Learn Nouns | Basic English Grammar Course | 5 Lessons

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Hello, everybody. Welcome to this English course.
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In today's video, I'm going to tell you about nouns.
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Because in English, nouns are very important. They are the basic element of a sentence.
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So if you want to speak English, you need to know about the different kinds
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of nouns. And I'm going to try and teach you as well
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as I can. Let's get started!
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Ok, so let's start with concrete nouns. Now in English, concrete nouns are people
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places or things, including animals.
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That you can see, that you can smell, or taste, or hear, or touch.
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So you can basically use your five senses. Let me give you a few examples.
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If we talk about people, you could say, a man
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or a teacher, or me, Fanny.
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Or Mr. Smith. If we talk about places,
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you could say, a house, a school.
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You could name a city like London. Very nice city.
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Or a beach. And if you talk about things,
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you could say a shoe, you could say a marker,
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you could talk about a dog or food like a pizza.
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These are concrete nouns....ok. Now let's move on to abstract nouns.
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So abstract nouns, unlike concrete nouns, are ideas, concepts, emotions.
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And you can't see an idea. You can't smell a concept.
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You can't taste an emotion. Or hear it. Or touch it.
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So they are nouns. They are things that exist, but
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you cannot see them, or taste them. You can't use your five sense.
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To give you a few examples, we could talk about love,
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or time, or religion,
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rules. These are all words that represent
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ideas, concepts... okay They're abstract nouns in English.
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Now, let's get into more detail about nouns. Let's now see the difference between common
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nouns and proper nouns which are very important
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in English. So common nouns and proper nouns
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refer to people, places, things, ideas. Let's see a few examples.
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We could talk about people for example. A woman.
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That's a common noun. But if we talk about a specific woman,
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for example, me, Fanny. That becomes a proper noun with a capital
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'F'. because, and you should know this,
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proper nouns are always capitalized. You could talk about places.
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A city. That's a common noun. But then you can name a specific city.
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Let's take a great city, London, of course.
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With a capital 'L'. Remember proper nouns - always capitalized.
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We can talk about things for example. An animal.
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Let's take a dog. A dog. That's a common noun.
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But if we take a specific dog, like Snoopy - capital 'S',
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that's the proper noun. If we talk about things again, but for example,
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a car, that's a common noun.
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But if we name the brand, the specific brand of the car like Volvo,
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that's a proper noun. And it takes a capital 'V'.
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And finally, and we can say, a team - common noun.
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But if we name a specific team, for example, the best football team, Manchester United,
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then that's a proper noun and it's capitalized.
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Now mind you, 'team', is a special word because it's called
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a collective noun in English because it refers to a group of people.
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So collective nouns can be used as singular nouns or plural nouns.
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But we will talk about this again later. So now that we know a lot about nouns in English,
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Let's practice finding nouns in a sentence. Okay, first,
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In my class at Oxford University, I have many friends.
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My best friend is Jan. I have a lot of love for her.
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Jan has a cute dog. Its name is Juju.
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What are the nouns in these sentences? If we take the first sentence,
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In my class at Oxford University, I have many friends.
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We have, class, and friends. These are common nouns.
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We also have a proper noun, Oxford University. We know it's a proper noun because it's capitalized.
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The second sentence is, My best friend is Jen.
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Now in this sentence, the noun is, friend - common noun.
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And there's also the word, Jen, is also a noun but a proper noun.
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As you can see it's capitalized. Then, I have a lot of love for her.
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What noun can you see? Of course, 'love'.
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Remember the abstract noun we talked about a few minutes ago.
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And finally, Jan has a cute dog. Its name is Juju.
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What nouns can we find? We can see, 'Jen', again - proper noun.
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'Dog' - common noun. But also, 'name', and 'Juju'.
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'Name's' a common noun. 'Juju' is the proper noun.
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It's capitalized. As you probably know,
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I haven't mentioned, 'I', or 'her', or 'its'. They are also nouns, but they are pronouns
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and they're considered a different category in
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English. We will talk about them in another video .
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Great job guys! Thank you for watching my video.
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I hope you now have a better understanding of nouns in English.
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Please keep practicing. Practice makes perfect.
