Noun

What is a Noun?

A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea. Nouns are usually the first words which small children learn. The highlighted words in the following sentences are all nouns:

• Late last year our neighbours bought a goat.
  
• Portia White was an opera singer.


• The bus inspector looked at all the passengers' passes.


• According to Plutarch, the library at Alexandria was destroyed in 48 B.C.
  Philosophy is of little comfort to the starving.
  

Countables and uncountables

Countable nouns:

Most of the nouns are countable. You can combine them with numbers, e.g one, two or three. Here is an example:

• one pencil
• two pencils
• three pencilsetc.

Uncountable nouns:

These nouns can't be combined with numbers. Here is an example:
water
If you want to express a quantity, you have to use a special phrase e.g. a glass of water.
NOTE:Some nouns can be either countable or uncountable. We recommend to use a good dictionary. Here is an example, too. hair - hairs
You've got some hairs on your T-shirt. (There might be 5 or 6 of them.)Your hair looks lovely. (Here you think of the hairstyle.)

Singular:
Add 's:
Examples:

Mandy's brother John plays football.

My teacher's name is ...

Plural:

Add the apostrophe ' to regular plural forms:
Examples:

The girls' room is very nice.

The Smiths' car is black.

Add 's to irregular plural forms:

Examples:

The children's books are over there.

Men's clothes are on the third floor.

If there are multiple nouns, add an 's only to the last noun:

Peter and John's mother is a teacher.