-English Grammar Class #(12)

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-Nouns In Apposition.


Read the following sentences.


-Marlo, our captain, hit the ball.


In the sentence above, we can notice that 'Marlo' and 'our captain' are one and the same person. The Noun 'captain' is followed by the Noun 'Marlo', to explain which 'Marlo' is referred. For example, you're in a group of people or discussing where there are more than one 'Marlos', then to refer to a particular 'Marlo' among them you use 'Appositional Noun'. The word 'Apposition' means 'placing near'.


When one noun follows another to particularly describe it, the Noun which follows is said to be 'in apposition' to the Noun which comes before it. In the above sentence, the Noun 'captain' is in the apposition to the Noun 'Marlo' and also 'captain' is in the Nominative Case of Noun.


Read the following sentence now.


-I went to meet your uncle, the doctor.


In the sentence above, the Apposition Noun 'doctor' doesn't describe the Pronoun 'I'. It's describing someone else who is a doctor and used as an Objective or Accusative Case of the Noun. Therefore, the Noun in Apposition is in Objective or Accusative Case.


-Finally read the following sentence:


-Have you seen Picasso, the artist's drawings?


In the sentence above, the Apposition Noun 'artist's' is in the Possessive or Genitive Case because of its apostrophe 's' which shows possession. Therefore, the noun in apposition in the above sentence is in the Possessive or Genitive Case of a Noun.


We hope you find today's lesson very comprehensive and beneficial for you.


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English Grammar Class #07

Hello, Dear Friends!


Yesterday we discussed about kinds of a Noun. In today's class we will give you a preview of some commonly used Abstract Nouns constructed from Adjectives, Verbs and Common Nouns. We suggest our friends notice the changes that occur when an Adjective, Verb or a Common Noun is changed into an Abstract Noun.


-Making Abstract Nouns from Adjectives.


First word is an Adjective and the second word is an Abstract Noun.

-Long      --------------- length

-Strong    -------------- strength

-Wide      -------------- Width

-Broad     ------------ Breadth

-High       ------------- Height

-Young    ------------ Youth

-Poor       ------------ Poverty

-Humble ------------ Humbleness

-Just        ----------- Justice

-Brave     ----------- Bravery

-Decent    ---------- Decency

-Prudent   ---------- Prudence

-Novel    ------------ Novelty

-Sane      ---------- sanity

-Quick    ----------- Quickness

-Bitter     -------- Bitterness

-Ignorant ------------ Ignorance

-Making Abstract Nouns from Verbs.


The first word is a Verb and the second one is an Abstract Noun following.


-Laugh ----------- Laughter
-Believe ---------- Belief
-Choose ---------- Choice
-Defend ---------- Defense
-Free --------- Freedom
-Excel ---------- Excellence
-Die --------- Death
-Success ------------ Success
-Judge ------------ Judgment
-Punish ------------- Punishment
-Determine ---------- Determination
-Advise ----------- Advice
-Discover ------------ Discovery
-Occupy ------------- Occupation
-Flatter --------- Flattery
-Steal ---------- Stealth


-Making Abstract Nouns from Common Nouns.


The first word is a Common Noun and the other word is an Abstract Noun.


-Infant ---------- Infancy
-Priest ---------- Priestess
-Thief --------- Theft
-Rogue --------- Roguery
-Bankrupt ---------- Bankruptcy
-Friend ----------- Friendship
-Author ----------- Authoress
-Coward ----------- Cowardice
-Pilgrim ----------- Pilgrimage
-Glutton ---------- Gluttony


We have given here a preview of how Abstract Nouns are constructed from Adjectives, Verbs and Common Nouns. In our next class, we will discuss the rules to change Adjectives, Verbs and Common Nouns into Abstract Nouns.


Hope our friends will be able to get a good preview of the way how Abstract Nouns are constructed from Adjectives, Verbs and Common Nouns.


-If you have any questions regarding the above class, you are welcomed in our inbox of our Facebook page English Speaking Club .


Best of luck.

English Grammar Class #06

Hello!


Dear friends!

In our English Grammar Class today we are going to discuss about Kinds of a Noun. As we know that, Noun is a name of any person, place or thing. It has five (5) kinds.


1. Proper Noun
2. Abstract Noun
3. Collective Noun
4. Common Noun
5. Countable and Uncountable Nouns.


Let's examine each one of them with simple and easy examples.


1. Proper Noun--------------- The word, 'proper' means, 'one's own'. Therefore, a Proper Noun is the name of some particular person, place or thing. Such a person place or thing is unique within it self.


For example:


1. Marilyn has two daughters and a son.
2. Eiffel tower is famous round the world.


In the first example, 'Marilyn' is a Proper Noun. Because there might be tens of hundreds of Marilyns in the world but here we are talking about a particular Marilyn in a given time who has two daughters and a son.


In the second example, 'Eiffel' is a Proper Noun. Because there might be tens of hundreds of towers in the world but here we are talking about a particular tower which is 'Eiffel'.


Other examples might include: Philippines, Taj Mahal, Peter, God, Taj Mahal etc.


-Proper Nouns are always written with a Capital letter in the beginning.


2. Abstract Noun----------------- The word, 'Abstract' means something that does not exist in a 'physical form'. Something that we can only think of or feel for. Therefore, an Abstract Noun is usually the name of a quality, action, or state which has no physical existence itself.


Let's understand this situation with easy and simple examples.
(a) Quality: Goodness, whiteness, darkness, hardness, honesty, wisdom etc.


(b) Action: Laughter, movement, judgment, hatred, etc.


(c) State: Childhood, youth, slavery, sickness, death, poverty etc.


Other examples might include: Kindness, theft, sleep etc.


-The names of the Arts and Sciences (e.g. grammar, music, chemistry, etc. are also Abstract Nouns.


3. Collective Noun------------- The word, 'Collective' means 'something taken as a whole'. Therefore, a Collective Noun is the name of a number (or collection) of persons or things taken together as one whole.


For example, look at the following collections.


-A fleet------------- a collection of ships and vessels.


-An army----------- a collection of soldiers


-A crowd---------- a collection of people etc.


Other examples might include: Herd, flock, pack etc.


4. Common Noun-------------- The word 'common' means 'shared by all'. Therefore, a Common Noun is a name given in common to every person or thing of the same class or kind.


Let's understand this situation with easy and simple examples.


For example:


1. Dhaka is a busy city.
2. Little Josephine is a princess to her father.


In the first example above, 'Dhaka' is a Proper Noun because it is the name a particular city, while 'city' is a Common Noun because it can be applied to all the other cities of the world also.


In the second example, 'Josephine' is a Proper Noun because it is a particular name of a Person, while 'princess' is a Common Noun which can be applied to all the other kids of the world.


Other examples might include: king, queen, boy, girl, child, tower etc.


-Common Nouns include what are called Collective Nouns and Abstract Nouns.


5. Countable and Uncountable Nouns---------The word 'countable' means ' that can be counted in the numbers one, two, three so on. And the word ' uncountable' means 'something that cannot be counted in the numbers one, two, three so on.


For example:


(a) Countable Nouns: Book, pen, apple, boy, sister, etc.


(b) Uncountable Nouns: Milk, oil, sugar, honesty, truth.


-Countable Nouns have plural forms i.e books, pens, apples etc.


-Uncountable Nouns have no plural forms i.e you cannot say, milks, golds, honesties etc.


We hope that the above tutorial provides you with a handy learning about Kinds of a Noun. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us in our inbox of our Facebook page English Speaking Club


Best of luck.