I Am A Student: PART 1 Learning Focus: Noun (Concrete and Abstract-Singular and Plural)

I am a student
PART 1 Learning Focus: Noun (Concrete and Abstract- Singular and Plural)
Noun is a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance and quality.
There are several classifications of noun, but now we will study two types of noun;
abstract noun and concrete noun.
 Concrete noun: a noun which refers to a real or physical object (benda yang dapat
disentuh)
 Abstract Noun: a noun which refers to a thing which does not exist as material /
physical object.
Singular noun
Every single noun need article, usually article a, an, and the are used for it. Example: an
apple, a mango and the earth.
Article “A” is used when the pronounce of the noun is started with consonant sound.
A Plane A Book A Pen
A Fork A Ring A University
Article “An” is used when the pronounce of the noun is started with vocal sound.
An Air conditioner An Egg An Owl
An hour An Ice cream An Honest man
Plural noun
A singular noun ending in o, s, x, z, ch, sh makes the plural by adding-es.
Singular Regular Plural
Bus buses Irregular noun: woman

-> wish wishes women, fish->fish, leaf->
pitch pitches leaves
box boxes
potato potatoes
baby Babies (–y-> ies)
Definite (The) and zero
article (-)
 We use The with the names of ocean, seas, rivers, deserts, groups of islands and
mountain ranges. We also use the with the with the names of countries when these are
plural, and the name of countries which include the words Kingdom, Republic, and
States:
the Pacific Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Nile, the Gobi Desert, the Bahamas, the
Alps, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom
 We do not use The with the names of lakes, mountains, continents, countries, cities,
towns, villages and streets: Lake Superior, Mount Everest, Asia, France, London,
Oxford Street
 We usually use The before the places we visit in a town:
the cinema, the theatre, the post office, the bank, the supermarket, the chemist’s
 We sometimes use a/an with these words to mean ‘one of many’. Compare:
I went to the cinema on Saturday. There’s a new cinema in the West Street.
 We do not usually use The with home, school, college, work, town, hospital, prison:
I go to work at eight o’clock.
Exercise 1: Read this short text and identify the singular and plural noun. Change the
font colors. Red for singular, Blue for Plural nouns
Building, Room, and Seating Design

Some buildings and rooms seem to encourage human interaction. They appear to have
invisible signs posted that say, “Come in,” ”Hello,” “Come closer,” or “Welcome.” Still others
seem to communicate coldness and be saying, “No visitors,” “Stay away,” or “Keep out.” I
remember the living room of my youth, and its always new looking, always clean furniture,
rugs, and fireplace. Few people ever sat on the chairs, a sofa, and in fourteen years the
fireplace was never once lit. Mehrabian (1971) reminds us of countless living rooms – “as
beautifully furnished as a showroom but left just as unoccupied while the guests cluster
happily in the kitchen and enjoy themselves there.” A bedroom seem show a privacy, no one
will easy come in to it. A bed size also show owner style.
PART 2 How to construct a sentence with adjective, and noun
If you want to use adjective and noun in a sentence that is put after subject, you have to use
to be (is, am, are).
TO BE ( IS, AM ARE)
To be is a linking verb. It links the subject and adj/ noun/ adv of place in a sentence
To be Subject Examples
Am I I am smart (adj)
I am a student (noun)
I am at home (Adv of place/ ket tempat)
Is She She is smart
He He is my friend
It It is a book
Singular noun This tree is big
Am You You are so diligent
They They are smart
We We are a family
Plural things Andi and Budi are best friends.
The long and short forms of to be
Long form Short form Example

I am I'm I am late.
You are You're You are clever.
He is He's He is happy.
She is She's She is hungry.
It is It's It is cold.

We are We're We are late.
You are You're You are sleepy.
They are They're They are great.
Negation Negation - Short form Question

I am not late. I'm not late. Am I late?
You are not clever. You aren't clever. Are you clever?
He is not happy. He isn't happy. Is he happy?
She is not hungry. She isn't hungry. Is she hungry?
It is not cold. It isn't cold. Is it cold?

We are not late. We aren't late. Are we late?
You are not sleepy. You aren't sleepy. Are you sleepy?
They are not great. They aren't great. Are they great?
Exercise 2: Do the task of “to be”
Read the following sentences and fill the blanks with the correct to be; is, am, are.
1. My mother __________ in the kitchen
2. The student ______________ at school today
3. Maria’s grandfather _________ beautiful
4. I _______________ a football fan
5. It _________ Monday
6. They _______________ naughty
7. I _________ your friend
8. We __________ busy
9. Charley ____________ sick
10. Mila and her mother ____________ at home.
11. The dog and the cat __________ in the garden
12. Mrs Dixon _____________ funny and friendly.
13. Mr. Smith ___________ intelligent.
14. My pencil case __________ green
15. My book ____________ on the table.
Exercise 3: Choose the correct article: a, an, or x (no article)

1. Are you coming to ………… party next Saturday?
2. I bought ……………. new TV set yesterday.
3. I think ………………… man over there is very ill. He can't stand on his feet.
4. I watched ……………….. video you had sent me.
5. She was wearing ……………… ugly dress when she met him.
6. I am crazy about reading ……………….. history books.
7. She is ………………….. nice girl.
8. Do you want to go to ………………. restaurant where we first met?
9. He is ……………………. engineer.
10. He thinks that ………………… love is what will save us all.
Exercise 4: Complete the sentences. Use the or –
Example: The largest desert in the world, the___ Sahara, is 9,000,000 square
kilometers.
1. ________ Himalayas grow a few centimeters every year.

2. There is only one time zone in ________ China.
3. ________ Fiji Islands are in ________ Pacific Ocean.
4. ________ Mediterranean Sea is part of _______ Atlantic Ocean. It lies between _______
Europe, ________ Africa and ________ Asia
5. ________ Fifth Avenue in ________ New York is one of the most famous shopping
streets in the world.
6. The longest river in the world, ________ Nile, is about 6,700 kilometers long.
7. ________ Russian is nearly twice as big as ________ United States of America.
8. ________ Netherlands is a very flat country, with no mountains.
9. ________ Lake Baikal in ________ Siberia is the biggest lake in the world.
10. ________ Iceland is a large island in ________ Atlantic Ocean
11. I was at _______ home all day on Sunday, watching television.
12. My brother went to _______ college for three years. He studied Economics.
13. Jane isn’t feeling well, so she is gone to _______ doctor’s.
14. Would you like to go to _______ cinema tonight?
15. I left _______ school when I was sixteen and found a job

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I am a student

Bus buses Irregular noun: woman

Building, Room, and Seating Design

PART 2 How to construct a sentence with adjective, and noun

The long and short forms of to be

Long form Short form Example

Negation Negation - Short form Question

Exercise 2: Do the task of “to be”

Exercise 3: Choose the correct article: a, an, or x (no article)

Exercise 4: Complete the sentences. Use the or –

1. ________ Himalayas grow a few centimeters every year.

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