ENGR 220 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Participle, Verb, Infinitive
ENGR 220
Nouns
A name is word used as the name of a Person , place or thing . Nouns are such
words as Chair , house , mountain , Ahmed , Mona , John , Delhi , London , Sudan ,
England etc .
Kinds And Function *
There are four kinds of nouns in English :
I. Common Nouns: Dog , Man , Table .
II. Proper Nouns : France , Madrid , Mrs. Smith Tom .
III. Abstract Nouns : Beauty , Fear , Charity , Joy .
IV. Collective Nouns : Crowd , Group , team , Family .
A noun can function as :
The subject of a verb : Ahmed arrived .
The Complement of the verbs be , become , seem : Ali is an actor.
The Object of a verb : I saw Tom .
A noun can also be in the possessive case : Mona's bag .
Gender :
Masculine : Men , Boys and male animals .
Feminine : Women , Girls and female animals .
Neuter : inanimate , things , and animals whose sex we don't know and sometimes babies
whose sex we don't know .
Exceptions : ships and sometimes cars and other Vehicles when regarded with affection
or respect are considered feminine . Countries referred to by name are also normally
considered feminine . " England lost many of her bravest men in the wars " .
Masculine / Feminine nouns denoting people .
Different Forms :
Boy Girl son daughter
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Bachelor spinster prince princess
Bridegroom Bride
Father mother
King Queen
Lord lady
Gentleman Lady
Husband wife
Man Woman
Main Exceptions :
Baby infant relative relation child
Parent spouse teenager
The majority of nouns indicting occupations have the same form :
Cook driver guide assistant
Doctor etc .
Main exceptions :
Actor , actress host , hostess hero, heroine waiter, waitress
Domestic animals and many of the larger wild animals have different forms .
Bull/ cow cock/hen dog/bitch
Lion/lioness tiger/tigress
Plurals :
The plural of a nouns is usually made by adding to the singular :
Day , days dog , dogs house , houses
Other plural forms :
Nouns ending in ( o , ch , sh , ss or x ) form their plural by adding (es) :
Tomato, tomatoes brush , brushes box, boxes church, churches
Kiss , kisses
But words of foreign origin or abbreviated words ending in O add S only :
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Document Summary
A name is word used as the name of a person , place or thing . Nouns are such words as chair , house , mountain , ahmed , mona , john , delhi , london , sudan , There are four kinds of nouns in english : common nouns: dog , man , table . Proper nouns : france , madrid , mrs. smith tom . Abstract nouns : beauty , fear , charity , joy . Collective nouns : crowd , group , team , family . The subject of a verb : ahmed arrived . The complement of the verbs be , become , seem : ali is an actor. The object of a verb : i saw tom . A noun can also be in the possessive case : mona"s bag . Masculine : men , boys and male animals . Feminine : women , girls and female animals .
