NOUNWhat is a Noun

Part of speech or word class used to name or identify a person, place, thing, quality, or an action

Most nouns have both singular and plural forms

Can be preceded by an article

And/or have one or more adjectives Can serve as the head of a noun phrase

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Sir Nazir Ahmad Malik

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Maqsood Ahmad

ID# 12011084006 M.Phil (Applied Linguistic)

University of Management and Technology

Johar Town Lahore, Pakistan.

NounA noun or noun phrase can function as a Subject Direct object

Indirect object Complement

AppositiveObject of a preposition

Nouns sometimes modify other nouns to form compound nouns

Noun Varieties

Nouns come in these varieties

Abstract, Attributive and Animate noun

Common, Count, Concrete, Collective

and Compound nouns

Denominal, Inanimate, Mass, Proper and

Possessive Nouns

Noun Categories

Noun categories overlapPossible for a noun to be more than oneFor example: -

Dog is common and concrete

Butterfly is common, concrete and compound

Noun Varieties

Common nouns

Refers to

Not unique and has no defining

characteristics

Desk, chair, girl, city, food

Proper nounsRefers to

Unique person, place, thing, or idea

Defining characteristics

Always written with first letter capitalized

Mayaguez, John, Barbara, New York City,

Rice-a-Roni

Concrete Nouns: Can be perceived by at least one of the five

senses

(sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste).

Chair, John

Abstract Nouns:Cannot be perceived by any of the five

senses

(emotions, ideas, event, quality or

concepts)

Freedom, love, sadness, courage

Collective Nouns

Refers to Single noun that indicates or refers to

more than one

Groups of people or Things

Family, team, club, audience, herd, crowd

Animate noun

A semantic category of noun

Referring to person, animal or other creature Contrast with inanimate noun

Examples of animate nouns

Katie, Marcus, Elephant, Baby

Inanimate noun

A semantic category of noun Refers to a place, thing or idea

Not a person, animal or other creature

Contrast with animate noun

Examples of inanimate nouns

Road, mountain, bicycle, relaxation, rain

Attributive noun

Noun that modifies another noun

Functions as an adjective

Also known as noun adjunct

Birthday party, Tomato soup, Oxford comma Stone wall, Macaroni salad

Compound Noun:

A single noun formed by two or more words

Time capsule, Christmas tree

Can be together, separate, or divided by hyphen (-)

Great-uncle, Mother-in-law

Two or more nouns that function as a single unit

◦ Basketball, Butterfly

Possessive Nouns

In grammar, possession shows ownership

Follow these rules to create possessive nouns

With singular nouns, add an apostrophe and an s.

dog → dog’s bone singer → singer’s voice

Possessive Nouns

Plurals ending in s add an apostrophe after the s

dogs → dogs’ bones singers → singers’ voices

Plurals not ending in s, add an apostrophe and an s

men → men’s books mice → mice’s tails

Count Nouns

Noun that refers to an object or idea Can form a plural or occur in a noun phrase with

an indefinite article or with numerals

Contrast with mass noun (non-count noun)Most common nouns in English are countable

They have both singular and plural forms

Coin, raindrop, banana, hill, name

Count Nouns

Guidelines for creating Count nouns

◦Add s to form the plural of most nouns

cat → cats

computer → computers

◦Add es if the noun ends in s, sh, ch, or x

wish → wishes

inch → inches

box → boxes

•Count Nouns

• If a noun ends in consonant y • change the y to i and add es

• city → cities• lady → ladies

• If a noun ends in vowel y add s • Words ending in -quy don’t follow this rule

• essay → essays • monkey → monkeys

Mass nounA mass Noun that names things that cannot be counted

Used only in the singular Many abstract nouns are uncountable

But not all uncountable nouns are abstract Contrast with count noun

advice, bread, knowledge, luck, spaghetti, money, peace, rain, milk, and work

Denominal noun Noun that is formed from another noun usually by adding a suffix

Many denominal nouns are context sensitive

Villager (from village) New Yorker (from New York) Booklet (from book) Limeade (from lime)Lectureship (from lecture) Librarian (from library)

Review

A noun is:

a. An action wordb. A naming wordc. A describing word

A noun names: (choose three)

a. a placeb. a verb

c. a thingd. a sentencee. a person

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