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I'm sure you will very soon be able to recognize nouns in a sentence.
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Please make sure to watch my next video as I keep on talking about nouns.
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See you. Thank you for watching my video guys.
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If you've liked this video, please click like, subscribe to our channel, show us
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your support, put your comments below and share this video. Thank you.
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Hello guys! And welcome to this English course on nouns.
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In today’s video, we’re going to talk about singular and plural nouns.
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When you speak English, it’s very important to know the difference between a singular
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noun and a plural noun. Ok?
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So I will explain to you the different rules. And we will practice together.
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Let’s get started. Ok guys, the first you need to know is that
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a singular noun means one. So, for example, I can say, ‘cat’.
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‘a cat’ ‘one cat’
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‘school’ ‘a school’
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‘one school’ ‘team’
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Now don’t forget, ‘team’ is a collective noun.
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It’s a group of people, but still, it’s a singular noun.
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We talk about ‘a team’, or ‘one team. ‘lady’
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‘monkey’ ‘tomato’
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‘a tomato’ ‘one tomato’
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Or ‘piano’. Now, if we talk about plural nouns, it means
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more than one. So for example, two, three, four, or many.
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If we take our words again, ‘a cat’ becomes ‘cats’.
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‘two cats’ ‘three cats’
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‘many cats’ ‘school’’ becomes ‘schools’.
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‘team’ becomes ‘teams’. Ok, so you just add an ‘s’.
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Now ‘lady’ becomes ‘ladies. ‘monkey’ becomes ‘monkeys’.
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But, two different rules. As you can see, ‘lady’ is consonant +
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‘y’. Now when you have consonant + ‘y’, in
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an English word, the plural will be ‘ies’. ‘lady’
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‘ladies’ But when you have vowel + ‘y’ like ‘monkey’,
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it just becomes ‘monkeys’. You simply add an ‘s’.
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Ok, ‘monkey’ becomes ‘monkeys’. ‘tomato’ becomes ‘tomatoes’.
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‘piano’ ‘pianos’ Again, two different rules.
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Now ‘tomato’ becomes ‘tomatoes’. You add ‘es’.
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And with most words ending in ‘o’, so consonant + ‘o’, you will add ‘es’.
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But sometimes, you will only add ‘s’. Like ‘piano’, ‘pianos’.
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There is no particular rule for this. You just need to know the words that only
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end with an ‘s’. Ok, let’s move on to some pronunciation
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now. So, when it comes to pronunciation, we have
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three different sounds. The first sound is /s/.
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The second sound is /z/. And the third sounds is /Iz/.
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So let’s review some words together and be really careful, what sound do you hear?
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‘cats’ ‘cats’
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What can you hear? /s/
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Can you repeat after me. ‘cats’
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‘cats’ The second word is ‘schools’.
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‘schools’ What sound can you hear?
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Of course, /z/. Repeat after me.
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‘schools’ ‘schools’
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The third words is ‘teams’. What sound can you hear?
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Again, /z/. Repeat after me.
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‘teams’ ‘teams’
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Then we have ‘ladies’. ‘ladies’
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/z/ Repeat after me.
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‘ladies’ ‘ladies’
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Then ‘monkeys’. /z/ again.
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Repeat after me. ‘monkeys’.
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‘monkeys’ Then we have ‘tomatoes’.
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Again, it’s the /z/ sound. ‘tomatoes’
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‘tomatoes’ And finally, ‘pianos’.
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/z/ ‘pianos’
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‘pianos’ Let’s move on to
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other rules now. Ok guys, let’s now talk about nouns that
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end in ‘s’, ‘sh’, ‘x’, ‘ch’, or ‘z’.
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Now to make the plural form of these nouns, you will add ‘es’.
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And the sound will be /Iz/. Let’s review some words together.
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‘bus’ becomes ‘buses’. ‘bush’ ‘bushes’
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‘fox’ ‘foxes’ ‘beach’ ‘beaches’
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‘quiz’ ‘quizzes’ Can you repeat after me?
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‘buses’ ‘buses’ ‘bushes’ ‘bushes’
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‘foxes’ ‘foxes’ ‘beaches’ ‘beaches’
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‘quizzes’ ‘quizzes’ Let’s move on.
