Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 35 views

    Eic - Nouns

    Uploaded by

    osamayo0utube
    EIC books

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Eic - Nouns

    Uploaded by

    osamayo0utube
    35 views3 pages
    EIC books

    Original Title

    EIC - NOUNS

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    EIC books

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    35 views3 pages

    Eic - Nouns

    Uploaded by

    osamayo0utube
    EIC books

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    You are on page 1of 3

    Unit 1

    Nouns

    Nouns can be either proper or common. Proper nouns are those that
    refer to a particular person, place, thing, or idea. Such nouns are
    capitalized: America, George Washington, Mr. Neruda, October.
    Nouns that do not refer to a particular person, place, thing, or idea
    are common nouns. They are not capitalized: land, girls, money, test.
    Compare the following list of proper and common nouns:
    Proper Nouns Common Nouns
    Mexico country
    Ms. Finch woman
    English language
    McGraw-Hill publisher
    American Airlines company
    December month

    exercise 1-1
    Next to each noun write the word proper or common.

    1. France

    2. rope

    3. United States

    4. Professor Hall

    5. professor

    6. the stadium

    7. the Olympics

    8. horses

    1
    Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click here for terms of use.
    2 Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners

    9. Dr. Blanchard

    10. our school

    exercise 1-2
    Rewrite each noun, capitalizing the proper nouns.

    1. glass

    2. rocky mountains

    3. mexico

    4. flowers

    5. bus

    6. the store

    7. new york times

    8. roberto

    9. professor romano

    10. my books

    Nouns can be used as the subject of a sentence. The subject is the word that is performing the
    action in the sentence. The subject can be a proper noun or a common noun, and it can be sin-
    gular or plural:
    Juanita is a friend of mine.
    The boys like to play soccer.
    Where is the school?

    Nouns can also be used as direct objects. The direct object in a sentence is the noun that receives
    the action of the verb. To find the direct object in a sentence do three things:
    1. Find the subject of the sentence.
    2. Find the verb in the sentence.
    3. Ask whom or what with the subject and the verb.

    Look at these sample sentences:


    “Sara likes my brother.” “The girls find a book.”
    1. subject  Sara 1. subject  girls
    2. verb  likes 2. verb  find
    Nouns 3

    3. ask whom  Whom does 3. ask what  What do the


    Sara like? girls find?
    The direct object is my brother The direct object is book.
    Nouns are sometimes indirect objects. They stand before the direct object in the sentence. It is the
    person to whom or for whom something is provided. To find the indirect object in a sentence
    do three things:
    1. Find the subject of the sentence.
    2. Find the verb in the sentence.
    3. Ask to whom or for whom with the subject and the verb.

    Look at these sample sentences:


    “Justin buys the girl a magazine.” “Mother gives Nate five dollars.”

    1. subject  Justin 1. subject  Mother


    2. verb  buys 2. verb  gives
    3. ask to whom or for whom  For 3. ask to whom or for whom  To whom
    whom does Justin buy a magazine? does Mother give five dollars?
    The indirect object is girl. The indirect object is Nate.

    Note: It is rare that something inanimate is used as an indirect object.


    When a noun is used as a predicate noun, it follows the predicate in the sentence. The predicate
    can be a single verb or a verb phrase:
    Verb as the predicate: Maria helps us.
    Verb phrase as the predicate: Maria usually helps with the gardening.

    Predicate nouns most often follow the verbs to be and to become:


    My mother wants to be a doctor.
    Celine became an actress.
    Are you the manager of this building?

    exercise 1-3
    Look at the italicized word in each sentence. Decide how it is used, then write subject, direct object, indirect
    object, or predicate noun in the blank.

    1. Claudia likes Bret.

    2. The boys found some money.

    3. The girls found some money.

    4. My father is an engineer.

    5. I sent my sister a telegram.

    6. Tomas buys Serena three red roses.

    You might also like