NOUNS

Prepared by: Danielle Maxene V. Macapagal

Common and Proper Nouns

Dr. Enrique A.Tayag

Sentence: Dr. Enrique Tayag is the current Assistant Secretary of Health Designate of the Department of Health. He is a doctor of medicine.

Abstract and Concrete Nouns

freedom

house

Sentence: The house on the fifth block was sold for only four million pesos even its original worth was 20 million. The owner did not have the freedom to haggle since he was leaving the country and is going to start a new life someplace else.

Collective and Singular Nouns

school of fish

diver

Sentence: The diver, amazed by the beauty of nature, did not notice that he was lost in a middle of a school of fish.

Mass and Count Nouns

half teaspoon of sugar

money

Sentence: The man was only left with a half-a-teaspoon of sugar that he can not drink his bitter coffee. He went out to the store to buy some sugar but he forgot to bring any money, so he went back home and drank his coffee anyway.

Plural Form of Regular Nouns

toy

toys

Sentence: For every good grade my parents give me a toy of my choosing. Today, I do not only have a lot of toys but a collection of good grades.

Plural Form of IrregularNouns

Ox

Oxen

Sentence: The man was from a poor family. His father left him an ox as an inheritance before he died. The man worked hard day and night. Today oxen filled his wide lands and is enjoying a more convenient life.

Plural Form of Compound Nouns

Lilly of the valley

Lillies of the Valley

Sentence: My grandfather when he was younger, gives a lily of the valley everyday to my grandmother until she agreed to marry him. Fifty years later, all of the lilies of the valley was all kept by my grandmother and more are added everyday.