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Ok, guys. Moving on to nouns that end in ‘f’ or
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‘fe’. For example, ‘roof’ becomes ‘roofs’.
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‘safe’ ‘safes’ So you simply add an ‘s’.
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Then we have ‘leaf’ that becomes ‘leaves’. Wait a minute. What happened?
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Well, ya, sometimes in English, a word ending in ‘f’ becomes a word ending in ‘ves’
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in plural. That’s not a rule.
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But some words end in ‘ves’, you just have to learn them I’m afraid.
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Another word, ‘wife’. And again, ‘ves’.
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‘wives’ ‘shelf’ ‘shelves’
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Again, this ‘ves’ ending. Now let’s focus on pronunciation.
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‘roofs’ So it’s an /s/ sound.
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‘roofs’ ‘roofs’
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Good job. ‘safes’
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‘safes’ Have you heard the /s/ sound?
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‘safes’ Then we have ‘leaves’.
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And this time it’s a /z/ sound. Repeat after me.
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‘leaves’ ‘leaves’
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Great. Moving on. ‘wives’
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‘wives’ And finally,
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‘shelves’ ‘shelves’
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Great job guys. Let’s move on to practice now.
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Well students, let’s now practice together. I’m going to give you a singular noun, and
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I want you to try and find the plural form of this singular noun.
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Ok? Let’s give it a try.
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The first word is ‘baby’. ‘baby’
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Don’t forget, it ends with consonant + ‘y’. Do you remember the rule?
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It’s ‘babies’ with ‘ies’. Very nice.
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‘baby’ ‘babies’ The second word is ‘toy’.
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Hmmm, vowel + ‘y’. So this time, ‘toys’.
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You simply add an ‘s’. Then we have ‘wish’.
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Wish is a word that ends in ‘sh’. Remember the rule.
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‘wishes’ You add ‘es’.
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‘taxi’ becomes ‘taxis’. You simply add an ‘s’.
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‘choice’ ‘choices’ Simply add an ‘s’ as well.
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Then we have the word ‘wolf’. Aha!
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It’s a word ending in ‘f’. Is it a word with ‘ves’?
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It is. ‘wolves’
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And finally, ‘photo’
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Now remember the words ending in ‘o’? You can add ‘es’ or simply ‘s’.
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Well with photo, you simply add an ‘s’. ‘photos’
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Now if we focus on pronunciation now. Repeat the words after me.
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‘babies’ The sound is /z/
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‘babies’ ‘toys’
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‘toys’ ‘wishes’
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Remember this /Iz/ sound? Repeat after me.
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‘wishes’ ‘taxis’
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‘taxis’ ‘choices’
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‘choices’ ‘wolves’
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‘wolves’ And finally,
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‘photos’ ‘photos’ Excellent job guys.
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Now let’s move on to some example sentences. I have some example sentences for you guys.
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Using singular and plural nouns. I would like you to repeat the sentences after
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me. And be really careful to sue proper pronunciation.
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Let’s get started. First,
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‘I want a dog.’ ‘I like dogs.’
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Repeat after me, guys. ‘I want a dog.’
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‘I like dogs.’ The second sentence.
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‘I don’t want a fox.’ ‘I don’t like foxes.’
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After me, guys. ‘I don’t want a fox.’
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‘I don’t like foxes.’ Great, moving on the to the third sentence.
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‘I bought a watch.’ ‘I have many watches.’
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Repeat after me. ‘I bought a watch.’
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‘I have many watches.’ Good job.
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Sentence four now. ‘I have a new stereo.’
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‘Now, I have two stereos.’ After me.
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‘I have a new stereo.’ ‘Now, I have two stereos.’
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Excellent! And finally,
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‘There’s a knife.’ ‘There are six knives in the kitchen.’
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Repeat after me. ‘There’s a knife.’
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‘There are six knives in the kitchen.’ Amazing job guys.
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Very nice. I hoped this has helped.
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I hope you now understand better, singular and plural nouns in English.
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Now, I haven’t talked about all the pronunciation rules,
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But I hope you have a good sense now of how pronounce plural forms.
