WUE 2012

English for Practical Use

• Lecture 1
• Tuesday, 22nd Nov 2022
• Ms. Nurzahirah Zainal
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Why is English language

learning important? 3

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English is the most 2

commonly spoken
language in the world.
One out of five people 3
can speak or at least
understand English!
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 Increase your job opportunities 1

It helps you to build your

confidence and self-esteem to
develop your personal growth 3
and potential for future careers.

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English is the language of the Internet 1

English is a particularly
important language online with
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more than half the content on
the Internet written in English.

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So that we can avoid

misunderstanding
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Ice Breaking 1

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Nouns 3

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Nouns name people, animals, places, things, or ideas. 2

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Nouns give names of concrete or abstract things

in our lives. 2

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Nouns

Nouns can be divided into two main groups namely T

Common and Proper Nouns.

Common Noun:
boy band
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Proper Noun:
One Direction F
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Common Nouns
Refer to the name of They are not specific.
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people, places, A common noun always
animals, and things begins with a lowercase
in general. letter unless it is the first
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word in a sentence.

For example: boy, cat,

garden, etc. T

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Proper Nouns

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Proper nouns name SPECIFIC
people, places, things, ideas, or living
or non-living thing (including names
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of countries, cities, towns, villages,
rivers, ships, streets, mountains,
months, days, festivals and names of
institutions). T

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Nouns

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Proper nouns always begin with
CAPITAL letters even when they
do not begin a sentence. Sarah W

Universiti
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Gucci Melaka
Malaysia
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Categories of Nouns

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Countable and Concrete and Singular or
uncountable abstract plural
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Categories of Nouns
Countable and uncountable
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Nouns that can be Anything that can be counted,
counted and have
singular and plural whether singular – a dog, a W
forms (e.g. Singular or
house, a friend, etc.
plane/planes) are plural
called countable or plural – a few tables, lots of T
nouns. apples, etc.

countable noun F
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Categories of Nouns
List of uncountable nouns
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Singular or
plural
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Categories of Nouns
Uncountable Nouns
Uncountable nouns are
nouns that cannot be
counted, which are not
used in the plural form
(no ‘s’) or that occur as a
mass
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Uncountable nouns are T
sometimes referred to as
mass nouns
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because they have mass
but you cannot count them.
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e.g. air, milk, rice, butter, oil,
gas, furniture, luggage,
happiness, coffee, and F
money.
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Categories of Nouns
Uncountable Nouns
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Note:
You cannot add ‘s’ to
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uncountable nouns.
Example:
– some furnitures
– some furniture T
– some cashes
– some cash
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Exercise

List five (5) countable nouns W

and five (5) uncountable nouns.

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Categories of Nouns
Concrete or abstract
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Concrete nouns are nouns that we can touch, hear,

see, taste or smell.
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Examples:
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• cat • rice
• box • Oprah Winfrey

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Categories of Nouns
Concrete or abstract
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Abstract nouns are nouns W

that refer to ideas,
Examples: Monday, trip,
concepts, feelings, and
happiness, bravery,
activities. These are
freedom, love, anger, T
things that cannot be
knowledge, and faith
physically touched.
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Exercise

List five (5) concrete nouns and W

five (5) abstract nouns.

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Categories of Nouns
Singular or plural
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When a noun refers to When it refers to more
one thing, place, animal than one
or person W

singular plural
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Categories of Nouns
Singular or plural
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pencils
Regular nouns usually add ‘-
s’, ‘-es’, or ‘ies’ to form the watches
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plural. butterflies

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man-> men Irregular nouns do not have a fixed
child -> children pattern when changing to the plural.
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tooth -> teeth
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Categories of Nouns
Singular and plural nouns
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A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea,

while plural noun names more than one person, place, W
thing, or idea.

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Singular | Plural F
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Categories of Nouns
Singular and plural nouns
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There are a few basic rules to remember when it comes to

turning a singular noun into a plural noun.
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Most singular nouns need an -‘s’ at the end to become plural.

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However, some of the nouns have certain rules to change to

plural. F
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Categories of Nouns
Singular and plural nouns
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RULE 1
For the plural form of most nouns add -s. W

bottle-> bottles
cup-> cups T
pencil-> pencils
desk-> desks
sticker-> stickers F

window-> windows
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Categories of Nouns
Singular and plural nouns
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RULE 2
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For nouns that end in -ch, -x, -s, or s sounds add ‘-es’.

box-> boxes
watch-> watches T

match-> matches
bus-> buses F
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Categories of Nouns
Singular and plural nouns
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RULE 3
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For nouns ending in -f or -fe, change -f to -v and add -es.

wolf-> wolves
wife-> wives T

leaf-> leaves
life-> lives F
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Categories of Nouns
Singular and plural nouns
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RULE 4
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Some nouns have different plural forms.

child-> children
woman-> women T

man-> men
mouse-> mice
goose-> geese F
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Categories of Nouns
Singular and plural nouns
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RULE 5
Nouns ending in consonant + -y change the –y to –I and add – W
es.

For nouns ending in vowels + -y add –s only

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baby-> babies day-> days
lorry-> lorries toy-> toys
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kidney-> kidneys
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Categories of Nouns
Singular and plural nouns
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RULE 6
Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules. W

potato-> potatoes
memo -> memos T

stereo-> stereos
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Categories of Nouns
Singular and plural nouns
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RULE 7
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A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms.

deer-> deer sheep-> sheep

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series-> series
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Exercise
Identify the nouns.
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Contact Information

Ms. Nurzahirah binti Zainal

Bilik Pensyarah 6, PAPU W
010-776 8106
nurzahirah@unimel.edu.my
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Do you have any questions? T

“Believe in yourself and anything is possible.”

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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