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: Learning English Online (LEO) Nouns March 18, 2010
Slide 9 : Learning English Online (LEO) March 18, 2010 What are Nouns?
The simple definition is: a person, place or thing. Here are some examples:
* person: man, woman, teacher, John, Mary
* place: home, office, town, countryside, America
* thing: table, car, banana, money, music, love, dog, monkey
The problem with this definition is that it does not explain why "love" is a noun but can also be a verb.
Another (more complicated) way of recognizing a noun is by its:
1. Ending
2. Position
3. Function
Slide 10 : Learning English Online (LEO) March 18, 2010 1. Noun Ending
There are certain word endings that show that a word is a noun, for example:
* -ity > nationality
* -ment > appointment
* -ness > happiness
* -ation > relation
* -hood > childhood
Slide 11 : Learning English Online (LEO) March 18, 2010 Nouns often come after a determiner (a determiner is a word like a, an, the, this, my, such):
* a relief
* an afternoon
* the doctor
* this word
Slide 12 : Learning English Online (LEO) March 18, 2010 Proper Nouns
You always write a proper noun with a capital letter, since the noun represents the name of a specific person, place, or thing. The names of days of the week, months, historical documents, institutions, organisations, religions, their holy texts and their adherents are proper nouns. A proper noun is the opposite of a common noun
In each of the following sentences, the proper nouns are in red:
1. The Indians were transported from the village and forced to build the
fortifications in Halifax.
2. Many people dread Monday mornings.
3. My birthday is celebrated on the first of May.
Slide 13 : Learning English Online (LEO) March 18, 2010 Nouns have certain functions (jobs) in a sentence, for example:
* subject of verb: Doctors work hard.
* object of verb: He likes coffee.
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Slide 15 : Learning English Online (LEO) Countable Nouns
Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example: "pen".
We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens. Here are some more countable nouns:
* dog, cat, animal, man, person
* bottle, box
* coin, note, dollar
* cup, plate, fork
* table, chair, suitcase, bag
Countable nouns can be singular or plural:
* My dog is playing.
* My dogs are hungry.
We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:
* A dog is an animal. March 18, 2010
Slide 16 : Learning English Online (LEO) Uncountable Nouns
Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot count "milk". We can count "bottles of milk" or ”carton of milk", or a “glass of milk”, but we cannot count "milk" itself. Here are some more uncountable nouns:
* music, art, love, happiness
* advice, information, news
* furniture, luggage
* rice, sugar, butter, water
* electricity, gas, power
* money, currency
We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example:
* This news is very important.
* Your luggage looks heavy.
We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a music". But we can say a something of:
* a piece of news
* a bottle of water
* a grain of rice March 18, 2010
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Possessive : Possessive Learning English Online (LEO) March 18, 2010 We very often use possessive 's with names:
* This is Mary's car.
* Where is Ram's telephone?
* Who took Anthony's pen?
* I like Tara's hair.
: Learning English Online (LEO) Nouns March 18, 2010
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