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Count Nouns - Proper Nouns

1. Nouns are names of people, places and things	a student, Jung Eun a country, Canada a camera
2. Count nouns are easy to count. They have a singular and plural form. Use a before singular count nouns that begin with a consonant sound. Be careful: Use an before an h that is silent.	one photo, two photos, three photos She's a photographer. He's a teacher. It's a hat. It's an hour too early.
3. Use an before singular count nouns that begin with a vowel sound. Be careful: Use a before a u that sound like yew.	She's an artist. He's an engineer. It's an umbrella. This is a unit about nouns.
4. To form the plural of most count nouns, add -s or -es. Do not put a or an before plural nouns. Some nouns have irregular plural endings. Some nouns are always plural.	one friend three friends one class three classes They are photos of friends. Not: They are a photos of a friends. one man two men one tooth two teeth pants, clothes My pants are blue.
5. Do not put a or an before proper nouns.	Paris is in France Not : A Paris is in a France.

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1. Henri Cartier was photographer.

2. Henri Cartier and Ansel Adams were photographers.

3. Henri Cartier was artist.

4. All good photographers are artists.

5. Ansel Adams was pianist.

6. Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco.

7. He began with trip to Yosemite National park.

8. He was photographer too.

9. Henri Cartier was the first photographer with pictures in the Louvre Museum.

10. This is photo of Henri.

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