REVIEW of NOUNS

1. Nouns can be classified into countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns

can have the singular or plural form.

2. Singular countable nouns are used after the words: a/an , one , this , that , a single ,

another , each , and every .

an owl

one car

another student

a book

a single ship

each house

that bag

this file

every teacher

3. Plural countable nouns may have –s/–es endings or come in irregular forms.

pencils activities octopi (from octopus )

places wolves curricula (from curriculum )

tomatoes children phenomena (from phenomenon )

They may come after words or phrases such as

all these dozens of

some those hundreds of

a few every one of a number of

many each of the number of

a lot of one of a couple of

various other several

4. Uncountable nouns generally do not take plural forms ( sugar , blood , air, etc.); they

may have –s endings ( statistics , news , mumps , etc.) but they take singular verbs; and

they come after the following words or phrases:

all*

a little

a lot of*

much

plenty of*

an amount of

some*

* Also used with countable plural nouns

5. Nouns may refer to people or things.

attendant - attendance

assistant - assistance

administrator - administration

accountant - accounting

cook - cooker

chemist - chemistry

minister - ministry

rebel - rebellion

statistician - statistics