chapter6. nouns and noun modifiers 11002102 박은희 (park eun hee) 11002104 홍아현 (hong ah...
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Chapter6. Nouns and Noun Modifiers
<Topic1. Count Versus Noncount Nouns>
11002102 박은희 (Park Eun Hee)
11002104 홍아현 (Hong Ah Hyun)
Index
A. Introduction to NounsB. Groups of NounsC. Singular and Plural FormsD. Indefinite Articles : a and anE. Unspecified or Unidentified Nouns
A. Introduction to Count and Noncount Nouns
Count Nouns Noncount Nouns
• Singular and plural forms
• Singular →determiners(such as a(n), the, my, this, these)
• Plural → N-e(s)
• Singular forms
• Singular → determiners excepting ‘a(n)’
• Plural → auxiliary numeral or much, (a) little and so on
Singular I have a friend.
My friend owns a car.
Plural Friends are very important.
New cars are expensive.
exam-ples
Count Nouns
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ConcreteMassNouns
Air and water are necessary for life.
We need to buy coffee, rice, and sugar.
Noncount Nouns exam-ples
※ Concrete mass nouns → metal, food, gas, element※ Plural→ a cup of coffee, a glass of water, some water, a spoonful of sugar, a bowl of rice
AbstractNouns
Honesty is the best policy.
We need more information.
Noncount Nouns exam-ples
※ Plural
→ a little honesty, two piece of information
B. Groups of Count andNoncount Nouns
advice hintsideassuggestion
information,news
articlesmagazinesnewspapers
equipment machinessuppliestools
money centsdollarsquarters
furniture chairslampstables
nature forestsmountainsoceans
noncount count countnoncount
common noncountfood items
common noncountweather items
bread fruit rice
butter meat sugar
coffee milk tea
air water
rain weather
snow wind
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Nouns That Can Be Both Count and Noncount
Non-count
Count
I studied business in college.
We have a business in Florida.
business = an idea or activity
a business = a store or firm
Non-count
Count
We had chicken for dinner.
My uncle has a chicken.
chicken = a type of food
a chicken = a bird
exercise 3
1. How many time have you been to New York?
7. I brought ten dollar with me.
9. I have three assignment for tomor-row.
times
dol-lars
assign-ments
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C. Singular and Plural Forms:
Subject/Verb Agreement
Count Nouns
A friend is someone who cares about you.
Friends are people who care about you.
Noncount Nouns
Friendship is very impor-tant to me.
singular plural
Common Collective Nouns
→ generally singular • The staff was in agreement about
the changes.
• The public is upset about the issue.
Nouns with No Singular Form
→ always plural • The scissors are in that drawer.
• Your pants are in the laundry.
• The class (is / are) preparing a report on international finance.
• The new equipment (has / have) worked very well.
Exercise 5p.187
D. Indefinite Articles: a and an
※ Indefinite Article = One/ unspecified person or thing.
A
• Before a singular count noun that begins with a consonant sound.
• I bought a house.
An
※ A or An is never used with a noun that functions as a noncount noun.
• Before a singular count noun that begins with a vowel sound.
• I wasted an egg.
E. Unspecified or Unidenti-fied Count and Noncount
Nouns
= Unspecified or unidentified people, things, and so on
Count Nouns
Singular Count Noun → It is preceded by a or an.
A house can be expensive.(A house = one house or any house in gen-
eral)
Count Nouns
Plural Count Noun → It is used without articles.
Houses are getting more expen-sive.
(Houses = all houses in general)
Noncount Nouns
Love, Time, Health, Honesty, Re-spect…
→singular verbs / without arti-cles.
Exercise 8
• A / An / X economists study the interrelationship between the two groups.
• For example, A / An / X weather in California can affect the price of
A / An / X fruit in Boston.
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Q&A
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