5 Core Values Teacher Should Demonstrate

Students are the reflections of a teacher. The way teacher acts, behaves, talks, everything is followed by his/her student. So, it is very necessary for a teacher to be mindful about his/her actions. There are some values teacher should always possess. Upon possessing these values both inside and outside classroom, he/she shall find the students getting … Read more

8 Common Mistakes Teachers Commit in Classroom

Are you a teacher? Are you looking forward for an excellent class with students interacting well and excelling in both their academic and non-academic activities? Well, you could be proficient with the course content and lessons but you could still be missing some common things. Those might not have been in your considerations but teachers do … Read more

Nouns (Countable and Uncountable nouns)

Everything that exists in this universe can be referred through name and each name is a noun. Nouns are the naming words which identify or denote both living and non-living beings. Words used to represent/identify people, places, animals, birds, insects, plants; objects, ideas etc. are called nouns. There are five types of nouns:

Abstract and Material nouns

Abstract nouns Abstract nouns refer to those intangible nouns which our five senses cannot detect. Feeling, qualities, theories, relationships, ideas and experience are expressed by abstract nouns. Literally, abstract means something that exists only in idealized form. It only exists in mind.

Collective nouns

Collective nouns are one of the five types of nouns. Collective nouns are those nouns which represent group/multitude/assemblage.Collective nouns are considered countable if not individually then as a unit. Collective nouns can be replaced by singular pronouns in formal writing.

Common nouns

Common nouns are one of the five types of nouns. Common nouns are the names which are shared by more than one or all members of a particular kind. Common nouns can be considered to be the opposite of Proper nouns. Common nouns are general whereas Proper nouns are specific and actual names.

Proper nouns

Proper nouns are one of the five types of nouns. From the phrase itself, we get to know that names which exclusively belong to oneself or itself are Proper nouns. Proper nouns are the actual names of particular persons, places, organizations, animals, objects or individual beings.

Articles, Types of Articles and Their Uses

According to Oxford Dictionary, Article is a part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun. It particularizes the grammatical definiteness of the noun. It is always followed by a noun/noun phrase. Article is categorized into two parts i.e. the Definite Article and Indefinite Article.

Where Articles should not be Used

There are various cases where we should not use articles. To ensure grammatical correctness, we should pay attention to few important rules on where to avoid articles. Articles shouldn’t be used

Definite Article ‘The’

Articles have been categorized into two parts i.e. the Definite Article and Indefinite Articles. Articles are always followed by a noun/noun phrase and use of ‘the’ makes a noun/noun phrase definite. ‘The’ is used to denote specific nouns. Therefore, article ‘the’ is called Definite Article.