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Nouns

plural · countable/uncountable · compounds · possession

9 lessons from A1 to C2 · 35 grammar points

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# 2 Nouns ## A1 - Regular plurals: -s, -es, -ies (cars, boxes, cities) - Irregular plurals: man–men, child–children, person–people, foot–feet - Plurals in -ves (knife–knives, leaf–leaves) - Plurals of nouns in -o (potatoes, photos) - Plural after numbers (two books) - Countable and uncountable nouns - some and any: first steps - How much? / How many? - a lot of with countable and uncountable nouns - Same form in singular and plural (sheep, fish, aircraft, deer) ## B1 - Uncountable nouns: advice, information, news, furniture, luggage, equipment, research, homework, progress, knowledge, traffic, weather, accommodation - Partitives: a piece of, a slice of, a bottle of, a cup of, a loaf of, an item of - work vs job, travel vs trip - Compound nouns: noun + noun (bus stop, coffee cup) - Measurement compounds without -s (a ten-minute walk, a five-year-old boy) - Measurement: two meters tall; How tall / deep / old…? ## B2 - Nouns that are countable and uncountable with different meanings (a coffee / coffee, a glass / glass, an experience / experience, a paper / paper, a room / room) - a + adjective + some uncountable nouns (a good education, a wonderful time) - Plural-only nouns (trousers, scissors, glasses, jeans, clothes, goods, belongings, outskirts, premises) - Singular nouns ending in -s (news, math, physics, economics, athletics, means, series, species) - Latin and Greek plurals (criterion–criteria, phenomenon–phenomena, analysis–analyses, crisis–crises, data) - Plurals of compounds (passers-by, mothers-in-law, women doctors) - Nouns with plural verbs (people, police, cattle, staff) - 's vs of vs noun + noun (Sara's car, the end of the film, the car door) - Time possessives (today's news, a week's vacation, two hours' drive) - Possessive for places (at the doctor's, at Sara's) - Group and joint possessives (the King of Spain's daughter; Sara and Ali's house) - Plural nouns as modifiers (a sports car, a savings account, customs officer) ## C1 - Nominalisation (decide → the decision; fail → failure) - Complex noun phrases: pre-modification (a rapidly growing online market) - Complex noun phrases: post-modification (the growth of sales in Asia since 2020) ## C2 - Apposition (Ali, my brother, …; the poet Hafez) - Dense academic noun phrases and how to unpack them - Nominal vs verbal style: when to use each - Gender-neutral nouns (chair, firefighter, flight attendant)

Lessons in this pillar

A1.8Plural nounsCoreSoonComing soon
A1.15Countable & uncountable nouns; some, any, how much, how manyCoreSoonComing soon
B1.38Uncountable traps & a piece ofCoreSoonComing soon
B1.39Compound nouns & measurements: a ten-minute walkMiniSoonComing soon
B2.33a coffee or coffee? Nouns that change meaningMiniSoonComing soon
B2.34Special plurals: trousers, news, criteriaMiniSoonComing soon
B2.35Possession 3: 's, of or noun + noun?MiniSoonComing soon
C1.25Nominalisation & complex noun phrasesCoreSoonComing soon
C2.14Noun phrases: expertCoreSoonComing soon

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A1

Regular plurals: -s, -es, -ies (cars, boxes, cities)
Irregular plurals: man–men, child–children, person–people, foot–feet
Plurals in -ves (knife–knives, leaf–leaves)
Plurals of nouns in -o (potatoes, photos)
Plural after numbers (two books)
Countable and uncountable nouns
some and any: first steps
How much? / How many?
a lot of with countable and uncountable nouns
Same form in singular and plural (sheep, fish, aircraft, deer)

B1

Uncountable nouns: advice, information, news, furniture, luggage, equipment, research, homework, progress, knowledge, traffic, weather, accommodation
Partitives: a piece of, a slice of, a bottle of, a cup of, a loaf of, an item of
work vs job, travel vs trip
Compound nouns: noun + noun (bus stop, coffee cup)
Measurement compounds without -s (a ten-minute walk, a five-year-old boy)
Measurement: two meters tall; How tall / deep / old…?

B2

Nouns that are countable and uncountable with different meanings (a coffee / coffee, a glass / glass, an experience / experience, a paper / paper, a room / room)
a + adjective + some uncountable nouns (a good education, a wonderful time)
Plural-only nouns (trousers, scissors, glasses, jeans, clothes, goods, belongings, outskirts, premises)
Singular nouns ending in -s (news, math, physics, economics, athletics, means, series, species)
Latin and Greek plurals (criterion–criteria, phenomenon–phenomena, analysis–analyses, crisis–crises, data)
Plurals of compounds (passers-by, mothers-in-law, women doctors)
Nouns with plural verbs (people, police, cattle, staff)
's vs of vs noun + noun (Sara's car, the end of the film, the car door)
Time possessives (today's news, a week's vacation, two hours' drive)
Possessive for places (at the doctor's, at Sara's)
Group and joint possessives (the King of Spain's daughter; Sara and Ali's house)
Plural nouns as modifiers (a sports car, a savings account, customs officer)

C1

Nominalisation (decide → the decision; fail → failure)
Complex noun phrases: pre-modification (a rapidly growing online market)
Complex noun phrases: post-modification (the growth of sales in Asia since 2020)

C2

Apposition (Ali, my brother, …; the poet Hafez)
Dense academic noun phrases and how to unpack them
Nominal vs verbal style: when to use each
Gender-neutral nouns (chair, firefighter, flight attendant)