To form the plural of many nouns ending in f or fe, change the f to v and add -es or s.Įxamples: Wife – wives, thief – thieves, loaf – loaves, half – halves, shelf – shelves, leaf – leaves, scarf – scarves, life – lives, calf – calves, elf – elves.Ĩ.ğor some nouns ending in f, add -s to form the plural.Įxamples: proof – proofs, belief – beliefs, motif – motifs, cliff – cliffs.ĩ. When a singular noun ends with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) followed by y, just add -s.Įxamples: Valley – valleys, essay – essays, alley – alleys, survey – surveys, joy – joys.ħ. When a singular noun ends with a consonant and y, change the y to i and add -es.Įxamples: Library – libraries, activity – activities, story – stories, city – cities, berry – berries.Ħ.
When a singular noun ends in o, add -s to make it plural.Įxamples: Piano-pianos, solo-solos, cameo – cameos, concerto – concertos, patio-patios, studio-studios, radio-radios, rodeo – rodeos.Ĥ.ğor some nouns ending with a consonant and o, add -es.Įxamples: hero – heroes, potato – potatoes, echo-echoes, veto – vetoes, tomato – tomatoes.ĥ. When a singular noun ends in s, sh, ch, x, or z, add - es.Įxamples: dress-dresses, brush-brushes, ax-axes, coach-coaches, box – boxes, bench-benches, dish-dishes, waltz – waltzes.ģ. To form the plural of most singular nouns, add -s.Įxamples: Street – streets, house – houses, painter – painters, shelter – shelters, event- events, hospital – hospitals.Ģ. The following are guidelines for forming plurals:ġ. Professor Wangari Maathai won a Nobel Peace Prize.Ī singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea.Įxample: The farmer drove to the market in his truck.Ī plural noun names more than one person, place, thing or idea.Įxample: The farmers drove to the markets in their trucks. She grabbed a kettle and brought them water.ġ0. The Pilot was the first woman to cross that ocean alone.ĩ. It was the worst accident in the history of Europe.ħ.ěill Gates is best known for founding Microsoft.Ĩ.
Her goal was to educate students all over the world.Ħ. She worked as a nurse during the Second World War.ĥ. His last flight was over the Mediterranean Sea.Ĥ. This dancer has performed in London and Paris.ģ. List the common nouns and the proper nouns in each of the following sentences.Ģ. Which words are proper nouns and should be capitalised? Which words are common nouns?ĥ. They make your writing more specific, and therefore clearer. Proper nouns are important to good writing. Lake Nelson Mandela assistant Professor Saitoti Do not capitalize words such as the, of, or for.Įxample: Gulf of Mexico, State of Liberty, the Commander – in – Chief.Ĭommon nouns Proper nounsĜommon nouns Proper nounsĪuthor South Africa ocean Wanjohi wa Kigogo-iniĬountry Indian Ocean wardrobe Lake Victoria Note: When a proper noun is made up of more than one word, only the important words in the noun will begin with a capital letter. Proper nouns always begin with capital letters.Įxample: Ephraim Maree is a doctor. They treat many patients.Ī proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. When you talk or write about a person, a place, a thing, or an idea in general, you use a common noun.Įxample: Doctors work hard. Maryanne built a huge castle in the wet sand.Īll nouns can be described as either common or proper. People in costumes filled the streets.Ħ.ěoys in Scouts uniforms were leading the parade.Ĩ.Ě taxi brought the family to the airport.ĩ. The musicians played drums and trumpets.Ĥ.Ě festival was held in Kenyatta University.ĥ.
Write down each noun in the following sentences.Įxample: Kenya is a beautiful country – Kenya, countryġ. What words in each sentence below are nouns?Ĭopy the nouns below and write whether it names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.Ĥ. Some nouns name things you cannot see such as feelings, ideas and characteristics: We shall learn more about them in coming pages. John Kamau, Kenyatta Market and Short story. Note: Nouns can be two or more words e.g.
Because nouns name the objects and people and places around you, it would be very difficult to talk about anything at all without them. You use nouns every day when you speak or write.Įvery day you probably use thousands of nouns. We shall now discuss these parts of speech one at a time:Ī noun is the part of speech that names a person, a place, a thing or an idea. There are 8 parts of speech namely: Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. English Grammar Notes and Rules Guide ✅ English Notes Form 1 to Form 4Īll words may be classified into groups called parts of speech.
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