BAHASA INGGRIS

(TKU 9002)
TEKNIK MESIN

NOUN AND PRONOUN

Noun
• Noun is a word that refers to a thing, a person,
an animal, a place, a quality, an idea, or an
action.
Categories of Nouns:
1. Common nouns (umum)
 Common nouns: name of people, places, things or ideas that are not
specific.
example: man, woman, city, village, train, airplane, etc.

2. Propper nouns (khusus)

 Propper nouns: name of specific name, place, things and etc. They always begin
with a capital letter.
example: Britney Spears, Jakarta City, Mount Rinjani, Surabaya Zoo, Ranggajati, Garuda
Indonesia, etc.
3. Collective nouns.

Collective noun is a noun that names a group of people or things. It’s usually
singular.
congress team committee public
organization jury club minority
government group class *) majority
family army crowd

Group of animals singular

flock of birds herd of cattle School of fish
flock of sheep pack of dogs Pride of lions

Example:
1. The family was elated by the news.
2. Congress has initiated a new plan to combat inflation.
3. Our team is going to win the game.
4. The flock of birds is circling overhead.
5. A school of fish is being attacked by sharks.
Collective nouns indicating time, money and measurements used as a whole are
singular.
Example:
1. Twenty-five dollars is too much to pay for this shirt
2. Fifty minutes isn’t enough time to finish this test.
3. Twenty dollars is all I can afford to pay for the recorder.
4. Two miles is too much to run in one day.

A number of / The number of

A number of + plural noun + plural verb
The number of + plural noun + singular verb
Example:
A number of students are going to the class picnic. (a number of = many)
The number of days in a week is seven.
Nouns that are always plural

The following nouns are always considered plural. They can’t be singular. In
order to speak of them as singular, one must say “a pair of “.
scissors shorts pants jeens tongs
trousers eyeglasses pliers tweezers

Example:
1. The pants are in the drawer.
2. A pair of pants is in the drawer.
4. Count and non-count nouns.

• A count noun is one that can be counted.

ex: book ~ one book, two books, three books,…
• A non-count noun is one that cannot be counted.
ex: sugar ~ you cannot say: one sugar, two sugar, …
• It is possible to count some non-count nouns if the substance is placed in
a countable container.
bottle of sugar ~ one bottle of sugar, two bottle of sugar, …

• Some irregular count noun that you should know:

person-people child-children tooth-teeth woman-women

foot-feet mouse-mice man-men
• Some non-count nouns that you should know
sand soap physics mathematics
news mumps air politics
measles information meat homework
food economics advertising money

• Some determiners can be used only with count or non-count nouns, while
others can be used with either.
with count nouns with non-count nouns
a (n), the, some, any the, some, any
this, that, these, those this, that
none, one, two, three none
many much
a lot of a lot of
a large/great number of a large amount of
(a) few (a) little
fewer … than less … than
more … than more … than
Pronoun
• Pronoun is a small set of words that are used as
substitutes for nouns or noun phrase and whose
referents are named or understood in the context.
exercise

1. The crowd at the basketball game (was/were) wild with the excitement
2. A pack of wild dogs (has/have) frightened all the ducks away.
3. The jury (is/are) trying to reach a decision.
4. The army (has/have) eliminated this section of the training tests.
5. He doesn’t have (many/much) money
6. I would like (a few/a little) salt on my vegetables
7. There are (less/fewer) students in this room than in the next room.
8. There is (too much/too many) bad news on television tonight.
9. John bought (himself/herself/hisself) a new coat
10.The dog bit (she/her) on the leg
11.She speaks to (we/us/ourselves) every morning
12.Mary and (I/me) would rather go to the movies.
13.Everyone has to do (their/his) own research.
14.(Her/hers) car does not go as far as (our/ours).
15.Identify the following nouns as count nouns or non-count nouns
television atmosphere food cup
car person tooth money
news water soap hydrogen
geography pencil soup minute