ENGLISH I (UBI 1012)

MATCHING NOUNS TO ADJECTIVES

Prepared By: Ms. Noraini Zaini

English Language Unit
Faculty of Language Studies & Human Development
 What is a Noun?
• A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. Whatever
exists, we assume, can be named, and that name is a noun.

• Noun Examples:
 Cartoon  Upin & Ipin
 School  Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
 Book  Twilight
 Celebration  Diwali
 Subject  English
 Types of Noun?
Types Example
1. Common Nouns man, mountain, state, ocean, country,
Name of people, places or things that are not building, cat, ship
specific.
2. Proper Nouns P. Ramlee, Everest, Kelantan, Pacific Ocean,
Name specific people, places, or things. Malaysia, KLCC, Garfield, Titanic
3. Abstract Nouns love, health, happiness, pride, fear, religion,
Name nouns that you can’t perceive with your belief, communication
5 senses.
4. Concrete Nouns house, ocean, Uncle Alan, bird, photograph,
Name nouns that you can perceive with your banana, eyes, light, sun, suitcase, flowers
5 senses.
 What is an Adjective?
• An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun. It
‘describes’ or ‘modifies’ a noun (The big dog was hungry). In this
example, the adjective is in bold and the noun that it modifies is in
italics.

• An adjective often comes BEFORE a noun:

 a green car
 a dark sky
 an interesting story
 What is an Adjective?
• And sometimes an adjective comes AFTER a verb:
 My car is green.
 The sky became dark.
 His story seemed interesting.

• But adjectives can also modify pronouns (She is beautiful).

Examples:
 They were empty.
 I thought it seemed strange.
 Those are not expensive.
 Adjective Form
• Some adjectives have particular endings, for example:
 -able/-ible: washable, credible
 -ish/-like: childish, childlike
 -ful/-less: careful, careless
 -ous: dangerous, harmonious
 -y: dirty, pretty

• Most adjectives can be comparative or superlative, for examples:

 big, bigger, biggest
 good, better, best
 beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful
Match Nouns with Suitable Adjectives

The table is ____ .

young hairy sturdy

Match Nouns with Suitable Adjectives

The table is ____ .

young hairy sturdy

Match Nouns with Suitable Adjectives

The flower is ____ .

beautiful fast heavy

Match Nouns with Suitable Adjectives

The flower is ____ .

beautiful fast heavy

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