This document defines and categorizes different types of nouns in English. It discusses concrete and abstract nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, common and proper nouns, and collective nouns. It provides examples for each type and notes their characteristics, such as whether they can be counted or require capitalization. The document also briefly outlines the main functions of nouns in English sentences.
This document defines and categorizes different types of nouns in English. It discusses concrete and abstract nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, common and proper nouns, and collective nouns. It provides examples for each type and notes their characteristics, such as whether they can be counted or require capitalization. The document also briefly outlines the main functions of nouns in English sentences.
This document defines and categorizes different types of nouns in English. It discusses concrete and abstract nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, common and proper nouns, and collective nouns. It provides examples for each type and notes their characteristics, such as whether they can be counted or require capitalization. The document also briefly outlines the main functions of nouns in English sentences.
This document defines and categorizes different types of nouns in English. It discusses concrete and abstract nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, common and proper nouns, and collective nouns. It provides examples for each type and notes their characteristics, such as whether they can be counted or require capitalization. The document also briefly outlines the main functions of nouns in English sentences.
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NOUN 1. Sevia Ito Permadani
2. Yongki Pradista DEFINITION OF NOUN • Nouns are word used to name or refer to people, things, place and idea. In other word, it refers to both physical objects and abstract concepts. • Example : • Physical objects : table, house, phone, floor, water, wind • Abstract concepts of time, idea, opinion, age, difficulty • From the example above, it can be seen that nouns do not only refer to physical objects, but also abstract concepts that exits in this world TYPES AND EXAMPLE OF NOUN Based on their shape, nouns are divided into 2, namely : 1. Concrete noun 2. Countable and Uncountable Nouns CONCRETE NOUN • Concrete nouns are that can be observed by the five senses. So that it is concrete or refers to an object directly as mention above • Example : • Book, eraser, bottle, flower, chair, classroom, star, moon, fire, wind ABSTRACT NOUN • Abstract nouns are nouns that are not observed by the five senses. In other words, this noun is abstract or has a material concept only. Nouns of this type are usually marked with the suffix is ace, age, ance, ancy, ion, sion, tion, dom, hood, ice, ism, ment, ness, ship, ity, ty • Example : • Emergency, happiness, falsehood, freedom, communism, motivation, affection, idea, love, spirit, life, time, age, COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS based on whether or not they can be counted, nouns are grouped into 2, namely 1. Countable Noun 2. Uncountable Noun COUNTABLE NOUN • Countable Nouns are nouns that can be counted, the characteristics of these nouns are: - Can be followed by a count of 1,2,3,4,5, and so on - Can be followed by articles a and an in the singular - Can add the suffix s and es in the plural Example : House = a house, one house, three houses Dictionary = a dictionary, one dictionary, four dictionaries Notes : In connection with this type, nouns in the form are called “singular nouns” (a, an, one …), and nouns that are plural are called “plural nouns” (… -s and -es). In addition, it should be noted that there are nouns that have irregular forms when they are plural. They do not add s or es, but have their own form. These nouns are then included in the list of irregular plural nouns. Contoh : Man : a man, two men, three men, many men Child : a child, two children, several children UNCOUNTABLE NOUN nouns that cannot be counted. The characteristics are the opposite of a countable noun, namely: - Cannot be followed by numbers 1,2,3,4,5, and so on - Cannot be followed by articles a and an (no singular form - Cannot add s and es (no plural form) Example : Milk : a milk, one milk. Three milk Chesee : a chesee, one chesee, two chesee Notes : Uncountable nouns actually make it possible to count, but what counts is not the substance or substance, but the amount or container. Therefore this noun is also called "mass noun". Example : Milk : a glass of milk, two glasses of milk, … Cheese : a block of cheese, two blocks of cheese, … MIXED NOUN a noun that can be both countable and uncountable, depending on the conditions or context in which it is used Example : A saw hair on the floor (In this sentence, hair can be counted, marked with the article a in front of it) She curled her hair (hair when it is on the head cannot be counted because it is not customary to count) COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS The division of nouns into common and proper nouns refers to whether a noun is a name (specific) or not (general) 1. Common Noun 2. Proper Noun COMMON NOUN noun that refers to things that are still common. So that the writing does not use capital letters, unless it starts a sentence or title. Example : Person, city, country, month, restaurant, park, hall, phone, … PROPER NOUN hyponyms of common nouns, so the reference is more specific than common nouns. This type of noun is usually recognized in the form of the name of a thing (people, things, places, etc.) and generally requires capital letters, unless lowercase letters have been specified as part of the name. Example : John, Semarang, Indonesia, Huly, Bernard Steak House, Greenwich Park, Iphone, … COLLECTIVE NOUNS Collective nouns are nouns that indicate the existence of a combination, be it people, places, or things. Example : Army committee Government Pair
Audience congress Group Public
Class Crowd Jury Staff
club Family organization Team
Collective nouns can be pluralized. Notice the example below A pair of sandals Two pairs of sandals NOUN FUNCTION Broadly speaking, the functions of nouns in 5) Objective complement English are as follows : Mr. Mrs. Smith named their baby 1) Subject Peter Life is wonderful 6) Modifier of noun phrase (penjelas 2) Object noun phrase) The author has published new book World war 3) Object of preposition 7) Head of noun phrase (inti noun We are going to fly to Jakarta tomorrow phrase) 4) Subjective complement English test He is john THANK YOU