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Make sure you watch my next video if you want to know more about nouns in English.
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Thank you very much for watching guys. Thank you for watching my video, guys!
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If you’ve liked this video, please show me your support.
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Click ‘like’. Subscribe to the channel.
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Put your comments below and share the video. See you.
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Hello, guys. Welcome to this English course on nouns.
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In today’s video, I’m going to tell you about irregular plural nouns.
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Now there are crazy ways of making plural forms in English.
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And there are a lot of irregular forms. I want you to know about them, so let’s
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get started. Again, guys, there are so many irregular plural
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forms in English. And I’m afraid there are no particular rules.
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You just need to learn the words. But I’m going to try and tell you about
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the most common ones. Ok?
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Let’s review some words together. Ok, so, for example.
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We have a singular noun which is ‘woman’. It’s plural form is ‘women’.
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‘woman’ ‘women’ Then we have ‘man’.
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The singular noun, ‘a man’, it becomes ‘men’.
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‘a child’ becomes ‘children’ ‘a tooth’ ‘teeth’
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‘a foot’ becomes ‘feet’ ‘a person’ becomes ‘people’.
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‘a mouse’ becomes ‘mice’ Ok, let’s move on to pronunciation now.
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Well students, let’s work on pronunciation a bit.
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Please repeat after me. ‘woman’ ‘woman’
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‘women’ ‘women’ Good.
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‘man’ ‘man’ ‘men’ ‘men’
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‘child’ ‘child’ ‘children’ ‘children’
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Very good guys. Moving on.
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‘tooth’ ‘tooth’ ‘teeth’ ‘teeth’
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‘foot’ ‘foot’ ‘feet’ ‘feet’
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‘person’ ‘person’ ‘people’ ‘people’
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Very good guys. And the last one.
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‘mouse’ ‘mouse’ ‘mice’ ‘mice’
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Excellent, guys. Let’s now move on to other irregular plural
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forms. Now there are words that have the exact same
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singular and plural forms. They are not common, but you need to know
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a few. Let’s take a look together.
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As you can see, ‘sheep’ is the singular form.
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But the plural form is not ‘sheeps’. It is ‘sheep’.
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Same goes for ‘deer’ ‘deer’. ‘moose’ ‘moose’
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‘fish’ ‘fish’ ‘aircraft’ ‘aircraft’
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Ok, so you will say, “I see one sheep.” But also, “I see two sheep.”
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The exact same word. Ok, let’s go back for pronunciation.
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I want you to repeat after me. ‘sheep’ ‘sheep’
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‘deer’ ‘deer’ ‘moose’ ‘moose’
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‘fish’ ‘fish’ ‘aircraft’ ‘aircraft’
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Good job guys. Let’s move to other irregular forms.
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Some nouns are never singular. We always use their plural forms.
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I have a few common ones for you guys. Let’s have a look.
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‘jeans’ ‘pants’
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‘glasses’ ‘sunglasses’
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‘clothes’ ‘scissors’
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‘pajamas’ So you will say, “I have some jeans.”
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Or, “I have scissors.” But you cannot say, “I have a jean.”
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It is incorrect in English. Let’s work a bit on pronunciation.
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Repeat after me, please. ‘jeans’ ‘jeans’
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‘pants’ ‘pants’ ‘glasses’ ‘glasses’
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‘sunglasses’ ‘sunglasses’ ‘clothes’ ‘clothes’
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‘scissors’ ‘scissors’ And finally,
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‘pajamas’ ‘pajamas’ Good guys.
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Let’s now look at other irregular plural forms.
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Now, just a few words about nouns in English that have Latin and Greek origins.
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Their plural forms are very weird. It’s a bit complicated, so we’re not going
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to into too much detail. Don’t worry too much about them.
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But just a few words that I think you should know.
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First, we have words ending in ‘a’. Their plural form will end in ‘ae’.
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For example, ‘antenna’ becomes ‘antennae’
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‘alumna’ ‘alumnae’ Words ending in ‘us’, us, will end in
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‘i’. ‘octopus’ ‘octopi’
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‘cactus’ ‘cacti’ Words ending in ‘is’, will end in ‘es’.
