If a word ends with a consonant and the letter y, the letter y gets changed to an i, and then –es is added. Use a dictionary to make sure that you made the right choice: However, some words that end in f or ff just get an – s:įor some words that end in o, add –es. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes- The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exuperyįor many words ending in f, the f gets changed to a v, and then – es is added.One, one bat! Two, two bats! Ah! Ah! Ah!-Count von Count, Sesame Streetįor words that end in ch, x, s, or an s sound, add es.Apostrophes are used to indicate the possessive form of the noun. Do not add an apostrophe (‘) to make a noun plural. To mark a noun as plural, we usually add –s to the end of the word. It is plural if it represents two or more items. A noun is singular if it represents only one item. In English, we have to mark nouns to indicate whether they are singular or plural. It was reached by a trap door in the middle of the floor, from which a ladder led down into the small, dark hole.įrom The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. There was no garret at all, and no cellar-except a small hole dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose, mighty enough to crush any building in its path. Uncle Henry and Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner, and Dorothy a little bed in another corner. There were four walls, a floor and a roof, which made one room and this room contained a rusty looking cookstove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table, three or four chairs, and the beds. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles. In the following passage, the nouns are in highlighted and the pronouns are underlined.ĭorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. Note the difference between NOUNS and pronouns, which are words that stand in for a noun. Fido likes cat food better than dog food.So is an attributive noun (i.e., a noun used to describe another noun): Note that the possessive form of a noun is still a noun: The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense.- Tom Clancy.The most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park- Christo.Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens- Oscar Hammerstein.A noun is a word that stands for a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
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