Nouns are names of persons, places, and

things. There are two types of nouns: proper

noun and common noun.
Proper nouns are names of particular persons, Michael Jackson, Yokohama, the Golden Gate
places, or things. They are usually unique.
Bridge
Common nouns refer to people, places, or Book, heart, courage, giraffe, water, fruit
things but are not the names of particular
individuals.
There are two types of common nouns: count
nouns and non-count nouns.
One woman, nine cars
Count nouns name things that can be counted
Non-count (or mass) nouns name things that Water is source of life.
cant be counted in their normal sense because NOT. Waters are source of life
they exist in a mass form. They arent
proceeded with a/an and followed by a
singular verb.

Categories of non-count nouns

Abstraction
Activities
Diseases
Elements
Foods
Gases
Liquids
Natural Phenomena
Occupations
Particles
Subjects
Other

Advice, behaviour, change, energy, evil, fun, good,

happiness, honesty, love
Bowling, dancing, football, hiking, soccer, tennis
AIDS, cancer, malaria, measles
Gold, magnesium, plutonium, silver
Beef, fruit, meat, rice, wheat
Air, carbon dioxide, oxygen, smoke
Coffee, gasoline, soda, water, wine
Aurora, cold, electricity, ice, light, thunder, rain, snow
Construction, nursing, teaching
Astronomy, business, English, history
Dust, pepper, salt, sand, sugar
Choice, equipment, furniture, news

NOUNS
DETERMINERS
Some determiners can be used only with count or non-counts, while others can be
used either ones.
With count nouns
a, the, some, any
this, that, these, those
Many
A lot of
A large number of
A great number of
(a) few
Fewer.than
More.than

With non-count nouns

the, some, any
this, that
Much
A lot of
A large amount of
(a) little
Less.than
More.than
ARTICLES

Scientists are discussing the planets and its

system.
A noun is definite when the speaker and - They start to cut down rain forest in the
listener both know which specific person, Amazon.
Definite article (The)

place, or thing is being talked about.

Indefinite article (A / An)

- The two opponents use the weapons to beat

each other.
A new super mall is built in suburban area.