SYNTAX NOUN PHRASE

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 Part of Speech : Noun
what is a noun Nouns make up the largest class of words in most languages,
including English. A noun is a word that refers to a thing, a person, an animal, a
place, a quality, an idea, or an action.

TYPES OF NOUNS

1. A common noun refers to a person, place, or thing but is not the name of a
particular person, place, or thing. Examples are animal, sunlight, and
happiness.
2. A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, or thing; it usually
begins with a capital letter: Abraham Lincoln, Argentina, and World War I
are all proper nouns.
3. Singular nouns are nouns that refer to only one person, place or thing. For
example, a cat is one animal and a banana is one fruit. Examples are house,
cat, girl, foot, country.
4. A plural noun refers to more than one of something. Many singular nouns
just need an S added at the end to make them plural (e.g., bee becomes bees).
For some nouns that already end with an S, you may need to add -es to the
end to make their plural forms (e.g., classes and buses). Some singular nouns
also change spelling when made plural (e.g. countries and babies). Not all
nouns follow this pattern. Those that become plural in other ways are called
irregular plural nouns. Some examples are man and men, wolf and wolves,
foot and feet.
5. A concrete noun is something that can be perceived through the five
senses. If you can see, hear, touch, taste, or smell something, it uses a
concrete noun. Examples are table, apple, rabbit, ear.
6. Abstract nouns are intangible ideas that can’t be perceived with the five
senses, such as social concepts, political theories, and character traits. For
example, the abstract noun anger refers to an emotion and the abstract noun
courage refers to a quality a person has. Examples are love, creativity,
democracy.
7. A collective noun is a noun that refers to some sort of group or collective—of
people, animals, things, etc. Collective nouns are normally not treated as
plural, even though they refer to a group of something. Examples are a party
of friends, a convoy of trucks.

8. A compound noun combines two or more words into one. Compound nouns
can appear as a single word, multiple words used separately, or words
connected by hyphens. Examples are toothpaste, haircut, output, ice cream,
potato chip.
9. A countable noun (also known as a count noun) is one that you can count.
When you have three books or pennies, you are describing a noun that is
countable.
10. An uncountable noun (also known as a mass noun) is one that cannot be
counted. For example, happiness cannot be counted. You don’t say that you
have “a happiness” or “three happinesses.” Uncountable nouns typically
don’t have plural forms.

FUNCTION OF NOUNS
 Nouns as Subjects : One function of a noun is the subject of a
sentence. The subject of a sentence is the noun (or pronoun) that does
the action of the verb. The subject can be a single word, such as rock,
or a noun phrase.
Examples : • Kangaroos jump incredibly high
• A kangaroo has a very special tail
• They use their long, heavy tails for balance
 Nouns as Direct Objects : A sentence often has a noun after the verb.
This noun is called the direct object. The direct object tells who or
what receives the action of the verb.
Example : • Monkeys eat bananas.
  Nouns as Objects of Prepositions : The third function of a noun in a
sentence is the object of a preposition. The object of a preposition is
found within a prepositional phrase, which usually consists of a
preposition and the words that go with it
Example: • Susan walked to the supermarket in the morning.

to the supermarket: PREP + OBJECT

in the morning:  PREP + OBJECT

POSITION OF NOUNS

1. Subject : A subject is followed by verb. Examples: Makara sang a song at the

wedding, The house is very nice.
2. Direct Object : Direct object is the noun that receives the action of the
transitive verb. Examples: After dinner, I always serve a cake, My restaurant
offers a reasonable price.
3. Indirect object : Indirect object precedes the direct object and can be found by
asking who or what received the direct object. Examples: We can give my
friend a ticket, Mika sent her brother a postcard.
4. Object of preposition : The noun that follows the preposition is called object
of preposition. Examples: Many people live in the flooded village. After the
meal, we watch TV.
5. Object of verbal : Verbal’s are forms of verbs used as other parts of speech
such as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. Examples: Opening the door, I saw
many people waiting for me. We are the ones to win the game.
6. Predicate nominative : Predicate nominative is the noun following a linking
verb that restates or stands for the subject. Examples: Tiara is the leader. It
became an evil.
7. Appositive : Appositive stands directly after the noun it identifies. Examples:
Kanika, my best friend, just visited Australia. Cambodia, my hometown, is
the kingdom of wonder.
8. Objective complement : It is placed directly after direct object. Without
objective complement, the sentence is not completed. Examples: I consider
you my sister. I will make this party a good occasion.
MARKERS OF NOUNS :
The articles a, an, and the are known as noun markers because they mark or
signal a noun. Noun markers include the following parts of speech:
• The articles a, an, and the;
• Possessive nouns, such as Elena’s;
• Possessive pronouns/adjectives, such as my, your, his, her, its, our, their;
• Demonstrative pronouns/adjectives, such as this, that, these, those;
• Quantifiers, such as all, any, each, etc.; numbers.