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(1)Problems with Nouns Problems with Nouns
Singular or Plural???? Singular or Plural????
Woman?
(2)Introduction Introduction
Problems with Nouns
Look at the sentences below What’s wrong? Move your mouse over each sentence to see the answer.
1 I have three bedroom in my house.
2 There are many milks in the refrigerator. 3 Those chair are in the wrong room.
4 There are five reds cars.
5 Some of the class are at night. 6 Your childs are beautiful.
“Bedrooms” should be plural because the sentence says there are three
“Bedrooms” should be plural because the sentence says there are three The word “milks” is
(3)Guideline #1 Guideline #1
Count and Non-Count Nouns
In English, we have countable and non-countable nouns Some examples of countable and non-countable nouns are below.
Countable Nouns Non-Countable Nouns
(4)Guideline #2 Guideline #2
Countable Nouns
Countable nouns can have singular and plural forms and can be counted numerically Most countable nouns can be made plural by adding –s or –es.
book books 3 books
(5)Guideline #3 Guideline #3
Non-Countable Nouns
Non-countable nouns have only one form and can’t be counted numerically Look at the examples below.
monies money
one money money
healths health
(6)Guideline #4 Guideline #4
Non-Countable Nouns
Non-countable nouns cannot take the plural –s or –es or an article (a, an).
a furniture furniture furnitures furniture
a news news
(7)Guideline #5 Guideline #5
Irregular Plural Nouns
Some nouns have an irregular plural form Look at the examples below.
child childs children
woman womans women
(8)Guideline #6 Guideline #6 Noun Quantifiers
Words like, a few, a little, much, any, some, and many are used differently depending on whether the noun in the sentence is count or non-count.
a few
count nouns a few bananas
a little
(9)(Continued) (Continued) Noun Quantifiers
many
count nouns many chairs
much
non-count nouns much furniture
some
(10)(Continued) (Continued) Noun Quantifiers
Any is used in negative sentences with count and
non-count nouns Notice the difference in plural and singular verbs.
any
count nouns There aren’t any chairs.
any
(11)Guideline #7 Guideline #7
Agreement with Demonstrative Adjectives
Remember to make demonstrative adjectives (this, that, these, those) agree with the nouns they modify.
singular
This/That
these room
plural
These/Those
these rooms
(12)Guideline #8 Guideline #8
Nouns and “of phrases”
A countable noun is always plural after an “of phrase” that shows quantity A non-count noun is always singular after an “of phrase.”
“of phrases”
Some of the chairs are broken.
Some of the furniture is broken.
plural
(13)Guideline #9 Guideline #9
Adjectives
Adjectives are never plural.
Those are beautifuls houses.
beautiful
That is an olds book.
old
adjective
(14)Practice Exercises
Practice Exercises
Click on the links below to look at additional grammar notes and some practice exercises with count and non-count
nouns
(15)Practice Exercises
Practice Exercises
Now you are ready to practice what you’ve learned Click the link below to return to Unit D Print and complete the
(16)Editing Checklist Editing Checklist
After you have checked your essay for singular/plural noun problems, read your essay draft aloud to your tutor As you read it,listen to make sure there are no errors in
singular/plural nouns.