SYNTAX NOUN

GROUP 1
PHRASE Ria Sartika 06120200002
Nurmala Sari 06120200003
Della Juwita Rusli 06120200004
Ghina Jinan Monoarfa 06120200048

UNIVERSITAS MUSLIM
INDONESIA
 Part of Speech : Noun
what is a noun Nouns make up the largest class of words
in most languages, including English. A noun is a word
that refers to a thing, a person, an animal, a place, a
quality, an idea, or an action.
 TYPES OF NOUNS
1. A common noun refers to a person, place, or thing but is not the name of a particular person,
place, or thing. Examples are animal, sunlight, and happiness.

2. A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, or thing; it usually begins with a capital
letter: Abraham Lincoln, Argentina, and World War I are all proper nouns.

3. Singular nouns are nouns that refer to only one person, place or thing. For example, a cat is
one animal and a banana is one fruit. Examples are house, cat, girl, foot, country.

4. A plural noun refers to more than one of something. Many singular nouns just need an S added
at the end to make them plural (e.g., bee becomes bees). For some nouns that already end
with an S, you may need to add -es to the end to make their plural forms (e.g., classes and
buses). Some singular nouns also change spelling when made plural (e.g. countries and
babies). Not all nouns follow this pattern. Those that become plural in other ways are called
irregular plural nouns. Some examples are man and men, wolf and wolves, foot and feet.
5. A concrete noun is something that can be perceived through the five senses. If
you can see, hear, touch, taste, or smell something, it uses a concrete noun.
Examples are table, apple, rabbit, ear.

6. Abstract nouns are intangible ideas that can’t be perceived with the five
senses, such as social concepts, political theories, and character traits. For
example, the abstract noun anger refers to an emotion and the abstract noun
courage refers to a quality a person has. Examples are love, creativity,
democracy.

7. A collective noun is a noun that refers to some sort of group or collective—of

people, animals, things, etc. Collective nouns are normally not treated as plural,
even though they refer to a group of something. Examples are a party of
friends, a convoy of trucks.
8. A compound noun combines two or more words into one. Compound
nouns can appear as a single word, multiple words used separately,
or words connected by hyphens. Examples are toothpaste, haircut,
output, ice cream, potato chip.

9. A countable noun (also known as a count noun) is one that you can
count. When you have three books or pennies, you are describing a
noun that is countable.

10. An uncountable noun (also known as a mass noun) is one that

cannot be counted. For example, happiness cannot be counted. You
don’t say that you have “a happiness” or “three
happinesses.” Uncountable nouns typically don’t have plural forms.
 Function of Nouns
1. Nouns as Subjects : One function of a noun is the subject of a
sentence. The subject of a sentence is the noun (or pronoun) that does
the action of the verb. The subject can be a single word, such as rock,
or a noun phrase.
Examples : • Kangaroos jump incredibly high
• A kangaroo has a very special tail
• They use their long, heavy tails for balance

2. Nouns as Direct Objects : A sentence often has a noun after

the verb. This noun is called the direct object. The direct
object tells who or what receives the action of the verb.
Example : • Monkeys eat bananas.
3. Nouns as Objects of Prepositions : The third function of a
noun in a sentence is the object of a preposition. The object
of a preposition is found within a prepositional phrase, which
usually consists of a preposition and the words that go with it
Example: • Susan walked to the supermarket in the morning.

to the supermarket: PREP + OBJECT

in the morning: PREP + OBJECT
Position of Nouns
1. Subject : A subject is followed by verb. Examples: Makara sang a song at the
wedding, The house is very nice.

2. Direct Object : Direct object is the noun that receives the action of the
transitive verb. Examples: After dinner, I always serve a cake, My restaurant
offers a reasonable price.

3. Indirect object : Indirect object precedes the direct object and can be found by
asking who or what received the direct object. Examples: We can give my
friend a ticket, Mika sent her brother a postcard.

4. Object of preposition : The noun that follows the preposition is called object
of preposition. Examples: Many people live in the flooded village. After the
meal, we watch TV.
5. Object of verbal : Verbal’s are forms of verbs used as other parts of speech such as nouns,
adjectives, or adverbs. Examples: Opening the door, I saw many people waiting for me.
We are the ones to win the game.

6. Predicate nominative : Predicate nominative is the noun following a linking verb that
restates or stands for the subject. Examples: Tiara is the leader. It became an evil

7. Appositive : Appositive stands directly after the noun it identifies. Examples: Kanika, my
best friend, just visited Australia. Cambodia, my hometown, is the kingdom of wonder.

8. Objective complement It is placed directly after direct object. Without objective

complement, the sentence is not completed. Examples: I consider you my sister. I will
make this party a good occasion.
Markers of Nouns
The articles a, an, and the are known as noun markers because they mark or signal a
noun. Noun markers include the following parts of speech:

• The articles a, an, and the;

• Possessive nouns, such as Elena’s;
• Possessive pronouns/adjectives, such as my, your, his, her, its, our, their;
• Demonstrative pronouns/adjectives, such as this, that, these, those;
• Quantifiers, such as all, any, each, etc.; numbers.
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