PARTS OF SPEECH : NOUNS

A noun is a name of anything. It is the name of a thing, a person, an

animal, a bird, a place, an idea, a thought, a subject, a feeling, a
quality etc.
Examples :
Pen, Michael, elephant,
kindness, cleanliness etc.

London,

freedom,

equality,

Science,

To find the Noun in a sentence, we ask the question, What?

or Who? before or after the Verb in the Sentence.
Look at these sentences :
Cats eat fish
Syahmi saw a monkey
Noun )

(What eat fish? Cats = Noun )

(Cows eat what? Fish = Noun )
( Who saw a monkey? Syahmi
=
( Syahmi saw what?

Monkey

= Noun )
TYPES OF NOUNS
There are four types of Nouns :
Common Nouns
Proper Nouns
Abstract Nouns
Collective Nouns
COMMON NOUNS
A common noun is a name given in common to every person or
thing of the same class or kind.
Examples :
woman
lady
mountain
village

city
ocean
hut
school

sea
state
caf
man

restaurant
country
shop
bank

river
girl
house
town

A proper noun is the special name of a particular person, place, etc

Examples :
Penang
DiGi

Taman
Indah
Astro

Malaysia
Indah Water

Mex
Cinema
Taiping

Ramli
Selangor

Mosque
Ah Seng
Sharmila
Topaz Caf
Bukit Tinggi
Street
A proper noun begins with a Capital Letter
An abstract noun is the name of something that we can only
think of or feel but cannot see
Examples :
anger
freedom
contentment

thirst
loss
satisfaction

pleasure
hatred
beauty

courage
strength
longevity

width
hunger
death

OTHER TYPES OF NOUN

COMPOUND NOUNS
Compound nouns are words for people, animals, places, things, or
ideas, made up of two or more words. Most compound nouns are
made with nouns that have been modified by adjectives or other
nouns.

Compound nouns are sometimes one word, like toothpaste, haircut,

or bedroom. These are often referred to as closed or solid compound
nouns.
Sometimes compound nouns are connected with a hyphen: drycleaning, daughter-in-law, and well-being are some examples of
hyphenated compound nouns.
Sometimes compound nouns appear as two separate words: full
moon, Christmas tree, and swimming pool are some examples of
compound nouns that are formed with two separate words. These
are often referred to as open or spaced compound nouns.

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Countable nouns are individual people, animals, places, things, or
ideas which can be counted. Uncountable nouns are not individual
objects, so they cannot be counted .
COUNTABLE NOUNS EXAMPLES
Anything that can be counted, whether singular a dog, a house, a
friend, etc. or plural a few books, lots of oranges, etc. is a
countable noun. The following countable noun examples will help

you to see the difference between countable and uncountable

nouns. Notice that singular verbs are used with singular countable
nouns, while plural verbs are used with plural countable nouns.
1.

There are at least twenty Indian restaurants in Little India.

2.

Jenny took a lot of photographs when she went to the

Niagara Falls.

3.

Your bag is on the kitchen table.

4.

How many candles are on that birthday cake?

5.

You have several poems to study in literature class.

Uncountable Noun Examples

Anything that cannot be counted is an uncountable noun. Even
though uncountable nouns are not individual objects, they are
always singular and one must always use singular verbs in
conjunction with uncountable nouns. Notice that singular verbs are
always used with uncountable nouns.
1.

There is no more water in the pond.

2.

Please help yourself to some tea.

3.

I need to find information about French Revolution.

4.

You seem to have a high level of patience.

5.

Please take good care of your equipment.