TECHNICAL

ENGLISH I
DGE 1212
P R E S E N TAT I O N D U O B Y A Q I L & Q AY Y U M
L E C T U R E R : M I S S FA R A H D I L A I L A B T S H U K O R
NOUNS

• Noun is a word use to name a person, animal,

place, thing and abstract idea. Nouns are
usually the first word which small children
learn.
TYPES OF NOUNS
ABSTRACT NOUN
COMMON NOUN

NOUNS
PROPER NOUN
MATERIAL NOUN

COLLECTIVE NOUN SINGULAR AND

PLURAL NOUN
 EXAMPLE
DEFINITION • Street
• Common nouns are words used to name general • Bathroom
items rather than specific ones.  • School
• Common nouns are everywhere, and you use • Mall
them all the time, even if you don’t realize it.  • gas station
• living room
• newspaper

COMMON NOUN
SENTENCES EXAMPLE
• My favorite newspaper  is the Washington Post.
• I went to the the mall near our house with my family last weekend.
• We gathered at the living room with my cousins and relatives at my house for Hari
Raya Aidilfitri last year.
EXERCISE FOR COMMON NOUN
FIND THE COMMON NOUN IN THESE SENTENCES
1. My sister has bought me a nice jeans.
2. My mom gives me sandwich in lunch box.

ANSWER :
1. Sister, jeans
2. Mom, sandwich
 EXAMPLE
DEFINITION • University College TATI
a noun that identifies a single entity • San Francisco
and is used to refer to that entity • Mr.Qayyum
• Oreos

PROPER NOUN
SENTENCES EXAMPLE
 I am studying at University
College TATI
 Let’s go to San Francisco.
 Mr.Qayyum seems to
understand what students
need.
 I’m craving Oreos
 EXERCISE FOR PROPER NOUN
Underline the proper nouns in the following sentences
•  I met James at the post office.
• 2. Peter is my classmate.
• 3. India is the biggest democracy in the world.

ANSWER :
1. James
2. Peter 
3. India 
 EXAMPLE
• A herd of horses
DEFINITION
• A pack of dogs
Collective nouns are names
• A flock of ducks
for a collection or a number
• A swarm of bees
of people or things.

COLLECTIVE
NOUN

SENTENCES EXMPLE
• A herd of horses running together.
• A herd of dogs barking together.
• A swarm of bees flying together.
EXERCISE FOR COLLECTIVE NOUN

FILL IN THE BLANK WITH CORRECT ANSWER

a) A ____ of elephant
b) A ____ of sheep
c) A ____ of thieves

ANSWER
a) Herd
b) Flock
c) Gang
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

• SINGULAR NOUN NAME ONE PLACE, ONEPERSON,ONE

NAME, ONE THING, OR ONE IDEA ETC.

• PLURAL NOUNS NAME TWO OR MORE PLACES,PEOPLE,

NAMES, THINGS OR IDEAS ETC.
NAMING WORDS FOR NOUNS
FOR EXAMPLE WE CAN SEE…

SKY

DOG TREE

TABLE
 DEFINITION
Material noun is a grammar term that EXAMPLE
• Cotton
refers to a material or substance from
• Silver
which things are made such as silver,
• Gold
gold, iron, cotton, diamond and plastic. 
• Milk
• salt

MATERIAL NOUN

SENTENCES EXAMPLE
• Cotton dresses are very cheap and
comfortable.
• My mom purchased a gold ring for
me.
• I drink milk every morning
EXERCISE FOR MATERIAL NOUN
FIND THE MATERIAL NOUN IN THESE SENTENCES
I. Milk products are good for health.
II. Mercury is a soft metal.
III. The weapons are made of iron.

ANSWER :
I. Milk
II. Mercury
III.Iron
 DEFINITION
 Abstract EXAMPLE
nouns refer to • Beauty
intangible • Priority
things, like • Sacrifice
actions, • Brilliance
feelings, ideals, • Creative
concepts and
qualities.
ABSTRACT
NOUN

SENTENCES EXAMPLE
 The education of children should be our number one
priority.
 He was willing to sacrifice his job in order to move
to Hawaii.
 Music can change a mood or be a creative outlet.
EXERCISE FOR ABSTRACT NOUN
FIND THE ABSTRACT NOUN IN THESE SENTENCES
i. He is a man of ……………………… (strong)
ii. The people in this part of the country live in ………………………. (poor).
iii. ……………………….. to animals is a punishable offence. (cruel)

ANSWER :
I. Strength
II. Poverty
III.Cruelty
CONCLUSION

• Nouns in English are usually categorized as either count or mass.

• Count nouns are thus defined as the nouns that refers to objects ;mass nouns by contrast refer
to masses.
• The noun table, for example, is a count noun while the noun water falls into the mass
category.
REFERENCES

• https://www.lexico.com/grammar/types-of-noun
• https://www.teachingbanyan.com/grammar/material-noun/
• https://www.teachingbanyan.com/grammar/common-noun/
• https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-abstract-nouns.html
• https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/nouns/common-noun/
• https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/nouns/proper-noun/
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