WorksheetsPARTS OF SPEECH - NOUN
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Count nouns can take a singular or plural form and often name things perceived by the senses.
Ex: boy - boys
computer - computers
idea - ideas
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Add s to pluralize most count nouns.
house - houses
mountain - mountains
bag - bags
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Add es to pluralize count nouns ending in ss, ch, s, sh, or x.
glass - glasses
beach - beaches
fax - faxes
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Add s or es to nouns ending in o.
echo - echoes
video - videos
hippo - hippos
tomato - tomatoes
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Add ies to nouns ending in a consonant and y.
baby - babies
city - cities
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Numbers can be used with count nouns.
three hens
two boys
one idea
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When a singular count noun is the subject in a sentence, it must be used with the singular verb form.
The cover of that book tells us nothing.
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The plural count noun is used with the plural verb form.
The women who were working on the magazine received awards for design, layout, and content development.
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Non-count nouns are often substances, such as water or rice, which cannot easily be counted, or they may be abstract ideas, such as intelligence or honesty.
rain
confidence
money
laughter
grass
oxygen
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Non-count nouns do not pluralize.
Our teacher gives us a lot of homeworks.
Our teacher gives us a lot of homework.
Prepositions link nouns to other words in a sentence. The preposition indicates the relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence.
We can put partitions up between the table.
We can put partitions up between the tables.
There are some common exceptions to the plural rules for nouns. Some of them include:
tooth - teeth
mouse - mice
child - children
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Some other count nouns do not have a plural form. Some of these include:
fish - fish
moose - moose
aircraft - aircraft
means - means
Deers come in our yard and eat all our flowers.
Deer come in our yard and eat all our flowers.
Many abstract nouns are formed by adding suffixes (-ness, -ity, -tion) to adjectives or verbs to make a noun form. Examples are happiness, formality, and gradation.
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Consider the words productiveness and productivity.
The new office arrangement increased the productiveness of the staff.
The new office arrangement increased the productivity of the staff.
Nouns ending in ness are always abstract nouns and cannot be pluralized. Some nouns ending in ity are concrete and can be pluralized.
monstrosity — monstrosities
variety — varieties
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Narration and narrative can both mean a continuous story.
The __________ that went along with that movie was very loud and expressive.
narration
narrative
The noun employee is a person who works for wages or salary.
The noun employ means the state of being employed.
I have been in the employee of the college for four months.
I have been in the employ of the college for four months.
Some nouns are made from shorter nouns with different meanings.
My hate of him has me turning red.
My hatred of him has me turning red.
Some nouns are made from shorter nouns with different meanings.
We have many more mileage to drive before we reach our vacation spot.
We have many more miles to drive before we reach our vacation spot.
