Presentation about Nouns

1. The English Language (Parts of Speech)
The Language
Sandwich
Presented by: Jennifer Firat

2. English Language Sandwich
Used in place of nouns.
Pronouns (The Type of Bread)
Describes how someone or
somethings performs an action.
Adverbs (The Type of Meat)
Use to describe an action, an event,
or a state.
Verbs (The Meat)
Use to name things, such as a
person, an animal, an object, a
place, abstract ideas or qualities.
Nouns (The Bread)
Connector between two sentences,
clauses, phrases or words.
Conjunctions (The Cheese)
Determine whether you are referring to
something of a specific type or something of a
general type.
Articles (The Mayo)
Used to describe or modify nouns and
pronouns by depicting, quantifying, or
identifying them.
Adjectives (The Butter)
Links nouns, pronouns, and phrases to the other
words in a sentence.
Prepositions (The Lettuce)
Used to convey the emotion of the speaker
or narrator. Often followed by exclamation
Mark.
Interjection (The Mustard)
(Parts of Speech)
(The Ingredients)

3. We use nouns
to name a
person,
animal, place,
idea, emotion,
or qualities.
NOUN
(The Bread)

4. Forms of Noun
PLURAL NOUNSINGULAR NOUNS
Plural means more than
one person, place, thing,
idea or animal.
Singular means just
one of the person,
place, idea, thing or
animal.
Examples:
• Three bikes
• Some new cars
• Those dogs
Examples:
• A bike
• My car
• That dog
SINGULAR NOUN vs PLURAL NOUN
singular
(one)
plural
(many)

5. FORMING OF PLURAL NOUNS

6. FORMING THE PLURAL OF NOUNS
• Most nouns in English form the plural by adding –
s or –es to the noun.
pair - pairs cow - cows
school - schools bike - bikes
part - parts face - faces
cat - cats house - houses
• The rules of plural nouns depend on spelling and
pronunciation.

7. FORMING THE

9. SINGULAR PLURAL
Cry Cries
Family Families
Country Countries
Reply Replies
Dictionary Dictionaries
Calf Calves
Wolf Wolves
Self Selves
Knife Knives
SINGULAR PLURAL
Belief Beliefs
Chief Chiefs
Grief Griefs
Cliff Cliffs
Safe Safes
Man Men
Foot Feet
Tooth Teeth
Mouse Mice

10. CATEGORIES OF NOUNS
Different types of Nouns

11. CATEGORIES OF NOUNS
Collective Noun
A group of people, place, animal or
things.
Uncountable Noun
Nouns that cannot be counted.
Countable Noun
Nouns that you can count.
Concrete Noun
Nouns that you can touch.
Common Noun
Nouns refer to most general things.
Proper Noun
Name that identifies a person, animal,
place or things.
Abstract Noun
Nouns that you cannot touch.
Compound Noun
Nouns made with two or more words.

12. Noun
PROPER NOUNCOMMON NOUN
PROPER nouns are the
name that identifies
someone or something,
a person or a place.
COMMON nouns are
the words that refer to
most general things.
COMMON NOUN vs PROPER NOUN
Any noun that is NOT A
NAME is a common
noun.
Proper nouns are
capitalized.
Examples: Jane,
Thailand, Sunday,
James Bond, Einstein,
Superman, Game of
Thrones, Shakespeare
Examples: teacher, car,
music, danger, receipt,
dog, table, chair, book,
speaker, computer, pen,
paper, cup, truck, train
Mr. Bean
Shakespeare
Thailand
Peppa Pig

13. COMMON
NOUNS

14. PROPER
NOUNS

15. Noun
ABSTRACT NOUNCONCRETE NOUNS
ABSTRACT nouns are
the opposite of concrete
nouns. They are things
that you cannot touch. It
represents a thing that is
more like a concept or
idea.
CONCRETE nouns are
physical things that you
can touch.
Examples: happiness,
courage, danger, truth,
sadness, mystery, etc...
Examples: man, rice,
head, car, furniture,
mobile phone,
computer, etc…
CONCRETE NOUN vs ABSTRACT NOUN

16. CONCRETE
NOUNS

17. ABSTRACT
NOUNS

18. Noun
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
UNCOUNTABLE nouns
cannot be counted . You
need to use "measure
words" to quantify them.
COUNTABLE nouns
are nouns that can be
counted. It has singular
and plural.
Examples: water,
happiness, cheese, fire,
air, milk, etc...
Examples: ball, boy,
cat, person, dollars,
shirts, etc…
COUNTABLE NOUN vs UNCOUNTABLE NOUN

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20. Noun
COMPOUND NOUNCOLLECTIVE NOUNS
COMPOUND noun is a
noun that is made with
two or more words. Most
compound nouns are
[noun + noun] or
[adjective + noun].
COLLECTIVE nouns
refer to a group of
people or things
Examples: bus stop,
mother-in-law, football,
full moon, breakfast,
etc...
Examples: audience,
team, bunch, family,
pride (a group of lion),
class (group of
students), crew (group
of sailors), etc…
COLLECTIVE NOUN vs COMPOUND NOUN

21. COLLECTIVE NOUNS

22. COLLECTIVE NOUNS

23. COMPOUND NOUNS

25. Check your understanding….
Let’s Practice!

26. Singular and Plural
Proper vs Common
Concrete vs Abstract
Countable vs Uncountable
Collective
Compound

27. Thank you
Jennifer Firat
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