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NOUN


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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


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PROPERNOUNS

Is the name of a particular person orplace.

All proper noun must begin with a capital

letter.


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

(ii) Places

- Penang, Kota Bharu, Tokyo

(iii) Animals

- Si Putih, Lassie, Blacky


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COMMON/CONCRETE

NOUNSIs the 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 withyour 5 senses see them, hear them, smellthem, taste them and feel them.


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COLLECTIVENOUNS

Refers to a number or a set of persons,things, or animals regarded as a singlegroup of the same kind, taken together asa whole.

Flock of pigeons, a family, an army, anassembly, a committee, gaggle.


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ABSTRACT NOUNS

Are names of special qualities,actions, emotions or conditions ofa person or persons.You cannot detect this group of

nouns with your 5 senses.Eg: wisdom, friendship, honesty,

goodness, happiness, anger.


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COMPOUNDNOUNS

Consist of 2 or more words puttogether to form a name.

They can be written separatelybut they mean 1 thing.Eg: post office, living room,

brother-in-law, narrow-minded.


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NOUN

Nouns can also divided to:

- Countable and Uncountable

- Gender

- Number (singular & plural)

- Case (subject, object,

possessive)


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COUNTABLENOUNS

Are the names of objects, people,

etc. that we can count

Eg: book, pen, apple, boy, sister,

doctor, horse.


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UNCOUNTABLENOUNS

Are the names of things whichwe cannot count

Eg: milk, oil, sugar, gold,honesty. Countable nouns have plural

forms while uncountable nounsdo not. Eg: Books ()

Milks (x)


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THENOUNS : GENDER

4 types of gender nouns:a. Masculine gender

b. Feminine gender

c. Common gender

d. Neuter gender


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GENDER (CONTI)

a. Masculine gender

o A nouns that denotes a maleanimal

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


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GENDER (CONTII)

b. Feminine gender

o A nouns that denotes a femaleanimal

o Eg: Girl, Lioness, Heroine, Hen,Cow, Bitch


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GENDER (CONTIII)

c. Common gender

o A nouns that denotes either amale or a female

o Eg: Parent, child, friend, pupil,enemy, cousin, neighbour


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GENDER (CONTIV)

d. Neuter gender

o A nouns that denotes neithermale nor female (thing withoutlife)

o Eg: Pen, Book, Room, Tree


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THENOUNS :NUMB

ER

2 types of nouns (NUMBER):

a. Singular Number

b. Plural Number


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NUMBER (CONTI)

a. Singular Number

o A nouns that denotes oneperson or thing

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


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NUMBER (CONTII)

a. Plural Number

o A nouns that denotes more thanone person or thing

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


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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(preceded by a

consonant)

-es(change -y into -i)

Baby-> Babies,Lady-> Ladies,Story-> Stories

-f, -fe -es(change -f or -fe into -

v)

Thief-> Thieves,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


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OTHER PLURALFORMS

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 pluralalike

Eg: Sheep, Deer, Salmon, Aircraft, Series, Species,

Pair, Dozen, Score, Gross, Hundred


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(CONTI)

o Some nouns are used only in the plural

a. Names of instruments which have 2 partsforming 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


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(CONTII)

o

The following nouns look plural but are infact 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


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THENOUNS :CASE

o Nominative case- When a noun (or pronoun) is used as the Subject of

a verb

- Eg: The horse kicked the boy

o Objective case (or Accusative)

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

- Eg: John threw a stone

(S) (V) (O)

(S) (V) (O)


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THENOUNS :CASECase Example

A noun comes afterpreposition

The book is on the desk.

Nominative comes before theverb

The window was broken. (subject)

Accusative comes after theverb

Ali broke the window. (object)

Direct Object Abu gave Ali a ball

Indirect Object Abu gave Ali a ball

Possessive Case Sitis cat (singular)

Girls school (plural)

Mens club (plural but doesnt end with s)


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SENTENCES TAKEN FROM STORY OFGOLDILOCKS

1 family- Sara and her family are planning to go to Paris during theschool break.

2 cottage- He was born in fishermans cottage in 1984.

3 woods- The hunter told the villagers that he saw a big wild tiger inthe woods.

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porridge- Oats are also a good source, so if you include porridge in yourdiet, you should have zinc covered.

5 girl- The girl is crying because she lost her favorite story book.


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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.


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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 thehall.

15 bowls- They ate three bowls of soup this morning.


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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.


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