GRAMMAR REFERENCE
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Countables are nouns that can be counted.
In the singular they may be used with the indefinite and definite articles and in the plural with the
definite article and
many and
few:
an apple; the apples; many apples; few apples
Uncountables are nouns that can’t be counted.
They are not used with the indefinite article and usually are not used in the plural.
They may be used
with the definite article and
much and
little: food;
much food;
little food
COMPOUND NOUNS
Compound nouns are built from two or more stems. The main types:
a)
noun + norm (appletree)
b)
adjective + noun (blackboard)
c)
verb + noun (dining-room)
COMMON/PROPER NOUNS
Common nouns are names of any individual of a class of persons
or things.
There are different groups of Common nouns:
class nouns (e.g. man, dog, book),
collective nouns (e.g. family, team),
material nouns (e.g. iron, cotton),
abstract nouns (e.g. kindness, bravery),
concrete nouns (e.g.artist, pilot).
Proper nouns may be personal names (Mary, Nigar, Tom), geographical names
(Baku, London), the names of
months and days of the week (June, Monday), names of ships, hotels, clubs, etc.
ADJECTIVES (degrees of comparison)
Most of adjectives have degrees of comparison:
the comparative degree and
the superlative degree.
Some adjectives have irregular forms of degrees of comparison:
good - better - (the) best
bad - worse - (the) worst
many/much - more - (the) most
little - less - (the) least
When two objects are equal we use
as ... as for comparison.
Tom is
as tall
as Dick.