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Môn học: Grammar

Chương 1: Nouns & Articles

Chủ đề 1.1: Nouns

Phần 1.1

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1 Hello everyone! My name is Ho Le Hang, and I am very happy to be the one who
instructs you through this Grammar course.
In our first lecture, Unit 1, topic 1.1, we will learn about Nouns. In this part we
2 will find out about One-word nouns, Compound nouns, Countable and
uncountable nouns
3 After this lesson you can identify various kinds of nouns and apply them in the
right contexts.
Welcome to the first part of Nouns.
A noun tells us what someone or something is called. For example, a
noun can be the name of a person (John), a job title (doctor) the
name of a thing (radio), the name of a place (London), the name of a
quality (courage), or the name of an action (laughter/laughing). The Noun can
also be:
+ the subject of a verb like in the sentence Our agent in Cairo sent a telex this
morning
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+ the direct object of a verb, like in the sentence Frank sent an urgent telex from
Cairo this morning
+ the indirect object of a verb like in the sentence Frank sent his boss a telex
+ the object of a preposition like in the sentence I read about it in the paper
+ the complement of be or a related verb like seem like in the sentence Jane Forbes
is our guest
+ used 'in apposition’ like in the sentence Laura Myers, a BBC reporter asked for
an interview
 Move on to the next feature of Nouns. We use some words only as nouns: desk, hat,
tree, etc. However, we often make nouns from other words by adding different
endings or suffixes and sometimes making other small changes.
So, what are suffixes?
Suffix: a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to perform a
5 grammatical function and possibly change the meaning of the word.
For example, we can add “-ance” or” -ence”
appear 🡪 appearance
resist 🡪 resistance
He appeared on many talk shows while promoting his book.
He made many talk show appearances while promoting his book.

We have some typical endings which make nouns:

There are 8 occupation suffixes: -er, - or, - ist, - ant, - ess, - man, - ee, - ive. For
6 example, we have actor, assistant, beggar, driver, …
Professions that ask for skills and are scientific in nature use the suffix – ist/-ian.
E.g., scientist, physicist, chemist, biologist, artist, technician…

People who come from places: Athenian, Berliner, Milanese, ...

7 ❑ Three Italians are doing the course.

❑ The Greeks invented democracy.
❑ Several Chinese were waiting in the queue.
Now, we find out some typical endings which make nouns from:
+ VERB like acceptance, agreement, arrival.
8 + ADJECTIVES: absence, activity, anxiety, constancy….
+ OTHER NOUNS: boyhood, kingdom, lunacy, mouthful, …
+ -ing forms used as nouns: I’ve given your shirt an ironing.
 Now, we move to nouns formed from verbs, adjectives, and other nouns. Some
words can be either nouns or verbs. We can often tell the difference from the way
they are stressed and pronounced.
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For example: discount entrance export import object
When the stress is on the first syllable, the word is a noun, when the stress is on
the second syllable, it is a verb. The meanings are generally related or different.
Let’s come to some more examples on Nouns and verbs with the same spelling
but different stress.
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NOUN: THE STRESS IS ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE
VERB: THE STRESS IS ON THE SECOND SYLLABLE
Let’s have a look on some examples:
NOUN VERB

contest contest

contract contract

import import

object object
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process process

refund refund

survey survey

permit permit

refill refill
 discount discount

That is the end of part 1.1, section 1.1. Thank you for your attention and see you
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in the next lesson!