Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Noun


 Definition: A noun is a word which name a person, a thing, a place, an animal or an idea.

e.g. lawyer, rice-cooker, clinic, zebra


Kinds of noun
1 common noun
  A common noun is class of group similar thing. And not an individual number of a specified group of people or thing, We do not capitalize the first letter of a common noun unless it is the first word sentence.

Common noun are name of people, thing, animal and place, etc.

·      People- aunt, boy, butcher, carpenter, cousin, father, girl, lady, man, mother, tailor, woman…
·      Thing-  bicycle, book, car, computer, dress hammer, key, pencil, ship, table, vase wallet….
·      Animals-  armadillo, baboon, bee, caterpillar, cow, dog, eagle, fish, monkey, pig, snake, turkey…..
·      Places- airport, beach, bullring, cemetery, country, hospital, library, mall, park, restaurant, zoo,….

2 Proper noun
A proper noun is a special name of a person, place, orgazintion, etc.

·      People- Ali Baba, George bush….
·      Places- downing Street, Museum of Modern Art, Sahar Desert…
·      Things- Financial Time, Eiffel Tower……
·      Organization-  International labour  Organization, Red Brigades, United, Nations,…..
·      Animals- King kong, Lasie……
·      Time and dates- Saturday, April….

3 Concrete nouns
 A concrete noun is something  we can touch or sea, It is the opposite of an abstract noun. There are countable concrete nouns and uncountable concrete noun


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Tuesday, 31 March 2015

How to us much and muny

We use use much and many in questions and negative sentences. They both show an amount of something.

Use 'Much' with uncountable nouns

We use much with singular nouns.
Question: "How much petrol is in the car?"
Negative clause: "We don't have much time left."

Use 'Many' with countable nouns

We use many with plural nouns
Question: "How many people were at the meeting?"
Negative clause: "Not many of the students understood the lesson."

Use a 'A lot of' and 'Lots of' with both

Both mean a large amount. We use them with countable and uncountable nouns. A lot of is a little more formal sounding than lots of.

Countable:

"A lot of people work here."
"Lots of people work here."

Uncountable:

"There was a lot of snow last night."
"There was lots of snow last night."