Types of Nouns in English grammar video lesson power by Woodward English.
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Grammar tip: The Noun
Nouns refer to persons, animals, places, things, ideas, or events, etc. Nouns can be:
1. A proper noun is a name which refers only to a single person, place, or thing and there is no common name for it. In written English, a proper noun always begins with capital letters. Example: Melbourne (it refers to only one particular city), Steve (refers to a particular person)
2. A common noun is a name for something which is common for many things, person, or places. It encompasses a particular type of things, person, or places. Example: Alex is a wonderful player
3. An abstract noun is a word for something that cannot be seen but is there. It has no physical existence. Generally, it refers to ideas, qualities, and conditions. Example: Truth, lies, happiness, sorrow, time, friendship, humor, patriotism, etc.
4. A concrete noun is the exact opposite of abstract noun. It refers to the things we see and have physical existence. Example: Chair, table, bat, ball, water, money, sugar, etc.
5. The nouns that can be counted are called countable nouns. Countable nouns can take an article: a, an, the. Example: Chair, table, bat, ball, etc. (you can say 1 chair, 2 chairs, 3 chairs – so chairs are countable)
6. The nouns that cannot be counted are called non-countable nouns. Example: Water, sugar, oil, salt, etc. (you cannot say “1 water, 2 water, 3 water” because water is not countable)
7. A collective noun is a word for a group of things, people, or animals, etc. Example: family, team, jury, cattle, etc.
8. Sometimes two or three nouns appear together, or even with other parts of speech, and create idiomatic compound nouns. Idiomatic means that those nouns behave as a unit and, to a lesser or greater degree, amount to more than the sum of their parts. Example: six-pack, five-year-old, and son-in-law, snowball, mailbox, etc.
Functions of Nouns Nouns can be used as a subject, a direct object, and an indirect object of a verb; as an object of a preposition; and as an adverb or adjective in sentences. Nouns can also show possession.
Possessive Nouns Possessive nouns expresses ownership. It shows a relationship of possession between two nouns. To form the possessive case, we add (-’s) or sometimes just an apostrophe (’) to a noun. We can also use the preposition of to express possession. To express that something belongs to a person, animal or country, we use the possessive ’s.
Example:
This is Jim’s budgie. The budgie’s name is Nibbles. Jim is going on holiday to England’s south coast.
The possessive ’s is also used in time expressions. Example: in a week’s time
In the plural, we only use the possessive ’s with irregular plural forms. Example: He can whistle children’s songs.
We use the possessive form with of mostly for inanimate objects. Example: When you open the door of his cage, …
If we’re referring to an inanimate thing that has a clear connection to people, then we can also use the possessive (’s).
Example: Australia’s economy the economy of Australia
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Nouns in English English Test
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Choose the line of plural nouns:
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How many words can be both countable and uncountable?
1. Wood 2. Paper 3. Degree 4. Hair 5. Glass 6. Time 7. Iron
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What is a noun?
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Correct possessive noun:
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Choose the line of uncountable nouns:
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Correct variant: There was … news that made us feel sorry.
1.A piece of 2. A good 3. A pieces of 4. Some
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Choose the correct sentence in the possessive case:
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Choose the correct possessive case:
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Correct compound nouns:
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Choose the best alternative of “a shop for women”
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Choose the correct variant:
1. Jane’s writing 2. A few minute’s rest 3. The Black’s house 4. Michael and Banu’s children 5. the policemen’s questions
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Choose the line of uncountable nouns:
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Choose the correct variant: This ….. failed to operate on the snowy mountain road.
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Choose the line of countable nouns:
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Correct plurals:
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Select the collective noun:
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Choose the correct variant:
1. A few advice 2. a jug of juice 3. A bars of soap 4. A pair of gloves 5. Few bars of chocolate
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Change "singulars" into plurals:
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Choose the correct variant: Please, bring me … .
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Select the noun:
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