Saturday, February 18, 2023

PARTS OF SPEECH (PART V)

 

PARTS OF SPEECH

                                  (PART V)

 

i)              Countable nouns:

a)   Things we can count using numbers.

b)  Countable nouns can be singular or plural forms.

Examples: A dog, A man, 3 bags.

Examples in sentences: Ramesh has 8 pencils, She has 2 dogs, etc.

c)   Countable nouns are divided into two forms: Singular forms and plural forms.

d)  Singular forms: If there is one and only person, place or thing involved. A, AN and THE are used while using them.

Examples: A bus, An orange and The sun

Examples in sentences: The bird flew away, A dog is Man’s best friend, An apple a day keeps a doctor away, etc.

Plural forms: If there is more than one person, place or thing. “How many” is used to find the quantity of plural forms.

Examples in sentences: The monkeys started eating bananas, The birds flew away, etc.

 

ii)           Uncountable nouns:

a)   Things that cannot be counted with numbers.

b)  We can use some or any with them.

c)   They usually do not have any plural form.

Examples: Tea, Water, Sugar, etc. (We cannot count tea, water or sugar.)

Examples in sentences: This News is very important, I love listening music, Have you got any rice?, etc.

 

AUTHOR
Dr L Suresh
Assistant Professor of English
Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science
Coimbatore - 641020
Contact: 9944138137
e-mail ID: sureshenglit@rmv.ac.in

 

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