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‘is’ becomes ‘es’. For example, ‘analysis’ ‘analyses’
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‘diagnosis’ ‘diagnoses’ And finally, words ending in ‘on’, end
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in ‘a’. ‘criterion’ ‘criteria’
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‘phenomenon’ ‘phenomena’ These plural forms are very difficult, guys.
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Even native speakers make a lot of mistakes, so don’t worry too much about them.
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I just wanted to give you a little taste of Latin and Greek plurals.
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Let’s move on to example sentences now. Ok, guys.
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I have a few example sentences for you. It’s a great opportunity to practice saying
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irregular plural forms in English. Be very careful to use proper pronunciation
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as well. Let’s start.
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First, ‘my sister has one child’ ‘my brother has two children’.
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Repeat after me. ‘my sister has one child’ ‘my brother
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has two children’. Next.
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‘I’m a quiet person, so I don’t talk to many people.’
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Please repeat after me. ‘I’m a quiet person, so I don’t talk
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to many people.’ Good guys.
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Next sentence. ‘Did you catch one fish or two fish at the
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lake?’ Repeat after me, please.
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‘Did you catch one fish or two fish at the lake?’
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Very good. Next sentence.
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‘I have one pair of glasses and two pairs of sunglasses.’
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Repeat after me. ‘I have one pair of glasses and two pairs
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of sunglasses.’ Excellent, guys.
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And finally, ‘He has one cactus in his front yard, but
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many cacti in his back yard.’ Repeat after me.
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‘He has one cactus in his front yard, but many cacti in his back yard.’
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Ok, students. I hope you repeated after me.
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And you practiced your pronunciation. I hope you now have a better understanding
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of irregular plural forms in English. There are many of them.
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Not many rules to follow. A lot of words to memorize.
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But, I’m sure with a little bit of practice, you can do it.
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Thank you for watching my video. Make sure you watch the other videos as well.
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Thank you. Thank you guys for watching my video.
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If you’ve liked this video, please, show me your support.
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Click ‘like, subscribe to our channel, put your comments below, and share the video.
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Thank you very much. See you.
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Hello guys, welcome back to this English course on nouns.
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In today’s video, I’m going to tell you about compound nouns.
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They are very common in English and there are thousands of them.
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You need to know about them. Let’s get started.
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A compound noun is made up of two different words.
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So you take two words, you put them together, to create a new noun.
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They’re usually quite easy to understand. For example, ‘full moon’.
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‘Full’ is obviously the adjective describing the moon.
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Let’s take a look at other examples, and how to create compound nouns.
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Sometimes, compound nouns are a single noun. Like, ‘toothpaste’.
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Sometimes, they’re two or more words hyphenated. Such as ‘mother-in-law’.
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And sometimes, they’re two separate words, like ‘ice cream’.
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Now, you have to be careful. Sometimes, you have a simple adjective plus
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a noun like ‘a green house’. But you also have a compound noun which is
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a different meaning. ‘A greenhouse’.
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Now, ‘a green house’, is a house which is green.
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But the compound noun, ‘a greenhouse’, is a place where you grow plants.
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Completely different meaning. Ok, so you have to be careful.
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Stresses can help. Usually the stress is on the first syllable
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in compound nouns. Ok, I hope you get it guys.
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Let’s take a closer look now at compound nouns.
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Ok, let’s now take a look at the parts of speech that make up a compound noun.
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We can have a noun and another noun. Like, ‘bedroom’.
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We can also have a noun and a verb. Like, ‘haircut’.
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A noun and a preposition. Like, ‘passer-by’.
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A verb and a noun. Like, ‘washing machine’.
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A verb and a preposition. Like, ‘drawback’.
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A preposition and a noun. Like, ‘underground’.
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An adjective and a ver. Like, ‘dry-cleaning’.
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An adjective and a noun. Like, ‘software’.
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Or a preposition and a verb. Like, ‘input’.
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As you can see guys, there are so many ways to create compound nouns with different words.
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Now let’s get back to our example for pronunciation. Please repeat after me.
