This document discusses different types of nouns in English including common nouns, proper nouns, countable nouns, uncountable nouns, and collective nouns. It provides examples and definitions for each type of noun. Key points include: common nouns are general names for people, places, things, and ideas while proper nouns are specific names that begin with capital letters; countable nouns can be pluralized and take quantifiers like "many" while uncountable nouns cannot be pluralized and take quantifiers like "much"; and collective nouns name a group of objects or people as a whole unit like a "flock of birds" or "staff of teachers".

2. Nouns
Common
Nouns and
Proper
Nouns
Collective
Nouns
Countable
and
Uncountable
Nouns

3. Common Nouns 普通名词
Animal
Singular: Bird
Plural: Birds
People
Singular: Student
Plural: Students

4. Common Nouns 普通名词
Thing
Singular: Candle
Plural: Candles
Idea
Singular: Love
Plural: Loves

5. Common Nouns 普通名词
Common Nouns
▪ A noun is a word that names a person, animal, place, thing,
or idea.
Person Animals Places Things Ideas
doctor cat restaurant window love
police officer dog village chair time
lawyer rabbit sky table joy
teacher horse farm candle loyalty
student leopard supermarket lamp friendship

6. Proper Nouns 专有名词
Proper Nouns
▪ Proper nouns are special names given to a person, animal,
place or thing. Proper nouns always begin with capital
letters.
Countries
Name
Buildings Title of books Holidays Companies
Name
Malaysia Central Park Harry Potter Chinese New
Year
Google
Singapore National Zoo Batman Deepavali Samsung
England Petronas Towers Dumbo Hari Raya Huawei
Africa Merdeka 118 The Jungle Book Christmas Facebook
Japan Istana Budaya Little Mermaid Easter Apple

7. Differences between Common Nouns and Proper Nouns
Examples:
• Dog = common noun
• Dog’s name (Fido) = proper noun
• Her husband (common noun) was called Peter (proper
noun).
• My favorite newspaper (common noun) is The Stars (proper
noun).

8. Identify the common nouns and proper nouns in the
sentences below.
1. The thief broke into Mr. Lee’s house.
2. The award-winning Steven Raj is the greatest baseball player in history.
3. You can get a good view of Singapore from the top of Mount Faber
using telescope.
4. Queen Elizabeth II welcomed the president of the United States.
5. Ms. Ann bought us delicious pastries from the Sweet Spot.

9. Countable Nouns 可数名词
Countable Nouns
▪ Countable nouns are for things we can count using numbers.
They have singular 单数形式 and a plural form 复数形式.
▪ If you want to ask about the quantity of a countable noun, you
ask "How many?"
Examples:
1. I saw a mouse running across the kitchen floor.
2. We met an old friend while we were there.
3. We invited only a few people.
4. Several girls decided to bake some cakes.

10. Countable Nouns可数名词
Determiners 限定词 Countable Nouns (Singular)
A
(consonant sound 辅音 – all alphabet
except a,e,i,o,u)
mouse
pen
door
cat
tree
An
(vowel sound 元音 – a,e,i,o,u)
umbrella /u-/
apple /a-/
accident /a-/
old friend /o-/
egg /e-/

11. Exceptional Case For Consonant Sounds
Words that begin with H (Not sure when to use “a” or “an”)
- an hourglass (first sound is ow-)
- a horse (first sound is h-)
- an honor (first sound is aw-)
- an heir (first sound is euh-)
- a hair (first sound is h-)

12. Exceptional Case For Vowel Sounds
Words that make a You- (consonant sounds) require the
determiner “a”
- a European trip
- a union
- a unicorn

13. Countable Nouns可数名词
Determiners 限定词 Countable Nouns (Plural)
Any
Some
A lot of
Plenty of
A large number of
Many
Few
A few
Several
people
girls
cupboards
pillows
goats
tables
sweets
▪ He has a few good friends so he is happy. (a small amount / some)
▪ I have got few friends in the city so I am lonely. (almost nothing/ not much)

14. Uncountable Nouns 不可数名词
Uncountable Nouns
▪ Uncountable nouns are for the things that we cannot count with
numbers. For examples: milk, sugar, salt, oil, love, anger, flour and etc.
▪ They usually do not have a plural form and used with a singular verb.
▪ If you want to ask about the quantity of an uncountable noun, you ask
"How much?“
Examples with determiner:
1. There is some sugar in the bowl
2. A little more salt is needed in the soup.
Examples without determiner:
3. Their laughter was so loud that I could hear it in the room.
4. Food is scarce in many developing countries.

15. Uncountable Nouns 不可数名词
Determiners 限定词 Uncountable Nouns (Singular)
Any
Some
A lot of
Plenty of
A great deal of
A large amount of
Little
A little
Much
sugar
flour
oil
money
hair
milk
happiness
grass
coffee powder
▪ There is a little milk in the refrigerator. (a small amount / some)
▪ There was little time to finish my homework. (almost nothing/ not much)

16. Choose the correct word in the brackets (…… / ……).
1. Mei Fong saw (many / much) crabs on the rocks.
2. She only ate (a little / a few) food today.
3. You can put (a lot of / much) things in that box.
4. There are too (few / little) chairs for so (many / much) guests.
5. There are (a great deal of / a lot of) biscuits left but not (many / much)
coffee.

17. Collective Nouns 集体名词
Collective Nouns
▪ A collective noun is the name of a number of persons,
animals or things grouped together and spoken of as one
whole.
▪ They are often followed by OF + PLURAL NOUN
(e.g. bunch of flowers, pack of cards, litter of kittens)

18. Collective Nouns 集体名词
Her father gave her a
string of pearls for her
birthday.
The captain and a crew of
sailors stood on the deck
of the ship.

19. Collective Nouns 集体名词
We saw a troop of
monkeys at the Botanic
Gardens.
The concert, opened by a
choir of singers from all
different countries.

20. Collective Nouns 集体名词
A shark is swimming
through a school of fish.
Adam and his workers are
arranging stack of hay
neatly in the barn.

21. Collective Nouns
People Animals Things
a party of friends
a band of musicians
a team of players
a class of pupils
a crew of sailors
a choir of singers
an army of soldiers
a staff of teachers
a gang of thieves
a troupe of dancers
a company of actors
a tribe of natives
a crowd of spectators
a swarm of bees
a gaggle of geese
a drove of cattle
a flock of sheep
a herd of buffaloes
a pack of wolves
a nest of rabbits
a troop of monkeys
a litter of kittens
a brood of chickens
a school of fish
a pride of lions
a colony of ants
a bale of cotton
a bunch of grapes
a clump of trees
a collection of pictures
a fleet of ships
a hail of fire
a pack of cards
a string of pearls
a stack of hay
a suit of clothes
a flight of stairs
a wad of notes
a galaxy of stars

22. Match the following words with the suitable collective
nouns.
A troop of ______
A flock of ______
A pack of ______
A bale of ______
A bunch of ______
A staff of ______
A crew of ______
A party of ______
A collection of ______
A swarm of ______
pictures
bees
bananas
friends
monkeys
birds
cotton
cards
teachers
sailors