Nouns are what you talked about . Nouns are words for people , animals or things.
FORMS OF NOUNS:
* Singular or plural
* with an article ( a, an , the )
* with a determiner
* with zero article
* phrase
* compound
USES:
* SUBJECT OF A VERB
* OBJECT OF VERB
* OBJECT OF A PREPOSITION
* COMPLEMENT AFTER A LINKING VERB
* OBJECT COMPLEMENT
* ADJECTIVAL BEFORE ANOTHER NOUN
TYPES OF NOUNS:
* PROPER NOUNS
* names of particular people , animals , places , objects, buildings
COUNTABLE NAMES eg Germans , Muslims
* UNCOUNTABLE NAMES eg Mandarin , Coca- cola , Christianity
* COMMON NOUNS :
* COUNTABLE = CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT
* UNCOUNTABLE = CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT
* COLLECTIVE NOUNS
* COMMON - GENDER NOUNS
* MASCULINE NOUNS
* FEMININE NOUNS
* NEUTER NOUNS
Nouns can consist of two or more words :
Mrs Jones , swimming pool , the great wall of China, school uniforms
A noun such as swimming pool or school uniform or hair - dryer , made up of two words ( often two nouns) , is called a compound noun.
Nouns can be used with articles , possessives and other determiners
We use the articles a / an and the with nouns:
eg , a newspaper , a journalist , the news
* used with possessives : my brother , his friends , their concerns
* used with determiners:
this room , these cups , that chair
A proper noun is the name of a particular person, animal , place ,or thing , for example:
September ,Taipei , Reader 's Digest
A common noun is a word for a person , animal , place or thing , for example :
teenager , butcher , hyena , station , candle , enjoyment
Noons can be singular or plural
The noun is singular when it refers to one item :
a carpet , the door , the floor , a wall
The noun is plural when it refers to more than one item :
windows , curtains , cushions
NOUNS made plural by adding s , are called countable nouns .
Nouns act as the subjects and objects in sentences
For example:
The stranger [ subject ] rang the doorbell [object ]
NOUNS ARE WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT
You may have noticed that most of the words in any general English dictionary are nouns.
* A spider is an animal , not an insect .
* Do we need milk and bread ?
Nouns as abstract things ( that you can' t see or touch )
beauty , idea , hope , belief , truth , friendship , silence
Nouns as concrete things :
This include things that you can see or , touch :
arm , face , knife fork , spoon , paper , pencil
NOUNS for people :
brother , child , lawyer , libration , manager
FORMS OF NOUNS:
* Singular or plural
* with an article ( a, an , the )
* with a determiner
* with zero article
* phrase
* compound
USES:
* SUBJECT OF A VERB
* OBJECT OF VERB
* OBJECT OF A PREPOSITION
* COMPLEMENT AFTER A LINKING VERB
* OBJECT COMPLEMENT
* ADJECTIVAL BEFORE ANOTHER NOUN
TYPES OF NOUNS:
* PROPER NOUNS
* names of particular people , animals , places , objects, buildings
COUNTABLE NAMES eg Germans , Muslims
* UNCOUNTABLE NAMES eg Mandarin , Coca- cola , Christianity
* COMMON NOUNS :
* COUNTABLE = CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT
* UNCOUNTABLE = CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT
* COLLECTIVE NOUNS
* COMMON - GENDER NOUNS
* MASCULINE NOUNS
* FEMININE NOUNS
* NEUTER NOUNS
Nouns can consist of two or more words :
Mrs Jones , swimming pool , the great wall of China, school uniforms
A noun such as swimming pool or school uniform or hair - dryer , made up of two words ( often two nouns) , is called a compound noun.
Nouns can be used with articles , possessives and other determiners
We use the articles a / an and the with nouns:
eg , a newspaper , a journalist , the news
* used with possessives : my brother , his friends , their concerns
* used with determiners:
this room , these cups , that chair
A proper noun is the name of a particular person, animal , place ,or thing , for example:
September ,Taipei , Reader 's Digest
A common noun is a word for a person , animal , place or thing , for example :
teenager , butcher , hyena , station , candle , enjoyment
Noons can be singular or plural
The noun is singular when it refers to one item :
a carpet , the door , the floor , a wall
The noun is plural when it refers to more than one item :
windows , curtains , cushions
NOUNS made plural by adding s , are called countable nouns .
Nouns act as the subjects and objects in sentences
For example:
The stranger [ subject ] rang the doorbell [object ]
NOUNS ARE WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT
You may have noticed that most of the words in any general English dictionary are nouns.
* A spider is an animal , not an insect .
* Do we need milk and bread ?
Nouns as abstract things ( that you can' t see or touch )
beauty , idea , hope , belief , truth , friendship , silence
Nouns as concrete things :
This include things that you can see or , touch :
arm , face , knife fork , spoon , paper , pencil
NOUNS for people :
brother , child , lawyer , libration , manager
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