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Bedroom Bedroom
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Haircut Haircut
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Passer-by Passer-by
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Washing machine Washing machine
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Drawback Drawback
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Underground Underground
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Dry-cleaning Dry-cleaning
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Software Software
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Input Input
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Good job guys. Now let’s now move on to plural compound
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nouns. So when we want to make compound nouns plural,
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there are rules to follow. If you have a single word, you simply add
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an ‘s’. But if you have separate words, whether hyphenated
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or not, you will make the most significant word plural.
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Let’s take a look at examples. ‘Newspaper’ will simply be ‘newspapers’.
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So I have man newspapers. Swimming pool.
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Now, what’s the most significant word? Well, it is ‘pool’.
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So we will say, ‘there are two swimming pools’.
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You cannot say, ‘there are two swimmings pools.’
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No ‘s’ at swimming. Brother-in-law
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What’s the most significant word? Well of course, it is ‘brother’.
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So you will say, “I have two brothers-in-law”. And finally, ‘woman doctor’.
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Now, what’s the most significant word? Actually, both words are significant.
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So we will both make them plural. Remember, the plural form of ‘woman’ is
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‘women’. So we will say, “Four women doctors work
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at the hospital”. Let’s work on pronunciation.
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Can you repeat after me, please. I have man newspapers.
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I have man newspapers. There are two swimming pools.
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There are two swimming pools. I have two brothers-in-law.
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I have two brothers-in-law. And finally,
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Four women doctors work at the hospital. Four women doctors work at the hospital.
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Good job guys. Now let’s move on to practice.
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To practice, I have a few sentences. And I want you to tell me if we are using
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compound nouns or not. Let’s take a look.
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I want to drink some cold water. Is ‘cold water’ a compound noun?
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What do you think? It isn’t.
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‘Cold’ is a simply adjective describing the water.
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She has a new boy friend. Is boy friend a compound noun?
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Well, it isn’t in this case. He’s your friend and he’s a boy.
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But the compound noun, ‘boyfriend’, in one word, exists and has a different meaning.
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Then, your boyfriend is more than a friend. He’s the boy you’re having a relationship
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with. Other example.
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The blue bird was singing in the tree. Is ‘blue bird’ a compound noun?
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Not in this case. It’s a simple bird and it’s blue.
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But, the compound noun, ‘bluebird’, in one word, exists.
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It’s a specific bird. Let’s meet at the bus stop.
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Is ‘bus stop’ a compound noun? What do you think?
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It is. I have two alarms clock.
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What about ‘alarms clock’? Well, it is a compound noun, but there is
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a big mistake. Can you see it?
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Of course, the plural form. The plural form is not ‘alarms clock’.
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But, ‘alarm clocks’. Because the most significant word is ‘clock’.
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Ok guys, let’s move on. Thank you for watching.
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I hope you better understand compound nouns and how to create them.
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There are so many compound nouns in the English language, but they are usually very easy to
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understand. And if you’re not sure, look it up in a
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dictionary. The dictionary will tell you if it’s a compound
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noun or not. Thank you for watching guys.
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And see you in the next videos. Thank you for watching my video guys.
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If you’ve liked it, please show me your support.
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Click, ‘like’, subscribe to our channel, put your comments below, and share the video.
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See you. Hello, guys.
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Welcome back to this English course on nouns. In this video, I’m going to tell you about
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countable and uncountable nouns. It’s very important to know the difference
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between countable and uncountable nouns in English.
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And students often get confused. So please listen to me very carefully.
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Let’s get started. Countable nouns are nouns that you can count.
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Uncountable nouns are nouns that you can’t count.
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They’re usually a type or a group. And they’re always singular.
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Let’s look at a few examples. Countable nouns – you can say, “a dog.”
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You can say, “one dog,” “two dogs,” “three dogs,” and so on.
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“Man.” You can say, “a man.”
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“Two men.” “Idea.”
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You can say, “one idea,” “two ideas,” and so on.
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“Computer.” Again, you can say, “one computer, two computers.”
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And, “house.” Well, you can say, “one house, two houses,
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three houses,” and so on. These are countable nouns.
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You can count them. But if we look at uncountable nouns.
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When you say, “water.” You can’t say, “One water, two waters.”
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It doesn’t make any sense. You cannot count water.
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Same goes for air. You can’t say, “one air, two airs.”
