Nouns Identification Part 2

Nouns Identification method-II                                                                                                                      

Nouns can be identified by the presence of signal word such as the.

Example: (The nouns are bolded)

·         He catches the ball.

·         The students ask questions.

·         The teacher corrects marks.

·         The meeting was cancelled by the committee.

·         She found the answer to the question.

·         Please open the window.

Nouns Identification method-III

SVO format sentences. Here subject and object are always nouns.

Example:  

·         They are playing cricket.

       (subject)   (verb)     (object)

·         Kumar watches film.

         (subject)   (verb)  (object)

·         The match was stopped by the rain.

    (subject)     (verb)               (object)

·         The tree gives shadow.

(subject) (verb) (object)

·         The students wrote the exam.

       (subject) (verb)      (object)

Nouns Identification method-IV

Nouns may be made plural, usually with the suffix -s or –es

Examples:     -s

·         Books

·         Pens

·         Pats

·         Students

·         Buildings

-es

·         Boxes

·         Buses

·         Branches

·         Lunches

·         Classes

Nouns Identification method-V

Nouns show ownership with the addition of an apostrophe with ‘s’ and, sometimes, an apostrophe only.

Singular nouns show their ownership with the addition of apostrophe with ‘s’.

Plural nouns show their ownership with the addition of apostrophe only.

Example:  
                 ·         books’s pages  (Wrong)                         books’ pages  (Correct)
                 ·         five students’s essays (Wrong)              five students’ essays (Correct)
                 ·         teachers’s documents (Wrong)              teachers’ documents (Correct)
                 ·         computer’s hard disk. (Correct)
                 ·         baby’s dress. (Correct)

 

Exercise-ii

State the nouns in the following sentences. First one is done for you.

1.    The company was closed. (company)

2.    The engineer sketched the plan.

3.    They played football.

4.    We decorated our classroom for the teacher’s day.

5.    The tree has several branches.

6.    The teacher punished the student.

7.    The examination was very tuff.

8.    Babies’ dresses are very costly.

9.    Kumar bought some fruits.

10.  The doctor said him that don’t smoke.

11.  The cat was named Stella.  

Answers-ii

2.    engineer, plan

3.    They, football

4.    We, classroom, teachers

5.    tree, branches

6.    teacher, student

7.    examination

8.    Babies

9.    Kumar, fruits

10.  doctor

11.  cat,Stella