Saturday, March 5, 2011
ALPHABET UPPER CASE - LOWER CASE
| UPPER CASE ALPHABET ↕ | LOWER CASE ALPHABET ↕ | EXAMPLE OF WORD ↕ |
| A | a | A for ANT |
| B | b | B for BALL |
| C | c | C for CAT |
| D | d | D for DOG |
| E | e | E for EGG |
| F | f | F for FROG |
| G | g | G for GOAT |
| H | h | H for HAT |
| I | i | I for ICE |
| J | j | J for JUG |
| K | k | K for KEY |
| L | l | L for LEG |
| M | m | M for MOON |
| N | n | N for NAIL |
| O | o | O for OWL |
| P | p | P for PEN |
| Q | q | Q for QUEEN |
| R | r | R for RAT |
| S | s | S for SUN |
| T | t | T for TOY |
| U | u | U for URN |
| V | v | V for VAN |
| W | w | W for WALL |
| X | x | X for XMAS |
| Y | y | Y for YAK |
| Z | z | Z for ZIP |
What is a proper noun?
Proper nouns are the names of individual people, places, titles, calendar times, etc.. eg: Abdul; Sameem; London; The President; Tuesday.
Proper nouns are always written with a capital letter. Nouns which are not written with a capital letter do not refer to the name of an individual person or thing and are called common nouns.
Proper nouns are always written with a capital letter. Nouns which are not written with a capital letter do not refer to the name of an individual person or thing and are called common nouns.
What is an animate noun?
A noun which refers to people, animals and living beings is an animate noun.
What is a noun?
A noun is a word that can occur in certain positions in a sentence or performs certain functions.
Look at this example:
Z ......... is expensive. Any word that can fit into the slot is a noun.
In the sentence " I bought SIMPAINE " the word simpaine is definitely a noun although we do not know whether it is the name of a person, place or thing.Actually, it is not an English word. Yet it is a noun because it is the the object in the sentence.
Noun classes illustrated
Class Example Special features
animate boy, cat, priest living beings
inanimate pencil., food, book non living
personal teacher, mother, police human
non-personal cat, snake, insect living not human
common boy, country. city
proper Perera, Kandy, India unique, no plural
List of proper nouns 1
abstract idea, honesty no substance
List of common abstract nouns
concrete tree, water materials, substance
count book, man, pen can follow a number word
List of count nouns
mass money, sugar, sound cannot follow a number word
List of mass nouns
regular pencil - pencils, bag - bags pluralisation by adding "s"
irregular man - men, ox - oxen pluralisation by other means
Irregular nouns list 1
Irregular nouns 2
collective staff, crowd, family singular but meaning more than one
List of collective nouns 1
Collective nouns 2
Look at this example:
Z ......... is expensive. Any word that can fit into the slot is a noun.
In the sentence " I bought SIMPAINE " the word simpaine is definitely a noun although we do not know whether it is the name of a person, place or thing.Actually, it is not an English word. Yet it is a noun because it is the the object in the sentence.
Noun classes illustrated
Class Example Special features
animate boy, cat, priest living beings
inanimate pencil., food, book non living
personal teacher, mother, police human
non-personal cat, snake, insect living not human
common boy, country. city
proper Perera, Kandy, India unique, no plural
List of proper nouns 1
abstract idea, honesty no substance
List of common abstract nouns
concrete tree, water materials, substance
count book, man, pen can follow a number word
List of count nouns
mass money, sugar, sound cannot follow a number word
List of mass nouns
regular pencil - pencils, bag - bags pluralisation by adding "s"
irregular man - men, ox - oxen pluralisation by other means
Irregular nouns list 1
Irregular nouns 2
collective staff, crowd, family singular but meaning more than one
List of collective nouns 1
Collective nouns 2
WORD CLASSES IN ENGLISH
Nouns
List of nouns 1
List of nouns 2
List of nouns 3
List of nouns 3
Most common nouns alphabetical order
Verbs
Regular verb list
Regular verb list
Verb list
Power verb list
Irregular verb list
Irregular verb list 2
Irregular verbs 3
Action verbs
Action verb list
Tenses
Simple present - blog
Simple present - wordpress
Simple present Quiz
Simple past - blog
Simple past - wordpress
Simple past - Quiz
Simple future tense - blog
Simple future - wordpress
Adjectives
Adverbs
What is an adverb?
Adverb form
Kinds of adverbs
Adverbs position
Adverbs of frequency
Adverbs of time list
Articles
Determiners
Pronouns
Prepositions
Conjuctions
Operator Verbs
Interjections
Enumeratos
List of nouns 1
List of nouns 2
List of nouns 3
List of nouns 3
Most common nouns alphabetical order
Verbs
Regular verb list
Regular verb list
Verb list
Power verb list
Irregular verb list
Irregular verb list 2
Irregular verbs 3
Action verbs
Action verb list
Tenses
Simple present - blog
Simple present - wordpress
Simple present Quiz
Simple past - blog
Simple past - wordpress
Simple past - Quiz
Simple future tense - blog
Simple future - wordpress
Adjectives
Adverbs
What is an adverb?
Adverb form
Kinds of adverbs
Adverbs position
Adverbs of frequency
Adverbs of time list
Articles
Determiners
Pronouns
Prepositions
Conjuctions
Operator Verbs
Interjections
Enumeratos
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