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    English Grammar Practice - The Noun: Explanations & Exercises with Answers
    English Grammar Practice - The Noun: Explanations & Exercises with Answers
    English Grammar Practice - The Noun: Explanations & Exercises with Answers
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    English Grammar Practice - The Noun: Explanations & Exercises with Answers

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    English Grammar might seem difficult. It gets easier with examples and comparisons. You can master English grammar through conversational exercises. They will help you with everyday life in an English environment. The method was tested for several years on students between eleven and sixty-five years old and the results were astonishing. This Grammar English Book offers grammar, fully explained and practiced through a variety of exercises; helps with developing and practicing vocabulary; is ideal for self-study or classroom use. There are regular consolidation units which help with the First Certificate and TOEFL examinations. From the Author This is an ideal resource, helping with adapting communications by presenting English grammar structures. If you want to become fluent in English, this will help you reach your goal of becoming fluent. The structure and uses of nouns are explained with detailed examples for each structure and are practiced extensively in exercises, which also help to develop conversational skills. This book has been developed and tested along several years. I have used the content of this English Grammar Book with very good results. About the Author Roxana Nastase has been teaching English for over seventeen years, ranging in level from kindergarten to college. She specializes in English Grammar and has had several books issued throughout the years. Her books were used with much success in schools in Eastern Europe for teaching English as a second language.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRoxana Nastase
    Release dateDec 13, 2017
    ISBN9780988089518
    English Grammar Practice - The Noun: Explanations & Exercises with Answers
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    Roxana Nastase

    Roxana Nastase has been teaching English for over seventeen years, ranging in level from kindergarten to college. She specializes in English Grammar and has had several books issued throughout the years. Her books were used with much success in schools in Eastern Europe for teaching English as a second language.

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      English Grammar Practice - The Noun - Roxana Nastase

      ROXANA NASTASE

      ––––––––

      ENGLISH GRAMMAR

      THE NOUN

      EXPLANATIONS & EXERCISES

      WITH ANSWERS

      ––––––––

      SCARLET LEAF PUBLISHING HOUSE

      2016

      SCARLET LEAF PUBLISHING HOUSE

      TORONTO

      ONTARIO

      CANADA

      COPYRIGHT BY ROXANA NASTASE

      ISBN: 978-0-9880895-0-1

      All rights reserved. No part of this book can be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      For information address Scarlet Leaf Publishing House

      Scarletleafpublishinghouse@gmail.com

      Cover Design: Roxana Nastase

      UNIT 1: SINGULAR AND PLURAL OF THE NOUNS

      RULES TO FORM THE PLURAL OF NOUNS

      1. Most of the nouns add –s to singular to form the plural.

      Ex: chair  chairs

      2. Nouns ending in –ch, -sh, -s or –x at singular, add –es for plural.

      Ex: watch  watches

      bush  bushes

      kiss  kisses

      box  boxes

      Note: the nouns POTATO and TOMATO add –es for plural:

      potato  potatoes

      tomato  tomatoes

      3. Nouns ending in a consonant +-y at singular turn –y into –i and add –es for plural.

      Ex: fly  flies

      try  tries

      4. Nouns ending in –f or –fe at singular turn the respective termination into –ves.

      Ex: wolf  wolves

      wife  wives

      leaf  leaves

      life  lives

      Exception: roof  roofs

      5. Some nouns have irregular plural:

      Ex:

      man  men

      child  children

      woman  women

      person  people

      tooth  teeth

      foot  feet

      mouse  mice

      sheep  sheep

      fish  fish

      ox  oxen

      goose  geese

      die dice

      NOTES:

      1. Foreign nouns and abbreviations in –o add only –s at the form of the singular to form the plural.

      Ex: photo  photos

      piano  pianos

      2. Names take –s for plural without modifications

      Ex: Mary  Marys (The Marys of the world are too many to be counted)

      3. Some nouns have the same form for the singular and the plural:

      a) Some names of animals and fish

       cod,

       fish,

       mackerel,

       salmon,

       pike,

       plaice,

       trout,

       sheep,

       deer,

       swine

      b) Measurement units and numerals

       Two hundred dollars

       One dozen eggs - but two dozens eggs

      c) Nouns like: brace (= pair), yoke (= pair of oxen), stone (6.350 kg), couple, head, hundredweight (= 50 or 45 kg) are invariable after numerals and are always followed by of

      Exceptions possible for:

      pairs of; stone(s); hundredweight(s)

      d) The nouns: kind, sort, manner

      e) Names of inhabitants of a country or towns that end in –e or –s:

      Ex: Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Viennese, Swiss

      f) The nouns: series and species

      ––––––––

      4. We always use a verb in plural for:

      a) nouns like:

      ––––––––

      cavalry

      gentry

      infantry

      peasantry

      foot = infantry

      craft = ships, boats

      poultry

      clergy

      nobility

      laity

      cannon

      horse = cavalry

      cattle

      b) adjectives and participle used as nouns like:

      ––––––––

      the poor

      the blind

      the accused

      the rich

      the wounded

      the deceased

      ––––––––

      5. If we have an expression like:

       five pounds

       ten liters

       four miles

      designating a quantity or a measurement unit, the verb will be used in singular.

      Ex: Where’s that two pounds I left on the table?

      Ex: Four liters of milk is not enough.

      6. The nouns people and police are always used with a verb in plural.

      Ex: People are interesting.

      Exception: when people represents a nation

      ––––––––

      Ex: The people of our country has made the choice.

      Ex: The police are able to find the thief.

      7. The following nouns are singular even though they end in –s:

      ––––––––

      Crossroads

      News

      Series

      Means

      Mathematics

      Physics

      Politics

      Economics

      Athletics

      ––––––––

      Ex: Here’s the news.

      Ex: Physics is difficult.

      UNIT 2: SINGULAR AND PLURAL OF THE NOUNS - PRACTICE

      1. Rephrase the sentences using the nouns in plural instead of singular and make all necessary changes:

      a) The table had only three legs.

      _____________________________________________

      b) The boy played the piano in the sitting-room.

      _____________________________________________

      c) The cat drank milk and washed itself afterwards.

      ______________________________________________

      d) The chair was broken.

      ______________________________________________

      e) He opened the window because it was too hot.

      ______________________________________________

      f) The door was left open.

      ______________________________________________

      g) The dog was barking while the chariot was passing by.

      ______________________________________________

      h) The ashtray was full of ashes.

      ______________________________________________

      i) The jar was in the pantry.

      ______________________________________________

      j) The pen was lying on the floor.

      ______________________________________________

      2. Fill in the blanks with one noun from the list; use the noun in singular or in plural, according to the meaning of the sentence:

      bush, kiss, fly, potato, tooth, deer,

      salmon, cavalry, news, Physics

      a) She was listening to the _______________ attentively and forgot

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