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    Unit 5

    Nouns, articles, S-V agreement


    Nouns
    Nouns

    Concrete Nouns Abstract Nouns

    ⚫ A concrete noun is a ⚫ An abstract noun is a


    noun which refers to noun which refers to
    people and to things ideas, qualities, and
    that exist physically and conditions - things
    can be seen, touched, which have no physical
    smelled, heard, or reality.
    tasted. ⚫ Ex: friendship,
    ⚫ Ex: cat, house, milk, happiness, time, love
    beach, flower
    Nouns

    Common Nouns Proper Nouns

    ⚫ A common noun is a ⚫ A proper noun is a name


    noun that refers to that identifies a
    people, things, places, particular person, place,
    activities, ideas, thing, etc.
    feelings ⚫ They begin with a capital
    letter.
    ⚫ Ex: Steven, Africa,
    ⚫ Ex: boy, country,
    September, ‘Finding
    shopping, happiness
    Nemo’
    Nouns

    Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns

    ⚫ A countable noun (count ⚫ An uncountable noun (mass


    noun) refers to something noun) refers to something that
    that can be counted. we can’t count.
    ⚫ Ex: school, book, bicycle ⚫ Ex: butter, air, music, beauty
    ⚫ Have a singular and a ⚫ Don’t normally have a plural
    plural form => use a form => use a singular verb
    singular or plural verb ⚫ Can use this, that, some before
    ⚫ Can be counted using some
    ⚫ Can use a/an, the, this,
    expressions of units,
    that, these, those, some
    containers and measurements
    before
    Some nouns can be countable and uncountable
    Countable Nouns

    Singular Nouns Plural Nouns

    ⚫ A singular noun refers ⚫ A plural noun indicates


    to just one person, that there is more
    animal place, thing, or than one person,
    idea. animal place, thing, or
    idea.
    Forming plural nouns

    1. Most singular nouns => adding -s.


    house houses
    cat cats
    river rivers
    2. A singular noun ending in o, s, ch, x, sh, z => adding -es.
    bus buses
    wish wishes
    box boxes
    3. A singular noun ending in a consonant and then y => dropping the y and adding -ies.
    baby babies
    city cities
    4. Most singular noun ending in -f or -fe => dropping the -f or -fe and adding -ves.
    knife knives
    thief thieves
    5. Irregular Nouns
    woman women child children
    tooth teeth person people
    sheep sheep fish fish
    Subject - verb agreement

    ⚫ Some nouns have a plural form but take a singular verb.


    Ex: The news is at 6.30 p.m.
    Athletics is good for young people.
    Linguistics is the study of language.
    ⚫ Some nouns have a fixed plural form and take a plural verb.
    Ex: My trousers are too tight.
    Her jeans are black.
    Those glasses are his.
    ⚫ Some nouns describe groups of people. They can take
    singular or plural verbs depending on their meaning.
    Ex: Your team is/are playing well.
    A football team has 11 players.
    Subject - Verb Agreement

    ⚫ Extra Worksheet
    Articles
    Articles: a/an, the

    A/An The

    ⚫ Use before singular nouns ⚫ Use before singular nouns,


    ⚪ A + consonant sounds plural nouns and
    ⚪ An + vowel sounds uncountable nouns
    ⚪ The /ðə/ + consonant sounds
    ⚪ The /ðiː/ + vowel sounds
    ⚫ Talk about things in
    ⚫ Talk about things in
    general
    particular
    ⚪ A ball is round.
    ⚪ Sarah is sitting in the garden.
    ⚫ Mention sth for the first
    ⚫ Mention it again
    time ⚪ The beggar looked curiously at
    ⚪ I saw a beggar. me.
    Special uses of articles The

    - with certain geographical features such as seas and


    oceans, rivers, mountain ranges and deserts: The
    Atlantic, The Amazon, The Andes, The Sahara
    - with professional groups or bodies: the police, the press,
    the navy
    - with nationalities: The British, The French
    - with groups of countries or states and groups of
    islands: The Solomon Islands, The United States, The
    Republic of Moldova
    - with some buildings: The Taj Mahal, The Eiffel Tower
    - with superlatives: the best, the most prominent
    - with newspaper names: The Times
    - with a musical instrument: play the piano, the guitar is a
    versatile instrument
    No article

    - to talk about plural nouns (people or things) in general: Film


    producers borrow widely from manuals and websites.
    - with certain geographical features including mountains
    and lakes: Mount Fuji, Lake Como
    - before most towns, cities, countries and continents: New
    York, Egypt, Asia
    - with certain familiar places (work, home, school,
    university): What time do you go to school? How do you go to work?
    Are they at home?
    - with meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
    - with play + a game: play tennis, play football
    - with languages: Arabic, Italian
    - with certain time expressions, such as days of the week,
    months, years: Tuesday, August, 2012
    ● Note that there are some exceptions: at the weekend, in the 1990s, in
    the 15th century
    Complete the gaps in the texts with a/ an, the or - (no article).

    I read in my copy of 1 ___ Times this morning that 2 ___ Prime


    Minister of 3 ___ UK and 4 ___ President of 5 ___ US met in 6 ___
    New York and signed 7 ___ agreement to offer 8 ___ aid to
    UNICEF. 9 ___ aid will be used to provide 10 vaccines for 11 ___
    children all over 12 ___ developing world.

    There has been 13 ___ traffic accident on 14 ___ M4 motorway


    involving 15 ___ car and 16 ___ truck. 17 ___ driver of 18 ___ truck
    is from 13 ___ Poland, and 20 ___ driver of 21 ___ car is 22 ___
    accountant from 23 ___ Oxford. Both 24 ___ men are currently
    being treated for 25 ___ minor injuries at 26 ___ Reading Hospital.
    QUESTIONS?

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