NOUN

NOUN
A noun is the name of a thing,
person, animal, place or idea.

 There are 5 types of nouns namely:

- Proper Noun
- Common / Concrete Noun
- Collective Noun
- Abstract Noun
- Compound Noun
 PROPER NOUNS

 Isthe name of a particular person or

place.

 Allproper noun must begin with a capital

letter.
(i) Persons
- Ali, Noraini, Chong, Ramu

(ii) Places
- Penang, Kota Bharu, Tokyo

(iii) Animals
- Si Putih, Lassie, Blacky
 COMMON/ CONCRETE
NOUNS
 Isthe general term used to refer to
persons, animals and things or objects.

 E.g:Man, cat, song, flower, ice-cream, wind,

sunlight.

 We can experience this group of nouns with

your 5 senses – see them, hear them, smell
them, taste them and feel them.
 COLLECTIVE NOUNS
 Refers to a number or a set of persons,
things, or animals regarded as a single
group of the same kind, taken together as
a whole.

 Flock
of pigeons, a family, an army, an
assembly, a committee, gaggle.
 ABSTRACT NOUNS
Are names of special qualities, actions,
emotions or conditions of a person or
persons.
You cannot detect this group of nouns
with your 5 senses.
Eg: wisdom, friendship, honesty,
goodness, happiness, anger.
 COMPOUND NOUNS
Consist of 2 or more words put
together to form a name.
They can be written separately but
they mean 1 thing.
Eg: post office, living room, brother-
in-law, narrow-minded.
 NOUN
Nouns can also divided to:
- Countable and Uncountable
- Gender
- Number (singular & plural)
- Case (subject, object,
possessive)
 COUNTABLE NOUNS
Are the names of objects, people, etc.
that we can count

Eg: book, pen, apple, boy, sister,

doctor, horse.
 UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Are the names of things which we
cannot count
Eg: milk, oil, sugar, gold, honesty.
 Countable nouns have plural forms
while uncountable nouns do not. Eg:
Books (√)
Milks (x)
 THE NOUNS : GENDER
 4 types of gender nouns:
a. Masculine gender

b. Feminine gender

c. Common gender

d. Neuter gender
 GENDER (CONT…I)
a. Masculine gender

o A nouns that denotes a male animal

o Eg: Boy, Lion, Hero, Cock, Bull,

Dog
 GENDER (CONT…II)
b. Feminine gender

o A nouns that denotes a female animal

o Eg: Girl, Lioness, Heroine, Hen,

Cow, Bitch
 GENDER (CONT…III)
c. Common gender

o A nouns that denotes either a male

or a female

o Eg: Parent, child, friend, pupil,

enemy, cousin, neighbour
 GENDER (CONT…IV)
d. Neuter gender

o A nouns that denotes neither male

nor female (thing without life)

o Eg: Pen, Book, Room, Tree

 THE NOUNS : NUMBER

 2 types of nouns (NUMBER):

a. Singular Number

b. Plural Number
 NUMBER (CONT…I)
a. Singular Number

o A nouns that denotes one person or

thing

o Eg: Boy, Girl, Cow, Bird, Tree,

Book, Pen
 NUMBER (CONT…II)
a. Plural Number

o A nouns that denotes more than one

person or thing

o Eg: Boys, Girls, Cows, Birds, Trees,

Books, Pens
 HOW PLURALS ARE
FORMED
Ending with Adding Examples
-NULL- -s Boys, Pens, Trees
-s, -sh, -ch, -x -es Classes, Brushes, Branches, Boxes
-o -es Buffaloes, Potatoes, Mangoes
* -o -s Dynamos, Kilos, Logos, Photos
-y -es Baby-> Babies,
(preceded by a (change -y into -i) Lady-> Ladies,
consonant) Story-> Stories
-f, -fe -es Thief-> Thieves,
(change -f or -fe into -v) Knife-> Knives,
Self-> Selves
* -f, -fe * -s Chiefs, Safes, Proofs, Handkerchiefs

Change the inside vowel of the singular Men, Women, Feet, Teeth
** *-en Ox-> Oxen, Child-> Children
 OTHER PLURAL FORMS
o Fish or fishes?
a. Fish – usual plural
b. Fishes – used to talk about different kinds of fish

o Some nouns have the singular and plural alike

Eg: Sheep, Deer, Salmon, Aircraft, Series, Species, Pair,
Dozen, Score, Gross, Hundred
 OTHER PLURAL FORMS
(CONT…I)
o Some nouns are used only in the plural

a. Names of instruments which have 2 parts forming a kind of pair.

Eg: Scissors, Pincers, Spectacles

b. Name of certain articles of dress.

Eg: Trousers, Drawers, Jeans, Shorts, Pyjamas

c. Certain other nouns

Eg: Thanks, Proceeds, Assets
 OTHER PLURAL FORMS
(CONT…II)
o The following nouns look plural but are in fact
singular

a. Names of subjects
Eg: Mathematics, Physics, Electronics

b. The word news

c. Name of some common diseases

Eg: Measles, Mumps, Rickets

d. Names of some games

Eg: Billiards, Draughts
 THE NOUNS : CASE
o Nominative case
- When a noun (or pronoun) is used as the Subject of a verb

- (S) kicked
Eg: The horse (V) the boy
(O)

o Objective case (or Accusative)

- When a noun (or pronoun) is used as the Object of a verb

- Eg: John threw a stone

(S) (V) (O)
 THE NOUNS : CASE
Case Example
A noun comes after preposition The book is on the desk.

Nominative comes before the The window was broken. (subject)

verb

Accusative comes after the verb Ali broke the window. (object)

Direct Object Abu gave Ali a ball

Indirect Object Abu gave Ali a ball

Possessive Case Siti’s cat (singular)

Girls’ school (plural)
Men’s club (plural but doesn’t end with “s”)
 SENTENCES TAKEN FROM STORY OF
GOLDILOCKS
1 family
- Sara and her family are planning to go to Paris during the school break.
 
2 cottage
- He was born in fisherman’s cottage in 1984.
 
3 woods
- The hunter told the villagers that he saw a big wild tiger in the woods.
 
4 porridge
- Oats are also a good source, so if you include porridge in your diet, you
should have zinc covered.
 
5 girl
- The girl is crying because she lost her favorite story book.
 SENTENCES TAKEN FROM STORY OF
GOLDILOCKS
6 Goldilocks
- Goldilocks is a cute little girl.
 
7 bear
- The bears had been walking in the jungle.
 
8 hands
- The sister advices us to always wash our hands before having our meals.
 
9 flowers
- We are not allowed to pluck the flowers in the school garden.
 
10 toes
- He accidentally hit his toes with a hammer.
 SENTENCES TAKEN FROM STORY OF
GOLDILOCKS

11 window
- I can see him walking outside through the window.
 
12 home
- They go home together after the game.
 
13 door
- “Please close the door,” said teacher to Sabrina.
 
14 table
- The teacher asks students to arrange the table neatly in the hall.
  
15 bowls
- They ate three bowls of soup this morning.
 SENTENCES TAKEN FROM STORY OF
GOLDILOCKS

16 spoon
- “Can you please get me a spoon from the kitchen?”
 
17 chairs
- They discovered that their chairs had been broken.
 
18 fire
- “For fire safety reasons, there is a no smoking policy in school”, said the
headmaster.
 
19 bedroom
- Mother asked us to stay quietly in our bedroom.
 
20 door
- Hakim keeps his dirty shoes behind the door because he afraid that his
mother will scold him.