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Concrete Nouns
- refer to things that
you can touch, feel or
see eg. Proton Saga,
pencil, building
Common
building, pencil
Proper
Taman Tasik,
Petronas Twin
Towers
Abstract Nouns
- refer to the name of a quality eg.
sweetness or bitterness, to a state of
being eg. health, wealth, to
activities eg. laughter, arrival.
They are concepts, qualities or
ideas that affect your senses.
Collective
a bunch of flowers,
an army of soldiers
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I
you
he/she/it
Plural
we
you
they
Singular
me
you
him/her/it
Plural
us
you
them
b) Possessive Pronoun to show ownership eg. my, your, his, her, our, their,
its
c) Interrogative Pronoun used to ask questions eg. who, whom, what,
which, whose
d) Demonstrative Pronoun words that tell us whether the item that we are
talking about is near us or not so near us. Eg. this, that (singular) these,
those (plural)
e) Relative Pronoun they take the place of a noun or a pronoun and they
link sentences and clauses eg. who, whom, which, what, that, whose
f) Reflexive Pronoun to show us the subject and the object in a sentence
are the same person
Number
Singular
Plural
Subject
I, you, he, she, it
you, we, they
Object
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself
yourselves, ourselves, themselves
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ADJECTIVE a word which describes the thing for which a noun stands
Eg. She wore a black hat.
Types of Adjectives
1. Qualitative (Descriptive) Adjectives to tell more about the quality of a noun
Eg. They are renovating the old house.
2. Quantitative Adjectives to tell the amount or number of things
Eg. She found many books in the cupboard.
3. Demonstrative Adjectives to point out which person or thing is meant
Eg. That man is my neighbour.
4. Possessive Adjectives to show possession
Eg. That book is mine.
5. Interrogative Adjectives to ask questions
Eg. Whose pen is this?
6. Distributive Adjectives to show whether the nouns are taken singly or as a
group
Eg. Each student is required to make a report of the trip.
7. Compound Adjectives they are made up of two or more words
Eg. The studio is soundproof so you may use it for your band practice.
Comparison of Adjectives
Positive to compare equal things or persons
Comparative to compare two unequal things or persons
Superlative to compare three or more unequal things or persons
Positive
high
beautiful
good
bad
many/much
little
Comparative
higher
more beautiful
better
worse
more
less
Order of Adjectives
Value
Size
Age /
Shape
Temperature
beautiful big
new
round
famous little
old
square
Superlative
highest
most beautiful
best
worst
most
least
Colour
red
blue
Origin
Material Noun
local
plastic
bag
Malaysian wooded table