Possessive Nouns

·         Possessive nouns are used to show that something belongs to someone.

·         You use an apostrophe (‘) and s

Example: The girl’s toys.

·         If a singular noun ends in s, just add the apostrophe (‘) at the end of the word.

The bus’ engine stopped.

·         If the plural noun ends with an –s, add only the apostrophe (‘).

Example: My friends’ name are Eros and Zahra.

·         If the plural noun does not end with s, add an apostrophe (‘) and to the end of the noun.

Example: We read the peoples articles.

References : Mr. Wong Videos

Personal pronouns –subject-object pronouns

Subject and object pronouns

A pronoun is a word that takes a the place of a noun.

Subject pronouns are used when the pronouns is the subject of the sentence. They are also use if they rename the subject. ( I, You, He, She, It, We, You, They )

Object Pronouns are used everywhere else (direct object, indirect object, object of preposition).

We use them after a verb or a preposition.

Subject	Object
I	Me
You	You
He	Him
She	Her
It	It
We	Us
You	You
They	Them

For example:

·         I love her but she doesn’t love me.

·         He is giving the girl a kiss.

·         He is feeding the baby.

·         She is taking a photo of you.

·         He is stroking the cat.

·         She is combing her hair.

·         They are giving them a kiss.

References : Mr.Wong Videos

Gender Of Nouns

Gender OF Nouns

Noun gender is the grouping of nouns based in names that refer to male/boy, female/girl, and non living things.

There are 4 types:

1.      Masculine Gender- refers to nouns that name males.

·         Father

·         Grandpa

·         Uncle

·         Nephew

2.      Feminine Gender -refers to nouns that name females.

·         Mother

·         Grandma

·         Aunt

·         Niece

3.      Common Gender-refers to nouns that name female/male.

·         Parent

·         Cousin

·         Visitor

·         Teacher

4.      Neuter Gender- refers to nouns that name living things.

·         Kite

·         Stories

·         Book

·         Building

GENDER

·         Most nouns in English has the same form both for male and for female.

Example: Child, dancer, doctor, engineer, friend, guest.

·         These forms may arise from three distinct.

Modes:

·         Adding the suffix –ess

·         Examples:

·         Actor-actress/poet-poetess

·         Prince-princess/host-hostess

·         In certain words, there is a need for  any changes spell

·         Examples:

·         God-goddess
            Tiger-tigress

·         Waiter-waitress
                                            

                                            

                                           
                                           
                                           

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References: Mr. Wong Videos