http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Nouns/njkk/post.htm#66650Mon, 10 Jan 2005 03:57:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:66650Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Nouns/njkk/post.htm#66650http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-66650.xml<br /> <br />In your sentence, there are four nouns: <br /> <br />reading <br />writing <br />speaking <br />skills <br /> <br />The first three are '-ing' forms of the verb used as nouns and called 'gerunds'. <br /> <br />http://www.englishforums.com/English/Nouns/njjx/post.htmMon, 10 Jan 2005 01:32:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:66637Guest1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Nouns/njjx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-66637.xmlreading, writing and speaking are important skills. <br /> <br />what are the nouns in that sentance?