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13. Mother gave me a of pearls on my birthday.

14. The world’s longest of mountains is the Andes in
South America.

15. The monkey ate a of bananas.

C. Use suitable suffixes to form abstract nouns of these words. In some cases,
the words will change completely.

1. just 2. hate

3. child 4. kind

5. generous 6. foolish

7. move 8. good

9. poor 10. brave

11. calm 12. slave

13. true 14. believe

15. confuse 16. dishonest

17. resist 18. bore

19. mimic 20. possess

Number

Some nouns can be counted while others cannot be counted.

Nouns that cannot be counted are called
uncountable nouns. For example, water, soil, Note
bravery, honesty, iron, grass, butter, sugar. We can make uncountable nouns
They do not have a plural form. countable by adding partitive nouns

Nouns that can be counted are called countable to them. For example, a bar of
nouns. For example, boy, table, tree, mango, chocolate, four pieces of furniture,
a tub of butter, a spoon of sugar.
bat, fan, building. Most countable nouns have a
singular and a plural form.

A noun that denotes one person or thing is said to be in the singular number.
For example, flower, cow, house, sister, garden.

A noun is in the plural number if it denotes more than one person or thing.
For example, flowers, cows, houses, sisters, gardens.

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