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LEARNING ENGLISH -4
by S.P. Iyer
Parts of speech- NounA noun is a word that names a person,animal,place,thing ,idea,activity,quality Persons Animals Places Things Ideas Activity
Writing (see note below)
Juan Cat Dallas Rock Philosophy
Elissa Shark School Pen Concentration Quality
Teacher Fish Gym Computer Wisdom Courage(see note below
Girl Dog Chicago Tree Kindness
Boy Monkey Africa Mailbox Freedom
The variety makes the noun important in English
example- the word writing can be used as a noun as well as a verb according to its reflection in a sentence
(a) Writing is important (Here the word writing is an activity noun)
(b) John is writing his name (Here the word writing is a verb because it is the action John is performing)
-the word courage is a quality noun in the following sentence
(a) Winning a political victory requires great courage
Note
The words A - AN - THE are called articles.
They are known as the noun signals i.e indicators that there is a noun comming up in the sentence
KINDS OF NOUNS
Common Nouns -indicate a person,animal ,place,thing or idea in general
Proper Nouns- indicate a specific person, animal,place,thing and idea A proper noun always begin with a Capital letter.
Common Noun Proper Noun
Boy Mr.Prem
Woman Ms.Truman
River Mississipi River
School Ontario middle school
City Mississauga
Horse White beauty
Dog Johny
Mountain Mount Everest
Concrete Noun- It names something that can be touched or seen,smell,taste and hear
Abstract Noun- it names an idea,feeling,emotion,or quality.These things exist but cannot see,touch,taste,hear or smell,
Collective Noun-It is used to describe group of people,animals or things.
Compound Noun- It is made up of two or more words together.
Concrete Nouns Abstract Nouns Collective Nouns Compound Nouns
Computer Fear Audience Shoelace ( one word)
Radio Happiness Crowd Word processor (two words)
Perfume Friendship Family Editor-in-chief(Hyphenated )
Cloud Humor Bundle
Butterfly Love Flock
Possesssive Nouns --that is , it possesses something.It tells who or what possesses something.
Examples - John's house - (John's is a possessive noun)-John owns a house
The boy's hat -(boy's is a possessive noun)-The boy owns a hat
The teacher's hand book-(teacher's is a possessive noun)-The teacher owns a hand book)
CONTINUES..........
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