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PART OF SPEECH

NOUN
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Here starts Ericka Malate
the lesson! Rica Mengote
Overview
Table of Definition of a Noun
Content
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Different types of
nouns
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What is a
Noun?
NOUN Examples
: ● Beauty is in the eye of
is a word that names the beholder.
a person, place, or ● She usually eats at
thing (object, animal, home, because she
idea, action, quality, likes cooking.
feeling, or event). ● Dogs are very faithful
animals.
Proper &
Common Noun
Countable &
02 Uncountable Noun
Concrete &
Types of Compound
Abstract Noun
Noun
Noun Singular & Plural
Noun
Collective Noun
What is Proper Examples
Noun? :● Adam
- names a specific
person, place, or thing ● China
and always begin with ● Monday
a capital letter.
● Harvard University
What is Common Examples
Noun?
:● woman
-are words used to ● man
names a general
items rather than a ● river
specific one.
● city
● month
Examples
:Common Noun: I really want Common Noun: I really want
to live in the city.
a new pair of jeans.
Proper Noun: Of all the
Proper Noun: I really want to
places I’ve lived, Philippines
buy a new pair of Levis.
is the best.
What is Countable Examples
Noun?
: Your book is on the

kitchen table.
-are individual people,
animals, places, things, ● There are at least twenty
or ideas which can be Italian restaurants in Little
Italy.
counted.
What is Examples
Uncountable
Noun? : You seem to have a high

-refers to things that cannot level of intelligence.
be counted by numbers. ● I need to
find information about
being a Call Center Agent.
What is Concrete Examples
Noun?
: Flower

- names a person, ● Horse
place, or thing that can ● Phone
be heard, seen,
smelled, tasted or
touched.
What is Abstract Examples
Noun?
: love, fear, anger, joy,

excitement
- names a quality,
feeling or idea. ● courage, bravery,
intellegence
What is Compound
Noun?
- are words for people, - Compound nouns are
animals, places, things, or sometimes one word, like
ideas, made up of two or more toothpaste, haircut, or
words. Most compound nouns bedroom. These are often
are made with nouns that have referred to as closed or solid
been modified by adjectives or compound nouns.
other nouns.
Examples of
Compound ● Compound nouns can be
Noun? made with an adjective and
● Compound nouns can be a noun:
made with two nouns:
o Let’s watch the full
o I love watching fireflies on moon come up over the
warm summer nights. mountain.
Examples of
Compound ● Compound nouns can be
Noun? made with a noun and a
● Compound nouns can be verb:
made with a verb and a
o He always gets up
noun:
o Be sure to add bleach to before sunrise
the washing machine.
Singluar & Plural Examples
Noun
:
Singular Plural
The difference between
singular and plural nouns is ● idea ● Ideas
easy to spot. When a noun ● life ● Lives
indicates one only, it is a
singular noun. When a ● woman ● women
noun indicates more than
● person ● people
one, it is plural.
What is Collective Examples
Noun?
: team

-refers to a group of ● family
people or things that ● crowd
are bound together as
a unit.
Activity - Identify the Type of
Noun
I. II.
1. Shakespeare was a famous
1. Manila is the capital of English playwright.
Philippines.
2. Percy B. Shelley was a poet.
2. Laughter is good for health.
3. The bravery of the soldier saved
3. The crowd is very big. the day.
4. I need your honest opinion. 4. He cut down his hair to look
fashionable.
5. The shepherd took the flock of
sheep to the field. 5. The jury gave a unanimous
verdict.
Activity - Identify the Type of
Noun II.
I. Answer 1. Shakespeare – proper noun
1. Manila, Philippines – Proper playwright – common noun
Noun
2. Percy B. Shelley – proper noun
2. Laughter, health – Abstract poet – proper noun
Noun
3. bravery – abstract noun
3. crowd – collective noun soldier, day - common noun

4. honest – abstract noun 4. Hair – uncountable noun

5. shepherd, field – common noun 5. Jury – collective noun


flock – collective noun verdict – abstract noun
References
• Ginger

http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/nouns/

• World English Institute


https://www.worldenglishinstitute.org/
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