Nouns

Nouns

1. Common and Proper Nouns

2. Categories of Nouns

a) Countable and Uncountable Nouns

b) Singular and Plural Nouns

c) Concrete and Abstract

3. Possessive Nouns

Nouns

NOUNS are words that name people, places, things, animals, activities or concepts.

Nouns comprises of Common (Kata Nama Am) and Proper Nouns (Kata Nama Khas).

1. Common and Proper Nouns

Common Nouns - someone or something by a general name.

Proper Nouns - specific people, animals, things and places. They always begin with capital letters.

2. Categories of Nouns

• a) Singular and Plural

• b) Countable and Uncountable

• c) Concrete and Abstract

a) Singular and Plural

When a noun refers to one thing, place, animal or person, it is singular,

When it refers to more than one, it is plural.

b) Countable and Uncountable

Countable Nouns - Nouns that can be counted and have singular and plural form. Example: cat/cats.

Uncountable Nouns - Nouns that are not used in the plural form (no 's') or that occur as a mass. You cannot add 's' to uncountable nouns. Example: some furnitures (X), some furniture (/)

c) Concrete or Abstract

Concrete Nouns - Nouns that we can touch, hear, see, taste or smell. Example: Cat, tin, rice, Ann.

Abstract Nouns - Refer to ideas, concepts, feelings and activities. Example: Love, anger, hate.

3. Possessive Nouns

Possesive Nouns shows that something belongs to someone.

An apostrophe ('s/s') is added to show that somebody owns something.

Example: (singular nouns) - boy's shoes, mother's room.

(Plural nouns) - monkey's tails, teacher's report.