NOUN AND PRONOUN

Put a check (v) to the sentences

that are correct
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Please help me correct the grammars in my paper.

The parks in our city are full of birds.
Last night Lisa wrote a six-pages research paper.
My friends want to have four childrens.
We have been to the museum four time.
Did the traffics slow you down today?
Our pet bird has a broken leg.
All the houses on our block have been broken into by
thiefs.
9. Would you rather plant flowers or fruit in the garden?
10.I prefer taking a vacations on my birthday to
receiving gifts.

Count and Noncount Noun

There are two categories of nouns in
English: Count Nouns and Noncoun
Nouns.
1. Count nouns are nouns that can be
counted (e.g., school) because count
nouns can be counted, they have
singular and plural forms.
The regular count nouns are

 Spelling changes are required in some

cases.
-ch, -sh, -s, -x -es
patch = patches | class = classes
-y
-ies
baby = babies
| lady = ladies
-f , -fe -ves
leaf = leaves
| wife = wives
noun + o -s
radio = radios
consonant + o -es
tomato = tomatoes

 Some plural count nouns are irregular;

they dont take the s ending.
singular Plural
child children
woman women
person people
foot feet
phenomenon phenomena

If a noun is used to modify another

noun (if it is used as an adjective), it is
always sngular.
My book club meets on

2. Noncount Nouns are nouns that

cannot be counted (e.g. Intelligence,
meat, love). Because these nouns
cannot be counted, they generally
cannot be made plural.
If the subject of the sentence is a
noncount noun, use a singular verb.
smog is sometimes a threat to
peoples health.
The articles a/an cab=nnot be used
with noncount nouns.
Im going to ask my uncle for advice.

 Many noncount Nouns fit into

categories. Here are some examples:
Foods

Bread, cheese, meat, sugar

Liquids
Solids

Coffee, gasoline, milk, water, wine

Glass, ice, paper, wood

Gases
Particles

Air, oxigen, smog

Dust, sand

Natural
Phenomena

Light, thunder, rain, weather

Group of
similar
items

Clothing, equipment, furniture,

jewelry, junk, luggage, mail, makeup,
monry, stuff, traffic, vocabulary

Activities

(expressed with gerund) reading,

swimming, writing

Abstract
ideas

Field of
study

Advice, anger, beauty,

employment, enjoyment,
freedom, fun, hate, honesty,
information, intelligence,
knowledge, love, luck, news,
patience, research, sadness
Chemistry, literature, physics,
psychology, mathematics, economics/

TEST
1. We sold all of our furniture at the garage sale and
made $400.
2. Our employer makes us do a lot of works.
3. The research was inconsistent with the current
theory.
4. I would like a bread and a piece of cheese.
5. In non-traditional families, the wifes work while the
husbands stay at home.
6. My daughter is levelheaded and has two foots on
the ground.
7. World music is growing in popularity.
8. There was too much cars on the road this morning.
9. I need to buy two loaves of bread for dinner.
10.Many old old homes have ten-feet ceilings.