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    INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU KAMPUS IPOH 31150 HULU KINTA PERAK DARUL RIDZUAN

    NOUNS
    MOHD HAFIZ BIN SUHAILI MUHAMMAD AZIM BIN MD RAHIM MOHD NADZREEN ADZHA BIN MAZLAN

    WHAT ARE NOUNS?


    Nouns are naming words. They name people, places and objects. They can also name ideas, emotions, qualities and activities. Here are some examples of nouns: Peter, Elizabeth, driver, sister, friend. Bristol, Severn, Brazil, pen, dog, money. Love, beauty, industry, nature, greed, pain.

    Types of noun
    All nouns can be divided into common and proper nouns. Common nouns can then be divided into countable and uncountable nouns. Both countable and uncountable nouns can then be further divided into concrete and abstract nouns. Well look at each type in turn.

    First, look again at those types and how they relate.


    proper
    nouns

    abstract

    countable
    concrete common uncountable concrete

    abstract

    Proper nouns
    Proper nouns start with capital letters. They are the names of people, places, times, organisations etc. They refer to unique individuals. Most are not found in the dictionary. They often occur in pairs or groups. Here are some examples.

    Common nouns
    All nouns which are not proper nouns are common nouns. A few examples: cup, art, paper, work, frog, bicycle, atom, family, mind. Common nouns are either countable or uncountable.

    Countable nouns
    Use these tests for countable nouns: Countable (or just count) nouns can be made plural: a tree two trees; a man men; a pony ponies. In the singular, they may have the determiner a or an: a sausage; an asterisk. We ask: How many words/pages/chairs? We say: A few minutes/friends/chips?

    Uncountable nouns
    Use these tests for uncountable nouns: Uncountable (or non-count) nouns cannot be made plural. We cannot say: two funs, three advices or five furnitures. We never use a or an with them. We ask: How much money/time/milk? (Not How many?) We say: A little help/effort. (Not A few.)

    Dual category nouns


    Some nouns may be countable or uncountable, depending on how we use them. We buy a box of chocolates (countable) or a bar of chocolate (uncountable). We ask: How much time? but How many times? (where times = occasions). We sit in front of a television (set) to watch television (broadcasting).

    Remember that both countable and uncountable nouns can be divided into concrete and abstract nouns. The distinction between concrete and abstract nouns is the most important one of all when you are analysing linguistic data. A lot of abstract nouns in a text will have a big impact on its register. The Plain English Campaign has an excellent website which will tell you more about the stylistic impact of abstract nouns.

    Field-specific nouns
    Uncountable nouns are often turned into countable nouns by specialists in a particular field.They become part of the jargon of that specialism. Grass is usually uncountable but botanists and gardeners talk about grasses. Linguists sometimes talk about Englishes. Financiers refer to moneys or even monies. Teas may be used to mean types of tea.

    Concrete nouns
    Concrete nouns are the words that most people think of as nouns. They are mostly the names of objects and animals (countable) and substances or materials (uncountable). Cake, oxygen, iron, boy, dog, pen, glass, pomegranate, earthworm and door are all concrete nouns.

    Abstract nouns
    Abstract nouns name ideas, feelings and qualities. Most, though not all, are uncountable. Many are derived from adjectives and verbs and have characteristic endings such as ity, -ness, -ence, and -tion. They are harder to recognise as nouns than the concrete variety.

    Abstract noun or adjective


    You wont confuse abstract nouns with adjectives, as long as you apply a few tests. Happy is an adjective. It behaves like one: very happy; so happy;

    happier; as happy as Happiness behaves like a noun: The happiness I feel; her happiness; great happiness.

    A few more examples


    Verb or adjective We were different from each other. My work is precise. The air is pure. I composed this tune. It is so beautiful. You support me. Abstract noun The difference between us. I work with precision. The purity of the air. This tune is my composition. It has such beauty. The support you give me.

    REFERENCES
    http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/h ypergrammar/nouns.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/n ouns.htm

    THANK YOU

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