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It’s just ‘air’. It’s uncountable.
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‘traffic’ ‘English’
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‘Equipment’ These are all uncountable nouns.
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You cannot count them And they’re always singular.
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Okay, guys. Now, let’s take a closer look at rules with
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countable nouns and uncountable nouns. So how do we know if a word is countable or
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uncountable? Well there are a few tricks that can help.
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Let’s look at these words. Some groups of words are very often uncountable.
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And this can help you. For example, liquids.
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Water, juice, milk, beer. All those words are uncountable.
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Powders. Sugar, flour, salt, rice.
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Uncountable words as well. Materials. Such as wood, plastic, metal, or
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paper. Food as well.
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Like fruit, meat, cheese, and bread. And finally, abstract ideas.
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Like time, information, love, and beauty. Another trick is that most of the time, you
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can measure uncountable nouns. Let’s look at examples.
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For example, if we take liquids. I have two liters of milk.
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Now, you cannot count milk. But you can measure milk.
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And you can count liters. So you can say, “I have two liters of milk.”
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You can say, “I have a glass of water.” Or “I have glasses of water.”
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“Cups of coffee.” “Bottles of water.”
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So you can measure this uncountable noun. Same goes with powders.
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“I have one kilogram of sugar.” “Two kilograms of sugar.”
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With materials and foods, we often use the word, ‘piece’.
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For example, “I ate two pieces of cake.” Or bread.
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Or pizza. Or meat.
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Or cheese. “I need pieces of paper.”
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Wood. Plastic.
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Metal. Or “I have some water.”
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‘Some’ is an article that always works with uncountable nouns.
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Ok guys, I hope you understand. Let’s move on.
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Some words can be both countable and uncountable nouns.
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Now not all of them. But some of them.
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Let’s take a look. “I would like to eat some cake.”
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“I would like two pieces of cake.” So in these two sentences, ‘cake’ is obviously
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and uncountable noun. But if I say, “I would like to eat two cakes.”
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Suddenly, it becomes a countable noun. Why?
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Because in the first two sentences, we are talking about pieces of one cake.
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In the last sentence, we are considering the whole cake.
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So it becomes countable. Another example.
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“I would like to eat some chicken.” “I would like to eat a piece of chicken.”
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Both sentences, uncountable noun, ‘chicken’. But the last sentence, “I see two chickens.”
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Hmm, ‘chicken’, in this case, is a countable noun.
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Why? Because in the first two sentences, ‘chicken’
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is food. But in the last sentence, ‘chicken’ is
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an animal. So the animal is a countable noun.
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‘Chicken’ as food is uncountable. Hope you get it.
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Let’s move on to example sentences now. Let’s now review a few example sentences,
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so you can practice using countable and uncountable nouns.
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Please repeat after me. And be careful to use proper pronunciation.
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Let’s get started. First sentence guys.
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“I put one hundred candles on six cakes.” Please repeat after me.
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“I put one hundred candles on six cakes.” “I put one hundred candles on six cakes.”
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Good job. Second example.
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“I ate two pieces of cake.” Please repeat after me.
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“I ate two pieces of cake.” “I ate two pieces of cake.”
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Next sentence. “I saw some trash on all the streets.”
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Please repeat after me. “I saw some trash on all the streets.”
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“I saw some trash on all the streets.” Very good.
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Next one. “I need to buy some milk and some butter
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from the market.” Please repeat after me.
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“I need to buy some milk and some butter from the market.”
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“I need to buy some milk and some butter from the market.”
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And finally. “Traffic and pollution are problems in many
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cities.” Repeat after me.
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“Traffic and pollution are problems in many cities.”
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“Traffic and pollution are problems in many cities.”
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Good job guys. I hope you repeated after me and worked on
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your pronunciation. Thank you for watching this video.
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I hope you now have a better understanding of countable and uncountable nouns.
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I know it’s hard, but don’t worry, keep practicing.
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Practice makes perfect. Thank you for watching my video and please
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watch the rest of the videos. Thank you guys for watching my video.
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If you liked it, please show me your support by clicking ‘like’, by subscribing to
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the channel, by putting your comments below and sharing this video.
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Thank you very much and see you.
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