NOUNS

Nouns is words that name

people,places,things,animals,activities or concepts

People Animals Things Places Activities Concepts
girl zebra compass town reading relativity
boy porcupine computer river cycling gravity
author fox dish garden camping addiction
beggar snake box kitchen chatting faith
Ann Tompok Proton Malaysia swimming knowledge
Jim Nemo Intel Pahang rock
climbing
globalisati
on
Example

Proper Nouns(in bold) refer to specific
people,animal,things and places.They always begin with
a capital letter even when they do not begin a sentence.
Common Nouns refers to someone or something by a
general name


Categories of Nouns
Singular or
plural
Countable or
uncountable
Concrete or
Abstract
When a noun
refers to one
thing
place,animal or
person,it is
singular. When it
refers to more
than one , it is
plural.
Regular nouns
usually add -s,-
es or -ies to
form the plural.
Irregular nouns
do not have a
fixed pattern
when changing to
the plural.
Nouns that can
be counted and
have singular
and plural
forms are called
countable
nouns.
Nouns that are
not used in the
plural form or
that occur as a
mass are called
uncountable
nouns.You
cannot add s to
uncountable
nouns
Concrete nouns
are nouns that we
can
touch,hear,see,taste
or smell.Cat,tin,rice
and Ann are
examples of
concrete nouns
Abstract nouns are
nouns that refer to
ideas,concepts,feeli
ngs and
activities.Love,ange
r,hate and
swimming are
examples of
abstract nouns.
Regular Nouns Countable
(two forms)
Concrete
Singular Plural
author
box
baby
two authors
four boxes
some babies
dog
bat
pen
dogs
bats
pens
vans
pump
book
Irregular Nouns Uncountable
Nouns
Abstract


foot
mouse
nucleus
two feet
some mice
two nuclei
mail
air
money

walking
greediness
love




Possesive Nouns
The possessive form of a noun shows that something belongs to
someone . An apostrophe() is added to the noun to show that
somebody owns something . you can use an apostrophe with people ,
animals , indefinite pronouns , groups of people , places where
people live or work , countries , time expressions or periods of time.

Examples :
My teachers car is dirty
The crab bit the dogs tail
I found someones purse in the womens toilet
The companys bid to host the event was rejected
Malaysias national car is Proton Saga
How to use an apostrophe to show belonging

For singular nouns like boy ,
mother and teacher , add s


boys shoes
mothers room
teachers report
For plural nouns that end in s
like boys , monkeys , teachers ,
add an apostrophe after the s.



boys shirts
monkeys tails
teachers reports
For plural nouns that do not end in
s like men , children , women ,
add s

mens shoes
womens handbags
childrens school
For things use of..

the hands of the clock
the roof of the house
Question :
1.Some of these..sell for over Rm400.
a) handbag
b) handbags
c) hand bags
2.Few.go to Pulau Langkawi nowadays.
a) tourists
b) tourism
c) tourist
3.Bothmade a bid to host the Asian Games
a) country
b) countries
c) countries
4.Mostdo not like to have classes in the afternoon
a) students
b) student
c) studented
5.Whoyou that key ?
a) give
b) gave
c) gives
6.I bought many yesterday.
a) booked
b) book
c) books
7.He failed all his
a) test
b) tests
c) tested
8.In mostin Malaysia, there is at least one TV set.
a) house
b) houses
c) housed
9.The Kuala Lumpur City Council fined ten.. for failing to keep
their stalls clean.
a) hackers
b) hawker
c) hawkers
10.Two.. were sitting in their hole.
a) mouse
b) mice
c) mouses
11.Hassan has three brothers and two
a) sister
b) sisters
c) sis
12.Ive got one loose..
a) teeth
b) toothpaste
c) tooth
13.Each cell has one
a) nucleus
b) nuclei
c) nucleoulus
14.There are five..on the table
a) pencil
b) pencils
c) pencilled
15.We saw a large..
a) caved
b) cave
c) caves
16.I divided a dozen..between the two boys
a) sweets
b) sweeted
c) sweet
17.Each of the boys.a toy lorries
a) has
b) have
c) had
18.We must..the school rules
a) obey
b) obeys
c) obeying
19.My.is very dirty
a) mother car
b) mothers cars
c) mothers car
20.I cooking
a) loved
b) loves
c) love