Download to read offline
Uploaded byagus husein
Unit 1 Nouns
This document discusses different types of nouns including common and proper nouns. It explains that common nouns refer to general people, places, things or ideas while proper nouns refer to specific names. The document also covers grammatical distinctions between countable and uncountable nouns as well as singular and plural nouns. Finally, it provides details on using articles like a, an, and the or no article with different types of nouns.
Unit 1 Nouns
- 1.
- 2.
- 3. Find out thenouns from this picture
- 4. TYPES OF NOUNS •Peoplewho do something, ex: singer, player, teacher •Things, ex: pen, chair, book, truth •Animals, ex: goat, cow, duck, hen kitten •Places, ex: university, bank, hospital, mosque COMMON NOUNS • People’s name, ex: Muhammad, Fatimah, Husein • Days of the week or months of the year, ex: Tuesday, Friday, September, August • Special days and celebrations, ex: Ramadan, Id Adha, Independence Day • Famous places, buildings and monuments, ex: the Borobudur Temple, Baturaden Park • People living in particular country, ex: Indonesian, Arabian PROPER NOUNS
- 5. QUANTITY OF NOUNS Singular Add“a” if the nouns begin with consonant letters, ex: a river, a car Add “an” if the nouns begin with vowel letters, ex: an idea, an umbrella, an uncle The words which begin with vowel letters but it is pronounced like a consonants letters usually use “a” not “an”, ex: a uniform, a university, a user. The words which begin with consonant letters but it is pronounced like a vowel letters usually use “an” not “a”, ex: an hour, an honor, an honest man Plural Just add “s” to make most plural nouns, ex: chairs, students Nouns ended with s, ss, ch, sh, or x are added by “es”, ex: buses, glasses, branches, bushes, boxes Most nouns ended with “y” are changed to “I” and added es, ex: babies, stories, cities, dictionaries Nouns having a vowel before “y” are added “s”, ex: keys, monkeys, days, boys
- 6. GRAMMATICAL DISTINCTION OF NOUNS COUNT NOUNS Nounsthat can be counted, ex: one child, two books, three goats It can be preceded by ‘a’ or ‘an’ in the singular, ex: a friend, an hour UNCOUT NOUNS Nouns that can’t be counted, ex: water, rice, air, sugar, salt It can’t be preceded by ‘a’, ‘an’, or number It can be added by the, some, any, much, this, that, a lot of
- 7. ARTICLES A/AN • The nounis singular and countable • It is the first time mentioned • It points out the indefinite/unclear person or things • It is used for measurements or ratio • If the noun starts with a vowel sound, then the article an is used • If the noun starts with a consonant sound, then the article a is used THE • It is used for the things mentioned before • It is used for certain things • It is used for the nouns that refer to the species or group. • It is used for the adjective used as nouns ex: the poor, the blind • It is used for the things that are only • It is for the name of things NO ARTICLE • We do not need an article if a noun is plural or uncountable and it is not definite • Nouns preceded by determiners do not need articles • Nouns preceded by possessive pronouns do not need articles • Singular countable nouns with no determiner are also no need articles