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There are countable and uncountable nouns.

Countable
a chair
a question
an engineer
a bus

Uncountable
mater
milk
freedom
friendship

There are countable and uncountable nouns. Countable a chair a question an

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The countable noun is used in the form of the singular and

The countable noun is used in the form of the singular and
the plural. The uncountable nouns is used only in the form of singular.

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Some nouns form the plural by changing the root vowel.

Some nouns form the plural by changing the root vowel.

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The plural of the nouns sheep, deer, swine and fish is identical

The plural of the nouns sheep, deer, swine and fish is identical with the singular.
with the singular.

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Some nouns borrowed from Latin and Greek keep the plural form of

Some nouns borrowed from Latin and Greek keep the plural form of
the language from which they have been borrowed. A phenomenon [finominen]-phenomena [finimine]явище a crisis [ kraisis ]-crises[kraisiz] a radius [reidjes]-radii [reidiai]

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If the singular ends in – th [θ] preceded by a long

If the singular ends in – th [θ] preceded by a long
vowel or a diphthong, in the plural the final [θ] is changed into [ ʆ] after which the ending –s is pronounced [z]. A path [pa:θ]- paths [pa:ʆz]

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Some nouns ending in – o take –es. f.e Tomato- tomatoes But: radio-radios, piano- pianos, photo- photos,

Some nouns ending in – o take –es. f.e Tomato- tomatoes But:
video- videos.

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Repeat the rule!

Repeat the rule!

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Plurals

Spelling Rules
To form plural nouns we usually add -s to the

Plurals Spelling Rules To form plural nouns we usually add -s to
noun.
one pen - two pens
Nouns ending in -s, -ss, -ch, -x or -o take -es in the plural.
bus - buses, glass - glasses, brush - brushes, watch - watches, fox - foxes, tomato - tomatoes
However, some nouns ending in - o take only –s .
radio - radios, piano - pianos, studio - studios , video - videos kilo - kilos
Nouns ending in a vowel + y take -s in the plural.
boy - boys
Nouns ending in a consonant + y drop the -y and take -ies in the plural.
party - parties , baby - babies
Most nouns ending in -f or -fe, drop the -f or -fe and take -ves in the plural.
knife - knives , wolf - wolves
However, some nouns ending in -f or -fe take only -s.
roof - roofs, cliff - cliffs, giraffe - giraffes

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Irregular Plurals Some nouns do not form their plural according to the about

Irregular Plurals Some nouns do not form their plural according to the
rules. They either have a different form or the same form as in the singular. These are:

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Countable / Uncountable Nouns
Countable nouns are nouns which we can count. They

Countable / Uncountable Nouns Countable nouns are nouns which we can count.
have singular and plural forms.
One egg, two eggs, three eggs

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Uncountable nouns are nouns which we cannot count. Uncountable nouns have only
singular

Uncountable nouns are nouns which we cannot count. Uncountable nouns have only
forms. These nouns include:
Food: cheese, butter, salt, pepper, bread, spaghetti, etc
Liquid: coffee, milk, water, tea, lemonade, etc

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We can use the following nouns before uncountable nouns to show quantity:

We can use the following nouns before uncountable nouns to show quantity:
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