Grammar 9 Seton homestudy
Terms
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- noun
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a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
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(DAVID was a king. -person)
(He lived in ISRAEL. -place)
(He played the HARP. -thing)
(God rewarded his RIGHTEOUSNESS. -idea) - proper noun
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names a particular person, place or thing.
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(the Church, Germany, Pope Paul III) - common noun
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names any one of a class of persons, places or things.
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(saints, meetings, city) - collective noun
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a word that names a group of persons, animals, or things considered as one.
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(team, herd, squadron of planes) - abstract noun
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expresses a quality, a condition, or an action apart from any concrete object or thing.
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(patience, forgiveness, glory) - number
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that quality of a noun which denotes whether it refers to one person or thing (singular number) or more than one (plural number).
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(1 or 100) - most nouns form a plural by adding ___ to the singular
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s
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(friend + s = friends) - nouns ending in S,X,Z, CH and SH form the plural by adding ___ to the singular
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es
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(buSH + es = bushes) - Nouns ending in Y prededed by a CONSONANT form the plural by changing the ___ to ____ and adding ___
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Y to I and adding ES
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(baby = babi + es = babies) - Nouns ending in Y prededed by a VOWEL form the plural by adding ____ to the singular
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S
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(attorney + s = attorneys) - How do you change the following nouns to the plural forms: calf, elf, half, knife, leaf, life, loaf, self, sheaf, shelf, thief, wife, wolf.
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Change the F or the FE to VES
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(calves) - All nouns ending in O preceded by a VOWEL form the plural by adding ___ to the singular
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S
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(igloo + s = igloos) - Nouns ending in O preceded by a CONSONANT form the plural by adding ___ to the singular.
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ES
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(tomato + es = tomatoes) - Some nouns ending in O preceded by a consonant form the plural by adding __ or ___ to the singular
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S or ES
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(buffalo + s = buffalos) OR
(buffalo + es = buffaloes). - A few nouns form the plural by a change with in the singular (give an example)
- (man -> men)
- A few nouns form the plural by adding EN to the singular.
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(ox -> oxen)
p.5 - a few nouns remain the same in sinular and plural.
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(deer -> deer)
p.5 - When a name is preceded by a title, either the name or the title may be Pluralized.
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(The Doctors Smith OR The Dr. Smiths). Since the title Mrs. can't be pluralized, when usin it, the name must always be the part pluralized.
p.5 - Some nouns taken from foreign languages retain their foreign plurals.
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(larva, larvae)
p.5 - Some nouns taken from foreign languages have both a foreign and an English form.
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[English] Formula -> formulas
[Foreign] Formula -> formulae
p.5 - Some nouns ar used only in the plural.
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(clothes, scissors)
p.5 - Some nouns are plural in form, but singular in meaning and use.
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(physics, news)
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Compound nouns usually add S to the most important word or words. (example)
There are a few instances in which both words are pluralized. (example) -
(governor general -> governors general)
(Manservant -> menservants)
p.5 - Compound nouns ending in FUL form the plural by adding S to the last syllable.
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(handful + s = handfuls)
p.5 - Numbers, letters, and symbols form the plural by adding ___
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(7s)
p.5 - ox
- oxen
- woman
- women
- deer
- deer
- sheaf
- sheaves
- igloo
- igloos
- potato
- potatoes
- silo
- silos
- larva
- larvae
- goose
- geese
- sheep
- sheep
- baby
- babies
- mouse
- mice
- attorney general
- attorneys general
- commander-in-chief
- commanders-in-chief
- maid of honor
- maids of honor
- mother-in-law
- mothers-in-law
- father-in-law
- fathers-in-law
- master of ceremonies
- masters of ceremonies
- secretary of state
- secretaries of state
- alter boy
- alter boys