Grammar Mind Map

Nouns

Pronouns

Subject Verb Agreement

Verb + -s/-es = third person singular in the simple present tense

Singular: My friend lives in Boston
Plural: My friends live in Boston

In most expressions of quantity, the verb is determines by the noun ot pronoun thet follows of

Singular: Some of the book is good.
Plural: Some of the books are good.

There + be introduces the idea that something exists in a particular place.

There is a fly in the room

Irregularities:
Singular Verb:sometimes a proper noun thet ends in -s is singular

The United States is big.

The Philippines consists of more the 7000 islands

Irregularities:
Plural Verb: people, police, cattle, and fish do not end in -s but they are plural nouns in the example sentences and require plural verbs.

Those people are from Canada

The police have been called.

Possesive Nouns: to show posession , add apostrophe and -s to a singular noun.

If a singular noun ends in -s there are two possible fomrs

Add an apostrophe and -s: Thomas´s book
Ad only apostrophe: Thomas´ book

Nouns as Adjectives: When a noun used as a mdifier is combined with a number expression, the noun is singular and a hyphen (-) is used

The soup has vegetables in it.
It is Vegetable soup.

Coun and Non Count Noun:
Chair is called count noun, this means you can count chairs.
Furniture is called non count noun, in grammar you can not use numbers with the word furniture.

A pronoun is used in place of a noun . The noun it refers to is called the "antecedent"

Subject Pronoun

Sing: you, she, he, it
Plural: we, you, they

Object Pronoun

Sing: me, you, she, he, it
Plural: us, you, them

Possesive Pronoun

Sing: mine, yours, hers, his
Plural: ours, yours, theirs

Possesive Adjective

Sing: my, your, her, his, its
Plural: out, your, their

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