NOUNS AND VERBS

•PREPARED BY:

▫MR. SASIGARAN MONEYAM▫FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND

COMMUNICATION▫SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY,

MALAYSIA

NOUNS

CONCRETE NOUNS Name of :

Can be seen or touched

Examples:i. Fingerii. Footiii. Hoteliv. Hospitalsv. spoonvi. Tablevii. Grapesviii. Lemon

ABSTRACT NOUNS Nouns that name a quality or something that

cannot be seen or touched.Example: colour, happiness, pain, beauty, speed,

laughter, sleep, and darkness.Can form abstract nouns from many words.

REGULAR NOUNS•Add ‘s’ or ‘es’ for plural nouns

IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS

COUNTABLE• Nouns that we can count.• We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable

nouns.

• When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it.

- I want an orange. - Where is my bottle?• When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone. - I want oranges. - bottles can break.

COUNTABLE

A, an, a few

Some, plenty of, a lot of

A large number of

UNCOUNTABLE• Uncountable nouns are those that have

only one form and we cannot count them.

• Siti drink a cup of milk everyday.

UNCOUNTABLE

a cup of coffee

a bottle of water

a slice of cake

POSSESSIVE NOUNS•Possessive nouns are used to show

possession (owning, or having).

•To form the possessive, add ‘s to singular nouns.

• If the noun is plural not ending in “s”, add ‘s.

•The sky's color is changing.

Syed’s boy’s

Children’s

Women’s

• If the noun in plural ending in “s”, add apostrophe (‘) after the “s”.

•Example :

•My sisters' names are Kate and Nikki.•The children’s party was a blest.

Students’ Pupils’

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

• Collective nouns are names used for a number of people, things or animals together and treated as one.

• Father bought a bunch of bananas yesterday.

A group of friends

PROPER NOUNS• Proper nouns are the special names of

persons and things.• Begins with capital letters.• Examples:

- Adam- Siti - Tanjong Malim- Giant

• Eg: -This is Kamal. He’s a doctor.-These people are from Bangkok.- Hari Raya Aidilfitri is a busy time for

Sakinah’s mother.

VERBS

VERBS

Shows action

State of being

Example sentences :

• Shows actiona.The footballer kick the ball( In this sentences kick is the verb and it

shows action)

• State of beinga.He is a talented diver.( In the sentence, there is no action but a

state of being which is expressed by the verb is)

CONT.

Group of verbs

Action verbs

Non-action verbs

Physical actions

Mental actionsBe verbs(e.g. am is

are, was,were)

Auxiliary verbs

(e.g. be, do, have, modals)

Examples the two groups of verbs :

Action verbs

Physical actions

I. The swimmers practise 5 hours a day.II.We jog in the track on weekends.

Mental actions

I. They sensed something was wrong yesterday.II. I dreamt of playing handball for the state when I was

young.

Non-action verbs

Be verbs

I. I am twenty two years old.II.Suzie was here a while ago.

Auxiliary verbs

I. She is eating at cafe nowII.They have gone home

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