Noun is the name of a person, animal, place, thing or idea. It is also known as naming words.
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Kinds of Nouns
PROPER NOUNS
A proper noun is the specific name of a person, place, animal, thing, and event. It always starts with a CAPITAL letter.
Examples:
Luisa Reyes, Luneta Park, Valentine's Day,
Exercise:
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COMMON NOUNS
A common noun is the general name of a person, place, animal, thing and idea.
Examples:
waitress, mall, lion, bag, love
Exercise:
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Classifications of Common Nouns
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Count and Non-Count Nouns
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Concrete and Abstract Nouns
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Collective and Compound Nouns
Count and Non-Count Nouns
Count Nouns (countable nouns) - are nouns that can be counted. They have singular and plural forms. A singular count noun must have a determiner.
Determiner - is a modifier of a noun that provides more information about the noun such as how much and by whom.
Articles
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Demonstratives
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Possessives
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Quantifiers
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a/ an (indefinite)
the (definite)
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this
that
these
those
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my
our
their
her
his
its
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many
a few
several
a couple of
none of the
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Examples:
Count noun: doctor
Sentence: I have to see my doctor to get the medical test results.
Count noun: pencil
Sentence: This pencil belongs to Jean.
Count noun: cockroach
Sentence: I saw a cockroach inside the pantry.
Count noun: town
Sentence: Typhoon Yolanda hit several towns in Leyte.
Non-count Nouns (Uncountable or Mass Nouns) - are nouns that are not countable. It has no plural form. They are quantified by a word that signifies amount.
Some quantifiers that will work with mass nouns are:
Quantifiers
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not much
a little
a bit of
a good deal of
a great deal of
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Examples
Mass noun: sugar
Sentence: There’s not much sugar in the canister.
Mass noun: advice
Sentence: Collin gave him a bit of advice to solve his problem.
There are quantifiers that will work with both count and non-count nouns.
Quantifiers
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all of the
some
most of the
enough
a lot of
lots of
plenty of
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Examples:
Count noun: bird
Sentence: We saw a lot of birds flying in the park.
Mass noun: money
Sentence: There’s a lot of money in his pocket.
Count noun: seat
Sentence: There are enough seats for the participants who will join the convention.
Mass noun: food
Sentence: There is enough food for the parishioners.
Exercise:
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Concrete and Abstract Nouns
Concrete Nouns – are nouns that we can see, hear, smell, taste and touch. These include persons, animals, places and objects. An example of this is pizza – it registers with our senses. You can see, touch, smell and taste it.
Other Examples:
watch
baby
cat
mountain
Concrete noun: gun
Sentence: Three guns were confiscated from the students after the incident,
Concrete noun: customer
Sentence: An upset customer was given a compensation for being misled by the sales person.
Abstract Nouns – are nouns that are not tangible. They are not perceivable by the 5 senses. These include state of mind, qualities, ideas, conditions and events.
Examples:
Events: vacation, childhood, war
State of mind: courage, grief, anger
Qualities: truth, kindness, beauty
Ideas: democracy, energy, luck
Conditions: diabetes, cancer, flu
There are abstract nouns that cannot be pluralized. Examples of these are the following:
education
hospitality
chaos
In terms of quantifiers and words that precede these words, what we say about the non-count nouns, above, can be said about abstract nouns.
Examples:
Abstract Noun: courage
Sentence: Your courage was unbelievable during those tough times.
Abstract Noun: memory
Sentence: Our memories in California are truly priceless.
Exercise:
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Collective and Compound Nouns
Collective Nouns – are nouns which refer to a group of people, animals or things. These nouns take a singular verb when all members of the group are performing an action as a unit.
Examples:
Collective noun: staff
Sentence: The staff thinks new ideas to increase their production.
Collective noun: a colony of ants
Sentence: A colony of ants is found inside Gavin’s room where he left candy wrappers.
We can use a plural verb when all members of the collective noun are performing an action as individuals:
Example:
Collective noun: cast
Sentence: The cast are rehearsing their lines for their upcoming movie.
In many cases, it may sound more natural to make the subject plural in form by adding a word like “members”.
Examples:
Collective noun: team
Sentence: The team members work until midnight to present the output the following day.
Collective noun: family
Sentence: Our family members pray the rosary for the early recovery of Aunt Jean.
Exercise:
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Compound Nouns – are nouns that are consist of 2 or more words to form a single noun. There are three forms for compound nouns:
- Open or spaced - written as separate words (ex. buko juice, turn off)
- Hyphenated - words linked by a hyphen (ex. father-in-law, check-in)
- Closed or solid - one word (ex. butterfly, basketball)
They also have different combinations:
COMBINATION
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WORD
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MEANING
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USED IN A SENTENCE
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noun + noun
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water tank
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a container for storing water
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A water tank is the needed in their community for safe drinking water, agricultural farming and fire suppression.
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noun + verb
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sunrise
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the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
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It's a beautiful experience to see the sunrise from the mountaintop.
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noun + verb (ing)
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housekeeping
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it is the management of duties and chores involved in the running of a household.
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TESDA offers scholarships for those who are interested to undergo the training for housekeeping.
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verb (ing) + noun
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washing machine
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is a machine to wash laundry, such as clothing and sheets.
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She will buy a washing machine to start her laundry business.
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verb + preposition
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check-out
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the time by which a hotel room must be vacated to avoid another day's charge.
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Remember that check-out is at 12 noon so pack your things as soon as possible.
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adjective + noun
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blackboard
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a green or black panel usually found in a classroom for writing or drawing on with chalk
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She wrote the scientific formula on the blackboard
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Exercise:
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Sources:
Sites
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