English for ssc cgl 2018 || Noun Completed

Noun -  A particular of things, place, person, place , etc.

Kinds of noun

Proper noun

Common Noun

Collective Noun 

Material Noun

Abstract Noun

Changing from singular to plural

Changing singular to plural

-s, -ss,-sh,-ch, -x and –z are last letters of noun, put – es . 

(Exception – Stomach – Stomachs and Monarch - MOnarchs)

-o is last letter, add –es to it

Two vowel at the end, then add – s

-f or –fe, then –f or –fe is changed into –ves

-y to –ies

Few nouns changes by changing vowel inside it

Some add en to it

Same singular and plural

Some are always use in the form of plural only

Some noun are used in the singular form only

Exception – My maths is wrong

-um by –s

Compound noun are made plural by adding –s to the principal word.

Abstract noun no plural form

Some are always in used in singular form -  e.g. jewellery, crockery, luggage, baggage

NOUN – Gender

Masculine, Feminine, Common and Neuter

Cases of Noun

Nominative case – If noun is the subject

Eg – Manish is dancing

Accusative Case – If noun is used as object

Eg -  He was eating with me

Possessive Case – If the possession or the relation of noun is expressed

Eg  -  Ram’s motorcycle.

Dative Case – Serves as the indirect object of a verb

Eg – I gave him a pen

Vocative Case – When a noun is addresses or being called, it becomes in vocative case

Practice question

Cattles are not allowed to enter this around –

Cattle are not allowed to enter this around

Twenty cattles were found wandering on road

Twenty head of cattle were found wandering on road

All his sister in laws are married

All his sisters in law are married

You can buy the scissors that is sharp

You can buy the scissors that are sharp

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