Noun

Group 2:
Ronalyn Arbo
Kum Hyeon Josol
Genevieve Raquine
Gemalyn Songalia
Jenalyn Sureta
 •  (from Latin nōmen, literally
meaning "name") is a word that
functions as the name of some
specific thing or set of things,
noun such as living creatures, objects,
places, actions, qualities, states of
existence, or ideas.
Classification of nouns

Proper nouns and common nouns

Count noun and Mass noun
Collective nouns
Concrete nouns and abstract nouns
Proper nouns and common nouns

a noun that designates a particular being or

thing, usually capitalized (such
as India, Jupiter, or Confucius)
Count noun and Mass noun

 Count nouns or countable nouns are common nouns

that can take a plural, can combine with numerals or
counting quantifiers (e.g., one, two, several, every, most)
 Mass nouns or uncountable (or non-
count) nouns cannot take plurals or combine with number
words or the above type of quantifiers.
Collective nouns

 Collective nouns are nouns that refer

to groups consisting of more than one individual or
entity. Examples include committee, government,
and police.
Concrete nouns and abstract nouns

• Concrete nouns refer to physical entities that can, in

principle at least be observed by at least one of
the senses (chair, apple)
•  Abstract nouns, on the other hand, refer to abstract
objects; that is, ideas or concepts (justice or hatred).
Noun phrase
functions in the same way as a
noun.
ACT AS ADJECTIVES, OR AS
PARTICIPLE, INFINITIVE,
PREPOSITIONAL, OR ABSOLUTE
PHRASES.
Parts of a noun phrase
Noun and a modifier/
determiner
 a. Noun - A noun is a person, place,
Noun and thing, or idea.
Modifier b. Article (a, an, the)
Modifier can be an article, c. Adjective - is a word that describes
adjective or prepositional
phrase. nouns or pronouns.
d. Prepositional Phrase - They add
details, such as where something is
or when an event occurred. Answers
the question where.
Examples

Noun and Article

- the kids, the boy, a hero, the cookies, the people

Noun and Adjective

- the boy in the blue jeans, a true hero, chocolate chip cookies, these rude
people

Noun and Prepositional Phrase

- the box in the attic, the lights in the room, the schoolhouse on the hilltop
 Examples in a sentence
All the kids are sleeping
The boy in the blue jeans says he'll go first.
You are a true hero.
Mom baked chocolate chip cookies.
Will you talk with these rude people?
The box in the attic is full of memories.
The lights in the room were bright.
The schoolhouse on the hilltop is haunted.
 a. Noun Phrase as a Subject
Types of b. Noun Phrase as a Complement
Noun c. Noun Phrase as a Direct Object
Phrase d. Noun Phrase as an Indirect Object
NOUN PHRASE AS A SUBJECT

Very few giant pandas remain in the

wild.
 Noun Phrase as a Complement
the words added to complete an incomplete
sentence.

example:
the boy seemed...
the dog is...
INCOMPLETE SENTENCE
Example:

The boy seemed upset.

the dog is hungry.

to make the sentence complete, add a

complement.
1. A sailor’s best friend is a wide, open sea.
2. He is a student.
3. I am a teacher.
4. I have a very old house.
5. My math teacher was an Austrian.
 Noun Phrase as a Complement can
be a Direct Object or Indirect object.

What is Direct and Indirect Object?

 Direct Object
Answers the question
'whom' or 'what.' To
determine the direct
object, you'll need to
find the subject and the
action verb. Then ask
yourself, Whom or What
is receiving the action of
the verb.
 NOUN PHRASE AS A DIRECT OBJECT
1. Grandma cooked a meal.
2. Our cat caught a mouse.
3. The hurricane destroyed the extremely tall
building next to the ancient bowling alley.
4. The mother fed her baby.
5. The two girls watched the sunset.
 Tells us to whom or
Answers to
for whom an action
Indirect
whom/what?Object
or for was performed.
whom/what? the
action is done. Example: Sara gave
Jordyn ice cream.
Jordyn is the indirect
object.
 NOUN PHRASE AS AN INDIRECT OBJECT

Trudy gave her hungry, crying baby a bottle.

• I wished the man in the purple hat who likes squirrels a
good evening.
• We have offered somebody special a job.
• She gave whoever attended the demonstration free
samples of her products.
• We will ask whoever drops by a free hug for peace.