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2. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the learners must be
able to:
1.understand what is a noun;
2.identify the different types of nouns.

3. A noun is a word used to name a person, place, or
a thing.
Here are some examples of nouns:
Nouns for People/person- student, teacher,
mother, woman, man, minister.
Nouns for Places- school, park, garden, mall,
home.
Nouns for Things- book, chair, table, pencil.

4. There are different types of nouns, they are:
• Common nouns
• Proper nouns
• Concrete nouns
• Abstract nouns
• Singular
• Plural
• Collective nouns
• Countable nouns
• Uncountable nouns
• Compound nouns

5. Common and Proper Nouns
A common noun is a word or a name used for
naming a person, a place, an object, or any living
things in general terms. It is normally spelled in a
small letter.
A proper nouns refers to a specific name of a
person, place, thing, or idea and is always
capitalized no matter where they fall in sentences.

6. Common Nouns Proper Nouns
boy Kenzo
school Northern Iloilo State
University – Ajuy Campus
flower Rose
lady Ella
Examples:

7. Concrete and Abstract Nouns
A concrete noun can be perceived by our five
senses. It can be touched, seen, felt, smelled, or
tasted.
An abstract noun refers to a concept and feelings
that cannot be touched physically.

8. Concrete Nouns Abstract Nouns
girl Anger
apple Love
bread Loneliness
Examples:

9. A singular noun is a word that names one person,
place, thing, or idea. It refers to a single item rather than
multiple items.
Singular and Plural noun
A plural noun is a word used to refer to more than one
person, place, thing, or idea. It’s the form of a noun that
denotes multiple instances of the entity it represents.

10. Examples:
Singular noun Plural noun
Cat Cats
Book Books
Leaf Leaves
Baby Babies

11. Primary rules for creating plural nouns:
• Basic Rule (Add “s”): Most nouns simply add “s” to
form the plural.
Singular Plural (s)
Dog Dogs
Pen Pens
Bag Bags

12. • Nouns Ending in –s, –x, –z, –sh, or –ch: Nouns ending in
these sounds often take “es” to form the plural.
Singular (–s, –x, –z, –sh, or –ch) Plural (–es)
Bus Buses
Box Boxes
Brush Brushes
Watch Watches

13. • Nouns Ending in –o: Nouns ending in –o with a vowel
before it typically adds “s.”
Singular (–o) Plural (–es)
Potato Potatoes
Hero Heroes
Echo Echoes

15. Nouns Ending in –y: If a noun ends in –y with a
consonant before it, change the “y” to “i” and add “es.”
Example: City → Cities
Lady → Ladies

16. Irregular plural nouns are nouns that do not become plural by
adding –s or –es.
Example: Man → Men
Woman → Women

18. A collective noun refers to a group that needs to be
described collectively.
Collective noun
Examples: family, class, army, group, audience, and
panel

19. Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Countable nouns are in fact the nouns
that can be counted while uncountable
nouns are nouns that cannot be counted.

20. Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns
pen hair
shoes salt
ball sand
Examples:

21. Compound nouns
It is two or more words joined together to form a noun. It
can be a common or proper noun.
Compound nouns have three forms:
Open or spaced- there is space between words.
Example: Credit card
Hypenated- there is a hypen between words.
Example: Mother-in-law
Closed or solid- there is no space or hypen between words.
Example: Rainfall

22. Activity 1
Direction: Choose a noun from the box to complete the
sentences below.
store ball boy library
school doctor teacher table
1. The ____ is open on Sunday.
2. I got two books from the ____.
3. The ____ gave me a medicine.
4. He was going to catch the ____.
5. My ____ is very nice to the class.

23. Activity 2
Direction: Group
yourselves into two (2)
groups. Each groups
must have ten (10 )
representatives. All you
have to do is to write
the missing singular or
plural words.
Singular Noun Plural Noun
Woman ¹
² Lives
³ Watches
Potato ⁴
Lady ⁵
Tree ⁶
⁷ Wives
Book ⁸
⁹ Mice
¹⁰ Children

24. Assessment
Direction: Underline the nouns you can see in each sentence.
1. I like your hair.
2. I want to eat bananas.
3. He went to the market.
4. I have a new toy.
5. My mother is a teacher.
6. He is angry.
7. The glass is broken
8. Are you happy?
9. The dog is barking.
10. The balloon flew away.

25. Direction: In a ¼ sheet of paper write “T’ if the statement
is correct and “F” if the statement is wrong.
1. Singular noun refers to not only one but more than
one noun.
2. A collective noun refers to a group that needs to be
described collectively.

26. 3. Compound noun refers to two words joined
together to form a noun.
4. A type of noun that refers to more than one noun is
what we called plural noun.
5. Singular noun is a word that names one person,
place, thing, animals, or idea.

28. Direction: Write the plural words of the given
singular words.
6. Baby
7. Country
8. Wolf
9. Mango
10. Leaf