Grammar is the set of rule that explain how the words are used in language through both writing and speaking Or is the system of rules that allow us to structure sentence during writing and speaking
Why We must learn Grammar?
It help to write and speak English in right way even to structure sentence.Also it includes several aspects of the English language like Parts of Speech
Parts of speech
There are Eight(8) basic parts of speech.These are
Noun
Pronoun
Adverb
Adjective
Preposion
conjunction
Article
Let us start with nouns
Nouns
what is the nouns?
Nouns are words we use for something,people and animals and places,as well as for thing like ideas,feeling,and thoughts
Example of Nouns
Animal nouns-Cat,Cow and
People nouns-Amina Juma,Frank and Ally
Feelings nouns-Love and pain,
Things nouns-House,book,pen stone
We can usually ask What? or Who?When we want to find out which word in the sentence is noun
For example
Ally had an Ideas->Who had an Ideas?
What did Ally have?an Idea
There are two nouns in this sentence.Ally and Idea are nouns
Types of nouns
There are two main types of Noun.These are
Proper noun
Common nouns
Proper noun
These are nouns are the names of specific things,place,or people,Example of proper noun are Tanzania,Mr.mwasi,Dodoma and English.Proper nouns are spelled with capital first letter.Your name is proper name
Common noun
Common noun Don't have a capital first letter, except at the beginning of a sentence.
Example of Common nouns
book,rain,fork,music and summer
Now let as see how to change singular into plural nouns
When we use a noun we have to show if there is one of them(singular) or plural.Most of nouns Simply have -s at the end to show plural.
For example
Noun
singular
plural
book
book
books
Flower
flower
flowers
boy
boy
boys
girl
girl
girls
interest
interest
interests
But there are some exception s you must Note
Note down the following
Note 1
All singular nouns that end on an -s,-sh,-ch,-z or -x==> add -es
For example
Noun
singular
plural
box
box
boxes
wish
wish
wishes
buzz
buzz
buzzes
bus
bus
buses
Note2
Singular noun ending on consonant+y .Take away -y and add -ies for plural
Student Details
Noun
Singular
plural
party
party
parties
city
city
cities
story
story
stories
baby
baby
babies
Note3
Proper nouns ending on a consonant and -y are exception,here we just add -s .For example Lilly=>Lillys
Note4
If the singular noun ends on a vowel and -y simply add an -s
For example
Noun
singular
plural
monkey
monkey
monkeys
birthday
birthday
birthday s
Note5
Most of Singular noun of -f or -fe.Change their ending to -ves in the plural
Student Details
Noun
singular
plural
knife
knife
knives
leaf
leaf
leaves
life
life
lives
Shelf
shelf
shelves
Note 6
Many,but not all,Singular nouns ending.on a consonant and -o => add -es for plural noun