PREAH SIHAMONIRAJA

BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY
MA in TESOL Program
COURSE: ADVANED ACADEMIC ENGLISH
Chapter 2: Articles
Group Assignment
Group 2:
- Chan Sy , Sarom Mie and Vireak Ratha
LECTURER

CHOK SOPHAT (PhD in EAL)

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Group 2
1. Use of articles with abstract nouns
2. Use of articles with uncountable abstract
nouns
3. Use of articles with proper nouns
Articles with personal names
Articles with geographic names
4. Use of articles with abbreviations

1. Chan Sy Responsible for The Introduction, 1 and 2

2. Sarom Mie Responsible for 3
3. Vireak Ratha Responsible for 4
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What are Abstract Nouns?

Abstract nouns are words that name things that are not concrete. Your five physical senses
cannot detect an abstract noun – you can’t see it, smell it, taste it, hear it, or touch it. In essence,
an abstract noun is a quality, a concept, an idea, or maybe even an event.
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1. Use of articles with abstract nouns
- If we are talking about sth in general, use no article before abstract nouns such as
feelings or ideas….. (usually nouns you can't count).
Example:
wrong: The patience is a virtue.
correct: Ø Patience is a virtue.

wrong: It can be difficult to find the happiness

correct: It can be difficult to find Ø happiness
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- If we are talking about sth in a specific time, use article (the) before abstract
nouns.
Example:
I can’t express the happiness that I felt when my son was born.

In this case we are talking about a specific time of happiness, so we do need

definite article the.
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2. Use of articles with uncountable abstract nouns

Do you know what are the types of the Abstract noun ?

There are different types of abstract nouns.

They can be either countable or uncountable.

How can we decide which of them ?

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- Uncountable abstract nouns have a more general meaning, while

Countable abstract nouns are more specific.

- Countable abstract nouns require the use of an article before the noun and
can often literally be counted (for example, the word idea is a countable
abstract noun you can count: three ideas, an idea, many Ideas etc.).

Example: Two different people have an idea about education.

I had a special time at the wedding.
• https://7esl.com/abstract-nouns/
• https://7esl.com/abstract-nouns/#Qualities