Nouns

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 1

Class Ms. Priya Ramcharan

Class 1B

Anita Otten

Wat is een 'noun'?

A. Werkwoord

B. Bijvoeglijk naamwoord

C. Zelfstandig naamwoord

D. Lidwoord

Countable vs. uncountable nouns

Countable	Uncountable
Girl, apple, coffee, book --> have a plural form --> a/an	Clothing, coffee, laughter, sand --> no plural form --> a/an

Countable

Male	Female
Man Boy Husband Father Son Bull Stallion Lion	Woman Girl Wife Mother Daughter Cow Mare Lioness

Uncountable

Door 'A PIECE OF', 'PIECES OF' toe te voegen, kan je 'uncountable nouns' 'countable' maken

Bv. Greg's advice is always very valuable. --> He gave me a piece of advice.

Where can I get further information? --> This is a vital piece of information.

His house is filled with furniture. --> I bought some pieces of furmiture.

Plural

- Formed by adding -s to the singular

one room, two rooms

- Nouns ending in hissing sound (-CH, -S, -SH, -X and -Z) or -O get -ES in plural form

match - matches, hero - heroes

- Exception: ending in vowel + -z, vowel + -o

quiz - quizzes, studio - studios

Let's practice!

To recap

A noun = .................

Countable noun: - ...... form

                                     - ......../.......

Uncountable noun:       - no ......... ..........

                                      - .... ..../.......

Plural: - Formed by adding ....... to the singular

                   - When ends in ....., gets ..... in plural form

           - Exception: .............................................

More about this subject next lesson!

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