Week 1 – Day 1

 Overview of grammar basics

 Parts of speech: Nouns and Pronouns
 Identify nouns and pronouns
 INTRODUCTION
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TYPES OF NOUNS

NOUNS FUNCTIONS

RULES AND TIPS

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PRACTICE
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 introduction
A noun is a word that names a
person, place, thing, or idea.
Nouns are fundamental building
blocks of sentences and play a
crucial role in communication.
Ex: This is Mary.
Ex: She is my teacher.
Ex: She’s driving to school.
Ex: She’s very strict on punctuation.
Ex: People consider her an excellent teacher.

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HOW MANY
TYPES OF
NOUNS?
 TYPES OF NOUNS
COMMON PROPER CONCRETE ABSTRACT COLLECTIV COUNTABL UNCOUNTABLE COMPOUND
NOUNS NOUNS NOUNS NOUNS E NOUNS E NOUNS NOUNS NOUNS

boy John animals love the family A cat time table tennis

city New York tables happiness the team An apple money washing machine

Son Doong
book TV fear the public A person milk toothpaste
Cave

Air
duck Napoleon joy the authority A course sadness notebook
conditioner

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 FUNCTIONS
OF
NOUNS

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Functions of nouns OBJECT
The noun, standing after the main
verb of a sentence, receives the
action of the verb.
SUBJECT Ex: I love my family.
The noun, standing at the beginning
of a sentence, performs the action.
Ex: Cats are beautiful animals.
DIRECT OBJECT
The noun that directly receives the
action of the verb.
Ex: She bought a new car.

INDIRECT OBJECT OBJECT OF PREPOSITION

The noun to which or for which the The noun that follows a preposition.
action of the verb is done. Ex: I’m interested in pop music.
Ex: I gave my sister a doll.
 how to spot nouns in a sentence?
IDENTIFY THE
The subject of a sentence is usually a noun (or pronoun) in the beginning of a sentence.
SUBJECT
IDENTIFY THE
The object of a sentence usually follows the verb in a sentence.
OBJECT
IDENTIFY After prepositions (words like in, on, under, between), you often find the object of the
PREPOSITION preposition, which is a noun.

IDENTIFY VERB
A noun follows am/is/are/was/were…
‘TO BE’
IDENTIFY Appositives are nouns or noun phrases that rename or explain other nouns, are
APPOSITIVES usually set off by commas (,).

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 RULES
PLURALIZATIO PLURAL NOUNS must be added ‘s’ or
N ‘es’.

add ‘s to show possession between two

POSSESSION
nouns.

Nouns are often accompanied by articles

ARTICLES
(a, an, the).

Nouns are often accompanied by

ADJECTIVES
adjectives.

CAPITALIZATION Proper nouns are capitalized.

ADJECTIVES Proper nouns are capitalized.

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thank you
Khoi Nguyen
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