Properties of Noun-Gender-Number-Person-Case.pdf

Four Main Properties of Noun

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2. PROPERTIES OF
NOUNS
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Noun
It is a word that names a person, place,
thing, quality, idea or an action.

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Four Main Properties of Noun
1. Gender
2. Number
3. Person
4. Case

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Gender
a property of noun that indicates
the nouns sex.

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Types of Gender
1. Masculine - refers to males
2. Feminine - for females
3. Common - refers to either male or female
4. Neuter - a noun without gender

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Number
a property of noun that indicates
whether the noun is one or more than
one noun is referring to.

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Types of Number
1. Singular - refers to one person, place
or thing
2. Plural - refers to two or more person,
place or thing

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Rules:
1. The noun that forms plural by adding 's' to
their singular form.
2. If the singular nnoun ends in 's, x, z, ch or
sh' just add 'es' to form its plural.

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Rules:
3. If the noun ends in 'o' preceded by a
consonant form add 'es' to form its plural.
4. If the noun ends in 'o' preceded by a
vowel form add 's' to form its plural

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Rules:
5. The noun that ends in 'f' or 'fe' change it to
'v' then add 'es'.
6. Other rule is a noun that ends in 'y'
preceded by a consonant change 'y' to 'i'
then add 'es'.

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Rules:
7. If the noun ends in 'y' preceded by a vowel
form just add 's' to form its plural.
8. Other nouns have irregular plural form

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Person
a property of noun that distinguishes
the speaker, the person spoken to,
amd the person spoken of.

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Types of Person
1. First Person - the speaker
2. 2nd Person - the person spoken to
3. 3rd Person - the person spoken of

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Case
it is a noun that tells about the position
of a noun in a sentence

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Types of Case
1. Nominative - case that function as the
subject in a sentence, subject complement,
noun of address and appositive

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1. Nominative
a. Subject- tells what the sentence is about
b. Subject complement - explain and names the
subject

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1. Nominative
c. Noun of address - used to call the attention of
the person addressed to
d. Appositive - explains another noun before it is
called

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Types of Case
2. Possessive case - denotes ownership
or possession

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Types of Case
3 . Objective case - functions as the
direct object, indirect object, object
complement and object of the
preposition.

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Types of Case
3 . Objective case - functions as the
direct object, indirect object, object
complement and object of the
preposition.

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3. Objective case
a. Direct object - a noun used as the receiver of
the action
b. Indirect object - tell to/for whom or what an
action is intended

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3. Objective case
c. Object complement - a word that comes
after the direct object and describe or name it
d. Object of the preposition - a noun or pronoun
governed by a preposition

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