1. NOUNS (名词) Common and Proper Nouns （普通名词和专有名词）
名词可以分为专有名词（Proper Nouns）和普通名词 (Common Nouns）。
专有名词是某（些）人，地方，机构等专有的名称。
普通名词是一类人或东西或是一个抽象概念的名词。普通名词又可分为下面四类：
1）个体名词（Individual Nouns）：表示某类人或东西中的个体，如：gun。
2）集体名词（Collective Nouns）：表示若干个个体组成的集合体，如：family。
3）物质名词（Material Nouns）：表示无法分为个体的实物，如：air。
4）抽象名词（Abstract Nouns）：表示动作、状态、品质、感情等抽象概念，如：work。
个体名词和集体名词可以用数目来计算，称为可数名词（Countable Nouns）。
物质名词和抽象名词一般无法用数目计算，称为不可数名词（Uncountable Nouns）。
归纳一下，名词的分类可以下图表示：
名词
NOUNS
专有名词
Proper Nouns
普通名词
Common Nouns
个体名词
Individual Nouns
可数名词
Countable Nouns
集体名词
Collective Nouns
物质名词
Material Nouns
不可数名词
Uncountable Nouns
抽象名词
Abstract Nouns
A common noun is a word that refer to a person, thing, place or an animal.
普通名词是代表人，东西，地方或动物的词。
Person 人 teacher, boy, mother
Thing 东西 spoon, telephone, ruler
Place 地方 market, church, canteen
Animal 动物 camel, rabbit, bird
A proper noun is the special name given to a person, thing, place or an animal.
专有名词是一个人，东西，地方或动物专有的名称。
Person 人 Jackie, Mr Chan Hock Lee
Thing 东西 Proton Waja, Milo
Place 地方 Mount Kinabalu, Jalan Ipoh
Animal 动物 Sang Kancil, Donald Duck
We use a capital letter for the first letter of proper nouns.
专有名词的第一个字母必须大写。

2. Exercise 1 Group the nouns correctly.
Mrs Liew newspaper Nokia Sungai Pahang
Mickey Mouse spinach computer SJK(C) Chin Wu
bridge driver Ramasamy panda
Common newspaper, spinach, computer, bridge, driver, panda
Noun
Proper Mrs Liew, Mickey Mouse , Nokia, Ramasamy, Sungai Pahang,
Noun SJK(C) Chin Wu
Exercise 2 Circle the common nouns in the sentences below.
1. Muthu rides his bicycle to school every day.
2. Lilian visited the orphanage last Saturday.
3. David and Sam like playing badminton on the field.
4. A frog eats insects like mosquitoes and flies.
5. Buddhists go to the temple to pray.
6. My uncle is an accountant.
7. Meng Hui fell asleep on the sofa when she was reading a book.
8. Can you help me to carry this box?
Exercise 3 Circle the proper nouns in the sentences below.
1. Beng Hock is ten years old.
2. Mrs Wong lives in Subang Jaya.
3. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
4. They are going to Cameron Highlands at the weekend.
5. Mr Leong is a teacher.
6. We study at SJK Puay Chai.
7. Mr Goh works in Bandar Sri Damansara.
8. The post office is located along Jalan Mutiara.
Exercise 4 Underline the common nouns and circle the proper nouns.
1. Last Sunday Mr Ang and his family went out. They had a picnic in Templer's Park.
They sat under a tree. Some monkeys came and ate their sandwiches.
2. Encik Talib is a watchman. He works in the EON Bank in Jalan Utama. He goes to the
bank early in the morning.
3. There are many crows in Taman Tasik. The Klang Town Council organizes a crow-
shooting competition. The top three winners will get hampers as prizes.

3. Exercise 5 Fill in the blanks with the correct words.
musicians handicrafts bamboo wood costume
woman instruments country problems pupils
1. Malaysia is a country famous for its beautiful handicrafts.
2. The traditional costume of an Indian woman is the saree.
3. Mrs Rhombus gave the pupils some problems to solve.
4. I tried to paint on wood and bamboo.
5. The musicians play different musical instruments.
Exercise 6 Rewrite the sentences using capital letters for the proper nouns.
1. A wau is a traditional kite especially popular in the state of kelantan on the east coast
of malaysia.
2. The salwar kameez or punjabi suit is usually worn by the northern indian ladies.
3. The dragon dance is performed to bring good luck on chinese new year.
4. The sumazau is a traditional dance of sabah's kadazan people.
5. The portuguese eurasians are mostly christians and so they celebrate christmas.
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