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Introduction
GrammarLessons "Commonsenseisinspiteof,notasthe
Lesson1 Nouns resultofeducation."VictorHugo
Lesson2 Verbs
Lesson3 Adjectives
Lesson4 Adverbs
Lesson5 IndirectSpeech
Lesson6 Articles VisitMotivational NLP.comforarticles
Lesson7 Pronouns relatingtoNeurolinguisticProgramming
Lesson8 Prepositions andmore!
Lesson9 Conjunctions
Lesson10 Possession
Lesson11 Punctuation
Lesson12 SOMEandANY
Lesson13 USEDTO
Lesson14 CANandCOULD
Lesson15 GerundsandPresent
Participles
Lesson16 ActiveandPassive
Voice
Lesson17 RegularandIrregular Lesson1Nouns
Verbs
Lesson18 DURINGandWHILE
Lesson19 MAYandMIGHT
(1)NOUNS
Lesson20 EITHERandNEITHER KINDSOFNOUNS :
GrammarExercises
Exercise1Nouns n CommonNouns arenamesofpeople(e.g.man),things(e.g.
Exercise2Verbs books),animals(e.g.monkey)andplaces(church).
Exercise3Adjectives
Exercise4Adverbs n ProperNouns arespecialnamesofpeople(e.g.GeorgeBush),
Exercise5IndirectSpeech things(e.g.FinancialTimes),animals(e.g.KingKong)andplaces(e.g.
Exercise6Articles Paris).ApropernounbeginswithaCapitalLetter.
Exercise7Pronouns
Exercise8Prepositions n AbstractNouns Anabstractnounisthenameofsomethingthatwe
Exercise9Conjunctions canonlythinkoforfeelbutcannotsee(e.g.friendship).
Exercise10Possession
Exercise12SOMEandANY n CollectiveNounsarenamesusedforanumberofpeople,
Exercise13USEDTO thingsoranimalstogetherandtreatedasone.Forexample:agroupof
Exercise16CorrectEnglishUsage
Exercise18DURINGandWHILE friends,abunchofbananas,alitterofpuppies.
Exercise20EITHERandNEITHER
n CountableandUncountableNouns Countablenounsarenouns
UsefulLists
List1FormingNouns whichcanbecounted(e.g.trees).Uncountablenounsarenounswhich
List2FormingAdjectives cannotbecounted.(e.g.smoke).
List3FormingVerbs
List4FormingAdverbs
List5CollectiveNouns CountableandUncountableNounsareusedwiththefollowing:
List6Gender
List7FormsoftheVerb
List8ObjectsandSounds
List9Antonyms
CountableNoun UncountableNoun
List10Synonyms
List11Homonyms
a,an,afew,several,many, alittle,much,some,plentyof,
List12ParentsandYoung some,plentyof,alotof, alotof,alargeamountof,
ENGLISHWRITING alargenumberof agreatdealof
WritingSentences
WritingParagraph
WritingComposition Nounshavefourgenders:
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1.MasculineGender Themasculinegenderisusedforallmales.
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2. FeminineGender Thefemininegenderisusedforallfemales.
Contact Example:girl,woman
3. CommonGender Thecommongenderisusedwherethenouncan
bebothmaleandfemale.Example:cousin,friend,person,child,student
4.NeuterGender Theneutergenderisusedforthingswhichhaveno
lifeorsex.Example:table,chair.

SingularandPluralNouns Anounthatshowsonlyoneperson(e.g.agirl),
thing(e.g.pencil),animal(e.g.tiger)orplace(e.g.market)iscalledasingular
noun).
Anounthatshowsmorethanoneperson(e.g.girls),thing(e.g.pencils),animal
(e.g.tigers)orplace(e.g.markets)iscalledapluralnoun.
Howpluralnounsareformed.
thing(e.g.pencil),animal(e.g.tiger)orplace(e.g.market)iscalledasingular
noun).
Anounthatshowsmorethanoneperson(e.g.girls),thing(e.g.pencils),animal
(e.g.tigers)orplace(e.g.markets)iscalledapluralnoun.
Howpluralnounsareformed.
Byaddings.
Byaddingestonounsendinginch,s,shandx.
beach beaches peach peaches
branch branches speech speeches
ditch ditches watch watches

boss bosses glass glasses

bus buses lens lenses
chorus choruses pass passes

brush brushes fish fishes

bush bushes lash lashes
dish dishes wish wishes

box boxes hoax hoaxes

fax faxes six sixes
fox foxes tax taxes

Byaddingestonounsendingino.
buffalo buffaloes potato potatoes
cargo cargoes mosquito mosquitoes
echo echoes tomato tomatoes

Byaddingstonounsendingino.
banjo banjos patio patios
bamboo bamboos photo photos
radio radios video videos

Byreplacingywithies.
baby babies lorry lorries
fly flies navy navies
hobby hobbies puppy puppies

Byaddingstonounsendinginy.
boy boys key keys
day days toy toys
donkey donkeys turkey turkeys

Byreplayingforfewithves.
calf calves loaf loaves
half halves self selves
life lives wife wives

Byaddingstonounsendinginforfe.
chief chiefs hoof hoofs
dwarf dwarfs reef reef
gulf gulfs roof roofs

Bychangingvowels.
foot feet louse lice
goose geese tooth teeth
mouse mice woman women

Somenounshavesamewordsforpluralandsingular.

aircraft aircraft music music

crossroads crossroads series series
furniture furniture sheep sheep

Exceptionalplural.
child children ox oxen
crisis crises passerby passersby
 crossroads crossroads series series
furniture furniture sheep sheep

Exceptionalplural.
child children ox oxen
crisis crises passerby passersby
mouse mice radius radii

FORMINGNOUNS
Nounscanbeformedfrom nouns , verbs and adjectives .Theyareformedby
addingcertainletterstothem.
Nouns Nouns
widow widowhood
friend friendship
king kingdom

Verbs Nouns
add addition
fail failure
give gift

Adjectives Nouns
clean cleanliness
sad sadness
beautiful beauty

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