Dua bentuk kata benda • Concrete Noun: kata benda yang berwujud ex: house, horse, gold, etc
• Abstract Noun: kata benda tak burujud
ex: knowledge, happiness, health, vision Countable Noun: dapat dihitung
• Singular: berbentuk tunggal atau
berjumlah satu • Plural: bentuk jamak, berjumlah lebih dari satu * pola beraturan (regular): ditambahkan akhiran s atau es * pola tak beraturan (irregular): terjadi perubahan kata Irregular Irregular Regular Regular
a cup of coffee two cups of coffee a slice of bread three slices of bread a bottle of ink two bottles of ink Amount: jumlah/satuan With Countable Nouns With Non-count Nouns a/an, the, some, any The, some, any This, that, these, those This, that None, one, two, three None A few A Little Few Little Fewer Less A lot of A lot of Many Much A large/great number of A large amount Akhiran yang menunjukkan Noun ..ary, …aire Secretary, …ism Criticism, millionaire racism ..an, ..ian, African, pedestrian, …ist Artist, industrialist ,..ician beautician ..ance, ..ce Distance, absence, …ion Relation, religion importance
..dom Wisdom, kingdom ..ment Enjoyment, government
..ee Employee, trainee ..ness Coldness, happiness ..er, ..ar, ..or Teacher, liar,tailor ..ship Friendship, leadership ..hood Manhood, childhood …t, th Height, length, truth ..ic, ..ics Logic, physics ..ty Sovereignty, activity ..is Analysis, crisis NOUN YANG MENGGANTIKAN KALIMAT PERNYATAAN Contoh : I remember something I know something
• Something : bisa digantikan noun clause
• Dimulai dengan kata that = bahwa I remember (that) he came to my house once • That bisa dipakai, bisa tidak NOUN YANG MENGGANTIKAN KALIMAT PERNYATAAN “ I remember something he came to my house once (noun clause) Diganti menjadi “ I remember (that) he came to my house once KATA KERJA YANG BIASA DIIKUTI NOUN CLAUSE • Agree, announce, answer, argue, ask. Asume, believe, boast (membual), complain, conclude, confess, decide, demand, deny, discover, doubt, drem, guess, hear, hope, imagine, inform, judge, learn, notice, pray, predict, promise, realize, regret, report, say, state, suppose, swear, think, understand NOUN YANG MENGGANTIKAN KALIMAT TANYA Who. Whom, what, why, when, which, how “noun clause yang diikuti dengan wh disebut juga wh-clause I remember something
I remember who studies English
I remember what he studies I remember who/what ate her food I remember what the cat eat I remember who(m) you met NOUN YANG MENGGANTIKAN KALIMAT TANYA I remember something
I remember where she will work
I remember when they will be back I remember how much it is I remember which bus he took I remember why he said that NOUN YANG MENGGANTIKAN KALIMAT TANYA “object pronoun” pengganti orang adalah who (jika orang yang akan diganti dengan Wh-clause adalah obyek kata kerja, lebih b aik menggunakan whom) Who digunakan dalam bahasa lisan, dalam bahasa tulisan kita memakai whom. Clause dengan wh- bukan kalimat tanya sehingga kita tidak dapat menggunakan : I know who is Sarah. Hanya dalam penggunaan informal hal ini diperbolehkan. NOUN YANG MENGGANTIKAN YES/NO QUESTION I wonder something Is he a student ? I wonder whether (or not)/if he is a student Did he go ? I wonder whether (or not)/if he went Can he swim ? I wonder whether (or not)/if they can swim • Or not adalah optional; bisa dipakai atau bisa tidak NOUN YANG MENGGANTIKAN KALIMAT SERU I know something
Something : How beautiful she is
I know how beautiful she is
Something : What beatiful girl she is
I know what a beautiful girl she is
Something : How quickly she finished her work.
I know how quickly she finished her work NOUN DAPAT JUGA DIGUNAKAN SEBAGAI SUBYEK Something is surprising That he will come to visit us is surprising
Something makes me happy
That she is happy makes me happy
Something has embarrassed me
What he did has embarrassed me NOUN DAPAT JUGA DIGUNAKAN SEBAGAI SUBYEK Something doesn’t matter Whether (or not) he is rich doesn’t matter
Something is important How well she works is important
Noun clauses (that-clause dan wh-clause) yang
ditempatkan di depan kalimat selalu dalam bentuk singular sehingga kata kerja yang digunakan dalam bentuk singular.