NOUNSA noun is the word that refers to a person, thing or abstract idea. A noun can tell you who or what.

There are several different types of noun:- There are common nouns such as dog, car, chair etc.

Nouns that refer to things which can be counted (can be singular or plural) are countable nouns. A book, two books, three books ..... An apple, two apples, three apples

Nouns that refer to some groups of countable nouns, substances, feelings and types of activity (can only be singular) are uncountable nouns. Water / Work / Information / Coffee / Sand /

NOUNSNouns that refer to a group of people or things are collective nouns. Tables, chairs, cupboards etc. are grouped under the collective noun furniture

Nouns that refer to people, organisations or places are proper nouns, only proper nouns are capitalised.

Nouns that are made up of two or more words are called compound nouns.

The words tooth and paste are each nouns in their own right, but if you join them together they form a new word - toothpaste.

Nouns that are formed from a verb by adding -ing are called gerunds

A gerund (often known as an -ing word) is a noun formed from a verb by adding -ing. It can follow a preposition, adjective and most often another verb.

Walking in healthy to people.

NOUNSProper nouns ( also called proper names) are the words which name specific people, organisations or places. They always start with a capital letter. Each part of a person's name is a proper noun:-Lynne Hand - Elizabeth Helen Ruth Jones ... The names of companies, organisations or trade marks:-Microsoft - Rolls Royce - the Round Table - WWW Given or pet names of animals:-Lassie Trigger Sam The names of cities and countries and words derived from those proper nouns:-Paris - London - New York - England - English

NOUNSGeographical and Celestial Names:-the Red Sea - Alpha Centauri - Mars Monuments, buildings, meeting rooms:- The Taj Mahal - The Eiffel Tower - Room 222 Historical events, documents, laws, and periods:- the Civil War - the Industrial Revolution - World War I Months, days of the week, holidays:- Monday - Christmas - December Religions, deities, scriptures:- God - Christ - Jehovah - Christianity - Judaism - Islam - the Bible - the Koran - the Torah Awards, vehicles, vehicle models and names, brand names:- the Nobel Peace Prize - the Scout Movement - Ford Focus - the Bismarck - Kleenex - Hoover

NOUNSThe noun is uncountable:

if a/an is not normally used in front of it. Example: He is eating some rice. (NOT: He is eating a rice.) Rice is treated as not countable, so 'some' (which can be used for both countable and uncountable nouns) is used with it.

if the word 'much' can be correctly used with it. Example: How much rice have you eaten? (NOT: How many rice have you eaten?)

if it is not possible to be counted. However, we can make it countable by having a quantity for it. Example: I have just bought two cartons or litres/liters of milk. (NOT: I have just bought two milk.) if it takes only a singular form.

Countable Noun Uncountable Noun a, an, a few, several, many, a little, much, some, plenty of, some, plenty of, a lot of, a lot of, a large amount of, a large number of a great deal of.

COUNT NOUNSYou can use a lot of and no with plural countable

nouns.No computers were bought last week.

A lot of computers were reported broken the week before.

You only use many and few with plural countable nouns.

So many elephants have been hunted that they are an endangered species.

There are few elephants in England.

You can use some and any with countable nouns.

Some dogs can be dangerous.I don't use any computers at work

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Uncountable Sugar Jeweller

y Cheese Wine Furniture Money

Uncountable Question

How much sugar is there?

How much jewellery is there?

How much cheese is there?

How much wine is there?

How much furniture is there?

How much money is there?

Answer

There's a lot of sugar.

There's some jewellery.

There's a lot of cheese.

There's some wine.

There's some furniture.

There's a lot of money.

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Add a word bowl piece round bottle piece bag

Make it Countable

A bowl of sugar.

A piece of jewellery.

A round of cheese.

A bottle of wine.

A piece of furniture.

A bag of money.

Countable Question

How many bowls of sugar are there?

How many pieces of jewellery are there?

How many rounds of cheese are there?

How many bottles of wine are there?

How many pieces of furniture are there?

How many bags of money are there?

Answer

There's one bowl of sugar.

There are two pieces of jewellery.

There are three rounds of cheese.

There's only one bottle of wine.

There are two pieces of furniture.

There are four bags of money.

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