beginners

1. Session 1
Noun

2. Noun- is a name of a person,
animal, place, thing or
event.
- is a name of everything.
Different categories of nouns
1. Common Noun
2. Proper Noun
3. Abstract Noun
4. Concrete Noun
6. Mass Noun
5. Count Noun
7. Collective Noun
9. Material Noun
8. Compound Noun

3. 1. Common Noun -refers to general names of a
person, place, thing or event.
Person Animals Place Thing
Father cat Country pencil
Teacher fish Barangay bag
2. Proper Noun - is the name of a particular
person, place, or thing; it usually
begins with a capital letter.
Person Animals Place Thing
Adam Alayhisalam Persian cat Philippines Monggol 1
Mariam Abraham Catfish BarangayKarim Nike Bagpack

4. 3. Abstract Noun -is a word for something that
cannot be seen.
4. Concrete Noun
wisdom
sadness
honesty
truth goodness
bravery
-refers to the things we see and
have physical existense.
Ferrari
whistling
rain
flowers
sugar
medicine

5. 6. Mass Noun
5. Count Noun -is a noun that can be modified by a
quantity and that occurs in both singular
and plural forms, and that can co-occur
with quantificational determiners like every,
each, several, etc.
-It cannot be modified by a number, cannot
occur in plural, and cannot co-occur with
quantificational determiners.
pens coins chairs tables books
water rice air grass knowledge

6. 7. Collective Noun
8. Compound Noun
- refers to some sort of group or collective—of
people, animals, things, etc. Collective nouns
are normally not treated as plural, even though
they refer to a group of something.
-combination of two oe three nouns appear
together to built a single noun.
party family staff audience
-There are three forms for compound nouns:
1. open or spaced - space between words (tennis shoe)
2. hyphenated - hyphen between words (six-pack)
3. closed or solid - no space or hyphen between words
(bedroom)
football breakfast haircut mother-in-law

7. 9. Material Noun -are names of materials or substances out of
which things are made.
Gold
Silver
rock
wood
sand

8. Singular nouns:
-Refer to one person or one thing. Singular nouns can refer to
general things or more specific people, places, and things with
names or titles. Singular nouns always use a singular verb
and can be preceded by the articles a and an.
Examples of singular nouns:
First, let’s look at many examples of singular nouns that we use to refer
to a wide variety of stuff.
people: boy, girl, child, person, actor, huntress, king, queen, Gandhi,
Juliet
places: town, city, state, country, Chicago, Switzerland, Africa
things: apple, orange, tree, plant, animal, building, chair, desk, paper,
computer.

9. Plural nouns:
- are nouns that refer to more than one person, place, or thing. In general, plural
nouns are made by adding -s or -es to the ends of singular nouns. However, this isn’t
always the case. Sometimes a noun may change spelling or may turn into a
completely different word. Plural nouns always use a plural verb in a sentence and
aren’t preceded by the articles a and an.
Examples of plural nouns:
Like singular nouns, plural nouns can also refer to people, places, things, and ideas.
regular plural nouns
people: boys, girls, friends, babies, swimmers, chefs, Americans, Mongols
places: cities, villages, islands, lakes, countries, neighborhoods, galaxies
things: apples, oranges, vegetables, candies, chairs, trucks, buses
ideas: questions, hopes, dreams, goals, expenses, religions, feelings, fears