1. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Nouns are names of  Person- Marc, Lucy, Helen etc.  Place- Lyon, Tunisia, London-etc  Some class or category- cat, dog, king, prince  Things- bottle, paper, book etc Nouns and compound nouns

2. © 2011 wheresjenny.com 1. Proper noun- specific names: Lucy, George, France, Lyon etc. NOTE: They are always written in capital letters. 2. Common noun: boy, book, shop, house etc. ( written in capital only if they are in the beginning of the sentences). Example: Houses are of many types. 3. Collective noun: A word used to represent a group of people or thing. Example: flock, jury, choir, team etc. 4. Abstract noun: A word which names something that you cannot see, touch, smell or taste. Example: childhood, joy, pleasure etc. 5. Uncountable nouns: Things which cannot be counted Example: Food, music etc. Types of nouns

3. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Compound nouns

4. © 2011 wheresjenny.com  The two parts may be written in many ways 1.As one word: policeman, boyfriend 2.As two words joined with hyphen: dining-table 3. As two separate words: fish tank NOTE: There are no clear rules

5. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Examples Noun + noun : bedroom, motor cycle, water tank Ex: I have a red motor cycle. Noun + verb : rain +fall, hair +cut. Ex: There’s heavy rainfall today Verb + noun: washing machine, swimming pool Ex: I wash my clothes in washing machine. Note: There are two forms N+V and V+N Nouns and parts of speech

6. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Noun + adverb: hanger-on, passer-by. Ex: Passers-by are not allowed to enter in this gate. Adverb + noun: onlooker, bystander Ex: He looks like and innocent bystander.

7. © 2011 wheresjenny.com  Compound words are also formed with any two different parts of speech other than noun and works as a noun in the sentence Some examples with Verb + adverb= lookout, take-off, drawback Ex: He is very lazy and that is his drawback. Adverb+ verb: out put, over throw Used in the sentences as noun Ex: Manufacturing output was down by 1.6% last year.

8. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Adjective + noun : green house, soft ware. Ex: This software is very useful in capturing the data. Adjective + verb : dry cleaning, public speaking Ex: Good communication is important for public speaking (used as noun in the sentences) NOTE: We have adjective + noun but not noun+ adjective. We have adjective pairing with verb Adj with verbs

9. © 2011 wheresjenny.com 1.A place where you can grow vegetables and flowers = a ____________ 2.In your house, there is a where you can sleep ___________. 3.My clothes are dirty. I put them into the ___________. 4.Sarah went to the hairdresser. She's got a very nice __________. 5.I need a ___________ to use a car. 6.My printer doesn't work any longer. The __________ is empty. 7.The weather is very warm. Let's go to the ___________ ! Exercise: Choose and fill in the compound nouns Driving license, haircut, greenhouse, washing machine, printer cartridge, swimming pool Exercise

10. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Exercise:2:-Combine the words in the bracket to form compound nouns 1.The boss has bought (save/time) ___________ machine tool. 2. In winter my (face/ north) _________________ bed room is very cold. 3. The (seat/back) _______ passenger must fasten his seat belt. 4.This (straw-berry/wild) __________ice-cream was a delicious desert. 5.The (self/employed) workers complain about paying heavy taxes. Exercise 2

11. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Verbs ( action words) with ‘ing’ are called gerunds. Gerunds also combine with noun and become a noun- gerund combination Example : Sea ( noun) + diving ( verb) = sea diving .Sea diving is a good adventure.  I like horse riding Noun +gerund

12. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Exercise nouns and gerund Choose the compound nouns given below and match the pictures. Financial planning Movie making Horse riding Sea diving Pot making