → a bowl of rice a packet → a packet of spaghetti a slice → a slice of cheese a loaf → a loaf of bread a kilo → a kilo of sugar a bar → a bar of chocolate