Nouns Flashcards
How do we classificate nouns?
countable - uncountable
concrete - abstract
What are countable nouns?
count nouns
What are uncountable nouns?
mass nouns
exmp. countable nouns
apple, shirt, picture, book…
exmp. uncountable nouns
water (exept - bottle of water), furniture, milk, wood…
What are concrete nouns?
Things that we can hold
tr. concrete nouns
konkretni samostalniki
exmp. concrete nouns
lamp, mouse, window, flower
What are abstract nouns?
Thing that we can not hold
tr. abstract nouns
abstraktni samostalniki
exmp. abstract nouns
love, peace, war, time..
What can we add to most nouns?
-s or -es
exmp. -s or -es
boat - boatS, kiss - kissES
What do we do with nouns ending with Y
If they are preceded by a consonant we make the plural with -IES
exmp. nouns ending with Y
city - citIES
What is special about QUIZ plural?
quiz - quizzez
What kind of nouns with plural form do we know?
the ones that:
1. take a singular verb
2. take a plural verb
exmp. nouns with plural form that take a singular verb
news (is)
statistics (is)
hair (is)
exmp. nouns with plural form that take a plural verb
scissors (are)
jeans (are)
police (are)
exmp. irregular plural
woMAN - woMEN
child - childREN
goose - gEEse
mouse - MICE
potatO - potatOES
shelF - shelVES
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What do we exclude from exmp. like potatO - potatOES
pianO - pianOS
radiO - radiOS
What do we exclude from exmp. like shelF - shelVES
rOOf - roofS
cliFF - cliffS
chIEF - chiefS
Thief - THIEVES
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