2. Differentiate between nouns & pronoun
Identify nouns & pronouns used in prose
Explain the grammar rules related to nouns
& pronouns
Categorize different types of nouns & pronouns
Use the dictionary for grammatical information
about nouns & pronouns
Use different types of nouns & pronouns in
appropriate contexts
3. 3
Parts of Speech
In English Language
8
Noun Pronoun
Verb Adverb
Adjective Preposition
Conjunction Interjection
15. Axis Axes
Foot Feet
Tooth Teeth
Man
Men
OX Oxen
Child Children
Formula Formulae /Formulas
Syllabus Syllabi / Syllabuses
Singular Plural
16. Some nouns are ALWAYS PLURAL
Clothings pyjamas , pants, shorts,
spectacles
Tools Scissors, clippers, binoculars,
Others belongings, goods, expenses
17. Some nouns are ALWAYS SINGULAR
Diseases
Mumps, measles, diabetes, rabies
Games
Billiards, darts, cards,
checkers,aerobics
Others
News
18. Some nouns are both
PLURAL or SINGULAR
means crossroads
series headquarters
quarters gallows
19. Some nouns do not have plural
form but are ALWAYS SINGULAR
Furniture Information Traffic
Knowledge Advice Homework
Luggage Equipment Meat
Scenery Framework Oil
Rice Milk Sugar
20. Some nouns do not have plural
form but are ALWAYS PLURAL
Cattle Police People
Military Poultry Gentry
21. Some nouns do not have plural
form but are SINGULAR & PLURAL
Sheep Deer Salmon
Aircraft Chinese Japanese
Swiss Grouse Trout
22. Collective Nouns
names for group of people, animals or things
A school of
fish
A bouquet
of
flowers
A swarm of
bees
A slice
of bread
A piece
of bread
23. .. pile of reports
.. crowd of people
.. board of directors
.. gang of labourers, prisoners, thieves
.. collection of stamps, pictures, coins
.. fleet of cars, ships
.. row of shop houses
.. library of books
.. cloud of dust
Others
24. A PRONOUN
refers to something already
mentioned in a sentence or piece
of text. They are used instead
of nouns to prevent repetition
of the noun to which they
refer. One of the most
common pronouns is it.
26. Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns
Singular Plural Singular Plural
1st
person I we me us
2nd
person
you you
3rd
person
he
she they
him
her them
it it
Personal Pronouns
27. I, me, he, she, him, her, you = a person
you, we, us = people
it = thing
they, them = things or people
Please take note!
30. Demonstrative Pronoun
“This / These”
Refers to something that is
close to you
“That / Those”
Refers to something that is not
close to you
31. Indefinite Pronoun
Indefinite pronouns refer to
things or people without
mentioning what or who
they are
Anybody Everybody Nobody
Somebody Anyone Everyone
No one Someone Anything
Everything Nothing Something
32. Reciprocal Pronoun
“Each other” / “one another”
Used to indicate that people do
the same thing, feel the same
way, or share the same
relationship
33. Relative Pronouns
“Who Whom Whose that Which”
refers to somebody or something
you have mentioned earlier.
More in Topic 8
35. Quantifying Pronouns
all each fewer more
another either less most
any enough little much
Both few many neither
quantifiers which indicate
number or amount