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LEARNING ENGLISH-5
by S.P. Iyer
Learning english-Parts of speechNouns-contd Multiple possessive nouns-This term is used when you have more than one noun possessing the same thing Example - Ram's and Prem's shoes are very dirty
John,s and Charley's trips were fun.
To make a singular noun possessive just add the letter 'S -Example-The cat's tail
To make plural noun possessive add an apostrophe to the last letter of the plural noun if it end with an S- Example-The boys' book bags
If the last letter of the plural noun is not S ,add 'S to such word Eample-men - The men's shoes
Functions of nouns in sentences
Subject - Direct object -Indirect object -Predicate-Appositive-objects of prepositions
Subject- it indicates who and what is performing the action of the Verband can also come after a linking Verb
Example - The student cried hysterically
Our teacher is very nice
Direct object -It follows the verb and it indicates who and what receives the action of the verb
Example - Johnson locked the gate of the school
Wilson caught a fish
Indirect object-it indicates to whom or for whom something is done or given..
To identify the indirect object you may imagine that the word to or for is in front of the indirect objec
The following VERBS are usually followed by indirect objects
give, buy, save, bake , take ,send, pay etc
Example-The customers paid the cashier the money
Predicatee noun- it comes after the verb to be and can also come after a linking verb
Example - My daughter is the funniest kid in the school
Johnson will become the CEO of the company
Appositive-it is a word or phrase explains or gives information about another word
Example- Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka ,is a developed city
Objects of prepositions
A preposition is s word that shows location-movement-direction .It shows the relation between anoun/pronoun and another noun/pronoun
i.e - in, on, with, by, for, under
Example - The pencil is on the table .
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