PART OF SPEECH (ENGLISH)

NOUN

Grammar is the art of putting the right words in the right places.

Nouns are names of people(boy, John), animal(reptiles, Goat), things(book, cup), place(island, Paris), quality(pain, lazy) or activity(party, ceremony). Technically speaking Noun is the name of anything.

Exercises(pick out the nouns. There are 20)

1. The boy kicked the football through the goal.
2. There were some cigarettes in his pocket.
3. Our teacher dislike laziness.
4. smoke is coming out of the lorry's exhaust.
5. The boy refused to tell the truth.
6. The guard blows his whistle and waves his flag. The wheels begin to move and the train leaves the station.
7. Open your books and read the next lesson.

SINGULAR & PLURAL

In grammar it means difference in number.

Singular stands for one Noun while Plural stands for many Nouns, we make plural number by adding 's' to the singular.

Examples

Boy       Boys

Book     Books

Shirt      Shirts

Hard part made easy

1. Nouns that end in 'sh', 'ch', 'x', and some that end in 's' make their plurals by adding 'es'

brush      brushes

church    churches

fox          foxes

loss         losses

2. Some nouns that end in 'o' form their plurals by adding 'es'

tomato        tomatoes

mosquito    mosquitoes

motto          mottoes

there are exception like piano, biro, just add 's'

3. Nouns that end in ''f' or 'fe' generally make their plurals by changing the 'f' or 'fe' to 'ves'

leaf       leaves

knife    knives

life       lives

there are exception like roof, chief, just add 's'

4. There are some nouns that end in 'y' that make the plural by changing the 'y' into 'ies'

baby     babies

army    armies

body    bodies

there are exception like when a vowels comes before the y

There are small number of nouns that don't follow any of these rules, and they are words you will meet quite often.

man         men

child        children

ox            oxen

buffalo    buffalo

tooth       teeth

crisis       crises

mouse     mice

SUB NOUN

Common Noun are the names given to all people, things or places of the same kind. 

Example. boy, man, river, book

Proper Noun are particular names of people, places or things. 

Example. Monday, Hassan, Pacific

Abstract Noun are names given to thing we cannot seen but can feel.

 Example. pain, laziness, kind

POSSESSIVE CASE

It is used to show possession. It shows that something belongs to the person for whom the noun stands. 

If singular we use ('s)

'This is the book of the boy'  -  Wrong

'The boy's book'  -  Right

If plural we use (')

'The boys' house'

exception - 'The men's room'

Singular Noun('s)

Plural Nouns, ending in s(')

Plural Nouns, not ending in s('s)

ADJECTIVE

Adjective is/are words that describes a person or thing, technical an adjective is a word that describe or modify a noun.

 There are many type of adjective

1.Adjective of Quality
this adjective tells the specific detail

a Sweet orange
my Red kite

2. Adjective of Quantity
this adjective tells you 'how many' or 'how much'

I have two eyes
There are twenty books on the desk

Much and Many are adjective of quantity but don't tell us the quantity so definitely as do the numbers one, two, three, etc.

He ate a lot of meat, but he hasn't drink much beer.

3. Demonstrative Adjective
This, That, These, Those
This and These are generally used for things that are near
That and Those are generally used for things that are further away
This and that go with singular nouns
These and those go with plural nouns

This car is old
That car is old
These cars are new
Those cars are new

4. Interrogative Adjective
What, Which, Whose

What price are eggs today?
Which home do you live in?

Whose house is that?

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AYOMIDE ADEJUWON is an experienced Educationist and Mathematician.