domingo, 5 de setembro de 2010

GRAMÁTICA: Nouns

source: http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/nountext.htm

A noun is the word that refers to a person, thing or abstract idea. A noun can tell you who or what.
There are several different types of noun:-
  • There are common nouns such as dog, car, chair etc.
  • Nouns that refer to things which can be counted (can be singular or plural) are countable nouns.
  • Nouns that refer to some groups of countable nouns, substances, feelings and types of activity (can only be singular) are uncountable nouns.
  • Nouns that refer to a group of people or things are collective nouns.
  • Nouns that refer to people, organisations or places are proper nouns, only proper nouns are capitalised.
  • Nouns that are made up of two or more words are called compound nouns.
  • Nouns that are formed from a verb by adding -ing are called gerunds

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