SITI FASEHAH. SITI NURQIAH. MAIZATUL AIDA.

FAKHIAH. FAHTIAH. NORLIZA.

Noun is a word used to name a person,animals,place,thing,and abstract idea.

He got into trouble (non-count). He had many trouble (countable). Experience (non-count) is the best teacher. We had many exciting experience (countable) in college.

Examples; Alan cousin Rat zebra House-London Table-frame

Frenchman(names for people). Lion(name for animals). factory(name for place). printer(name for objects).

Nouns type
Common nouns name people.places or things that are not specific.

examples
Man ,state,building,cat.

Proper nouns name specific people,places,or things. Abstract nouns name nouns that you cant perceive with you five sense.

Australia .

Love,religion.

Countable noun
The nouns that can be counted are called countable nouns. They have singular and plural forms of their own. examples:
singular a pencil A mango A man An egg plural two pencils Five mangoes Ten men Two eggs

uncountable nouns the nouns that can be counted are called uncountable noun. They do not have plural forms. examples ; Tea ,coffee,wine,wheat. Oxygen,ink,gold. brandy,milk,rice. Air,glass,copper.

Common nouns :
A common nouns is the word used for a class of person,place or thing. Examples : Car Man Town water

Common nouns are further classified into: Abstract nouns Thing you cnnot see or touch. examples; -bravery,joy. collective nouns words to describe groups. Examples: -courtmartial.

Compound nouns

Concrete nouns

Nouns made up of more than one word. Thing you can see or touch.

Examples: -tree,cloud. Non countable nouns(mass nouns) examples:Thing you cannot count. Food ,music.

Gender - specific nouns : words which are definitely male or female.

Verbal nouns(gerunds): Nouns that represent actions. exmpls:running,guessing.

Proper nouns: A proper nouns is the name of a person,place or thing. A proper noun always starts with a capital letter.

Examples: Micheel. Africa. United nations.

Collective nouns: A collective nouns is the word used for a group of people or things.
Examples: Team Cabinet regiment

Nouns Most nouns Most nouns that end in ch, sh, s, x, or z Most nouns that end in a vowel and y Most nouns that end in a consonant and y Most nouns that end in f orfe

Plural add s add es add s y becomesies f or febecomesves

Examples book, books; cup, cups; sprout, sprouts box, boxes; bus, buses; prize, prizes boy, boys; day, days; key, keys baby, babies; country, countries; spy, spies elf, elves; loaf, loaves; thief, thieves

Most nouns that end in o

Certain nouns that end in a consonant and o

add s
add es

kangaroo, kangaroos; piano, pianos; video, videos

hero, heroes; potato, potatoes; volcano, volcanoes

Certain English nouns change a vowel sound when they become plural. These include goose, geese; man, men; mouse, mice; and tooth, teeth. Some nouns don't change at all when they become plural. These include deer, fish, sheep, and species. A few nouns have plural forms that are left from Old English. These includechild, children and ox, oxen.