Noun functions

a. John ran away from the monster.

b. Five days a week, my mother dusts.

c. Nearing the yellow light, the driver sped up.

d. The song was sung by the choir.

e. The book was written in 1988.
f. John was hit in the head.
a. John threw the ball. (Threw what?)
b. Tomorrow morning Elisa will meet your sister.
(Meet whom?)
c. We helped Jake with his homework.

d. He doesn’t understand the lesson.

e. While hiking, Alicia found a silver bracelet.
a. John gave Carla the money. (to whom?)

b. Elisa sent John a letter. (to whom?)

c. Addison bought Alex a car. (for whom?)

a. He left after class.

b. I work with your friend.

c. My best friend lives across the street.

d. Over the river & through the woods to Grandmother’s

house we go.
a. John is a student.

b. A Christmas Carol is a good book.

c. Elisa became a lawyer.

d. Addison will be an excellent surgeon.

e. Emory is a private university.

a. We elected Obama president.

b. I consider him my brother.

a. My sister Rita lives in Virginia.

b. The book I’m reading, The Scarlet Letter, is set in the

U.S.

c. I met my friend Helene last year.

5. PREDICATE 6. OBJECTIVE 7. APPOSITIVE
NOMINATIVE COMPLEMENT
RENAMES A NOUN RENAMES A NOUN RENAMES A NOUN

John is a We elected My sister

student. Obama Rita lives in
president. Virginia.
SUBJECT DIRECT I met my
OBJECT friend
Helene last
FOLLOWS “TO BE” year.
THE VERB TEST SUBJECT/
DIRECT OBJECT
a. Juan, when are you going to leave?

b. Mr. Smith, I haven’t finished the list.

c. Professor Gellar, I need to turn in my paper late.

NOUN
 Noun
• a word that names anything that exists – a

person, place or thing or that can be perceived by

the mind – an idea, a feeling, quality, a virtue or an

action.
 Proper noun
• name of a specific person, place, thing, idea or

event.

• Example: Apolinario Mabini, Laguna, Mongol,

Independence Day
 Common noun

• name of any person thing place or event in

general.

• Example: teacher, pencil, shoes, bag

 Underline each noun in the sentence. Double-
underline the noun if it is a proper noun.
1. When a volcano erupted in the Sunda Strait of Indonesia, the
whole world felt the effects.
2. The noise from the eruption of Krakatoa could be heard at great
distances.
3. The force of the blast could be felt as far away as Hawaii. 4.
4. A cloud of ash circled the globe and created spectacular
sunsets.
 Concrete noun
• refers to things that could be perceived by our

five senses.

• Example: book, table, hand

 Abstract noun
• refers to things that don’t have any
physical form, therefore could not be
perceived by the senses such as emotions,
events, idea

• Example: sadness, happiness, freedom,

peace
 Count noun
• refers to things, persons, events and places that
could be counted. Its plural form could be formed
by adding –s/-es.
• Example: pen/pens, potato/potatoes, chair/chairs
 Mass noun
• Refers to things that could not be counted,
but can be quantified. These words are
normally singular,
• Example: rice, sugar, coffee, butter, dust,
hair
 Collective noun
• refers to a group of people, places or
things. Usually considered as one unit.
• Example: team, audience, club
Underline the collective nouns:

1. The crowd sounds like a herd of elephants.

2. The staff includes professionals and

nonprofessionals.

3. The group of students is standing in line.

 Compound noun

• consists of two or more words and

functions as a simple noun.
• Example: water bottle, eyeopener,
classroom, homework, mother-in-law
• “Rikki-tikki-tavi” is a story in The
Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.