This material covers the explanation about nouns such as What are Nouns, Type of Nouns, and the examples of the use of Nouns.

1. NOUNS
BY : Dian Fadhilawati, M.Pd.

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WELCOME TO MY CLASS
DEAR STUDENTS……
My name is: Mrs. Dian Fadhilawati
You can call me Mrs. Dian
I Live in Blitar East Java Indonesia
I am a Permanent lecturer at English Education Department
Islamic University of Balitar
I am interested in Teaching English as Foreign Language ,
Grammar, and The Use of Technology in English Classroom
My hobbies are watching movie, and reading book.
Phone Number: 082230444437
email: dianfadhilawatiblitar.gmail.com

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4. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After joining today’s teaching learning process the
students are able to:
1. Define what is nouns
2.Mention and explain the types of nouns
3.Use nouns correctly and appropriately

5. WHAT IS NOUNS
Nouns are the most common words in the language.
Noun Refers to Person, Place, Things, events or idea

6. 10 TYPES OF NOUNS
• PROPER NOUNS
• COMMON NOUNS
• CONCRETE NOUNS
• ABSTRACT NOUNS
• COUNTABLE NOUNS
• UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
• SINGULAR NOUNS
• PLURAL NOUNS
• COLLECTIVE NOUNS
• COMPOUND NOUNS

7. COMMON NOUNS AND PROPER NOUNSCOMMON NOUNS
Common Nouns refer to the general type of a Proper
Noun. It names any/general person, place, animal,
things, or idea. For examples: the man, the
presidents, the artist, the river, the mountain, etc.
Example:
The manager is having meeting now.
There are many rivers in Thailand.
PROPER NOUNS
Proper Nouns Refer to the Particular/specific of the
Noun. It names specific person , place animals,
things or idea. Proper Nouns Begins with Capital
Letter
For examples: the names of months, days, people
and their title, mountains, rivers, book, movies, etc.
Examples:
I like reading New York Times.

8. EXERCISE
Can you Find The Proper Nouns of These Following Words!
1. University :
2. President :
3. Hospital :
4. Mountain :
5. Park :
6. Country :
7. City :
8. Temple :
9. Newspaper:
10. Girl :

9. CONCRETE NOUN AND ABSTRACT NOUNS
Concrete Nouns
Refer to things that are real. We can touch, see, feel, hear, smell,
or taste them. It can be countable, uncountable, common,
proper, and collective nouns. For examples: table, chair, deer,
sugar, mountain, a team, a group of students, etc.
Abstract Nouns
Refer to things that are not concrete. They refer to emotions,
ideas, concepts, traits, experiences, or a state of being. For
Examples: patience, love, right, luck, sorrow, plan, democracy,
liberty, talent, failure, etc.

10. CONCRETE NOUNS

11. CONCRETE NOUNS

12. ABSTRACT NOUNS

13. EXERCISE
DECIDE WHETHER THESE FOLLOWING NOUNS IS ABSTRACT OR CONCRETE!
1. Leadership (…………………………)
2. Opportunity (…………………………)
3. Teacher (…………………………)
4. Office (…………………)
5. Happiness (……………………)
6. Boy (………………………)
7. Progress (………………)
8. Plane (…………………………)
9. Computer (………………………)
10. Satisfaction (…………………)

14. SINGULAR NOUN AND PLURAL NOUNS
Singular Nouns
Refer to one thing, place, person, or idea. For Examples:
a book, a manager, a car, a boy, a teacher, a hotel, a
secretary, an umbrella, an office etc.
Plural Nouns
Refer to more than one thing, place, person, or idea.
For examples: some books, two cars, three boys, four
teachers, several hotels, many bridges, etc.

15. FORMING THE PLURAL NOUNS

16. EXERCISES
Find the plural forms from these following words!
1. A boy two…….
2. A mouse three……
3. A child four……
4. A deer five
5. An appendix six…….
6. A computer three……
7. A book ten………
8. A criterion many…….
9. A manager five……….
10. A hero ten………..

17. COUNTABLE NOUN AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Countable Nouns
Refer to a noun that can be counted. Countable nouns
can be singular or plural. For Examples: chair, car, dogs,
school, trucks, flag, bag, city, etc.
Uncountable Nouns
Refer to a noun that cannot be counted. It always
singular.
For examples: water, salt, milk, coffee, juice, beauty,
rain, etc.

18. COUNTABLE NOUNS

20. EXERCISE
Arrange the following jumbled words into good sentences!
1. My- needs- sugar- some- mother.
2. My-family-biggest-my-happiness-is.
3. Aldo-two-yesterday-bought-books.
4. in-Experience-your-best-is-the-teacher-life
5. milk-produce-The-protein-produces-factory.

21. COMPOUND NOUN AND COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Compound Nouns
Refer to a noun that is made with two or more words. It can be written in
three ways.
For Examples
• One word: bedroom, rainfall
• Joined by hyphen: son-in-law, mother-in-law
• Written as separate word: credit card, swimming pool
Collective Nouns
Refer to a group of people, animals, or things.
Examples: a class of students, a group of singers, a tribe of nations, etc.

22. COMPOUND NOUN

23. COLLECTIVE NOUNS

24. EXERCISE
A. Complete these following sentences by choosing the correct collective nouns!
1. The secretary need a……………of Paper.
2. She buys a…………………………of flowers
3. A…………of students are visiting Thailand now.
4. He needs a ………………of product every month.
5. We write an …………………of Poem together.
OPTIONS
a. Pair c. group
b. Anthology d. comb
c. Ream e. catalog f. bunch
B. Try to make sentences by using these following words!
1. Meeting room 5. Credit card
2. Outdoors
3. Notebook
4. Wallpaper