A noun is a word that names a: person place thing idea

There are different kinds of noun: Proper noun Common noun Abstract noun Concrete noun Count noun Mass noun Collective noun Compound noun Possessive noun Special noun

Proper noun: These nouns refers to specific or particular persons, places, or things. They begin with capital letter. Examples: Pope John Paul II, Maria, The Predator(movie), Master showman ( T.V. program) Pope John Paul II is the very popular pope this year. Maria is my best friend. We watched The Predator last week in cinema. Master Showman is a very entertaining show in GMA

These are the names of persons, things, and places in general. Common noun These are the names of persons, things, and places in general. Examples: book, friend, actress, bag The book is under the table. My friend is in our house today. My favorite actress is Beyonce. I like your bag.

Activity: Determine whether each noun is a common noun or a proper noun. ● If the noun is common, write “common noun” on the line. ● If the noun is proper, re-write the noun on the line using correct capitalization.

example: waterfall common noun malaysia Malaysia

march _________________ month _________________ day _________________ tuesday ________________ holiday ________________ christmas ______________ cereal ________________ coffee ________________ dr. cube ________________ doctor ________________

11. city _________________ 12. boston __________________ 13. street __________________ 14. main street ______________ 15. burger king ______________ 16. restaurant ______________ 17. jollibee ______________ 18. cornedbeef _____________ 19. dog ___________________ 20. snoopy ________________

Answer key: march March month common noun day common noun tuesday Tuesday holiday common noun christmas Christmas cereal common noun coffee common noun dr. cube Dr. Cube Doctor common noun

11. city common noun 12. boston Boston 13. street common noun 14. main street Main Street 15. burger king Burger King 16. restaurant common noun 17. jollibee Jollibee 18. creek common noun 19. dog common noun 20. snoopy Snoopy

Abstract noun Names of ideas, feelings, qualities and emotions. They refer to matters that don’t exist in the physical world, but known through the effects they create. Examples: love, intelligence, patience Love is everyone’s need. Intelligence is one of our criteria in judging the competition. Patience is a virtue.

Concrete noun These are nouns that appeal to one’s sense; they refer to object that exist in the physical world. Example: building, dogs, chairs This building is huge. The dogs are barking. I love this chairs very much.

Count noun Words that refers to things that can be counted; they can be made in plural by adding “s” to their end parts. Examples: 1.boy – boys 2.dog – dogs 3.table – tables

Mass noun These refer to things that cannot be counted. Those nouns do not have plural equivalents. They can be quantified, nevertheless, by the use of counters or unit of measure which can be pluralized. Examples: A piece of paper pieces of paper A strand of hair strands of hair A bowl of soup bowls of soup A cup of tea cups of tea A pack of soup packs of cigarette

Write 1 if it is count noun and 2 if it is mass noun Count and Mass Nouns Write 1 if it is count noun and 2 if it is mass noun

1.)electricity 1.count    2.non-count 2.)hydrogen    1.count    2.non-count 3.)information 4.)forest    1.count    2.non-count 5.)baggage

6.)vocabulary count non-count 7.)toothbrush  count 8).ice  non-count 9.)dictionary 10).letter

Collective Nouns These are the words that name a group or a collection of persons, places and things. Examples: A group of stars- constellation A group of laborers- union A group of fish- school of fish

Compound Nouns If the nouns are made up of 2 or more words, they are called COMPOUND NOUNS. Examples: Executive Manager Chief-of-Police Branch Manager

Underline the correct Collective and Compound Nouns. Activity: Underline the correct Collective and Compound Nouns.

The choir sung the Philippine National Anthem. Lieutenant General Ramos was the guest speaker in our camp. Mr. Bell gave bouquet to Ms. Cher. Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world. The English class is having their field trip.

Possessive Nouns these are the nouns that use an apostrophe to show that a thing belongs to somebody or something. Example: girl’s wallet girls’ wallet woman’s ideas women’s ideas boy’s bag boys’ bag

these are nouns that follow a unique way of pluralization. Special Nouns these are nouns that follow a unique way of pluralization. Examples: measles Physics shorts sheep

Activity: Change the following statement to show possession Write it on a one half sheet of paper. Answer only.

The hat of the boy. The frame of the picture. The glass of the candle. The ring belonging to Charlie. The ball of Mikee.