Presentation on Nouns, it's functions and types of Noun.

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1. Presentation by Group - 1 Topic - NOUNS

2. Noun is a word . It is used to identify any of a class of people, places, animals, things and ideas . Or to name a particular one of these ( proper noun ). NOUNS

3. TIGER CHOOSE THE NOUN FROM FOLLOWING Two PICTURES!!! A noun is a ‘ WORD’ not the actual thing that the word represents.

4. FUNCTIONS OF NOUN Nouns have the ability to perform different functions in sentences. In a sentence, nouns can play the role of… Subject, direct object, indirect object, subject complement, object complement, or appositive.

5. SUBJECTS are nouns that tells us whom or what a sentence is about. E.g. Mr. John teaches English in China DIRECT OBJECTS are nouns that receives the action of certain kinds of verbs. E.g. Ronaldo kicked the Ball INDIRECT OBJECTS are nouns that receive the direct objects. E.g. My brother is asking me a question.

6. OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS are nouns that come after prepositions in prepositional phrases. E.g. He stopped his car under the bridge . PREDICATE nouns are those which rename the subject. They come after linking verbs. E.g. McDonalds is the best restaurant

7. OBJECT COMPLEMENTS are nouns that complete the direct object, or rename it. E.g. I found  the guard   sleeping . APPOSITIVES are nouns that rename other nouns. E.g. My favourite cartoon character, Shinchan , is a very good boy.

8. TYPES OF NOUN

9. Common noun A common noun is a noun that refers to people or things in general, e.g.  boy, country, bridge, city, birth, day, happiness .

10. Proper noun A proper noun is a name that identifies a  particular  person, place, or thing, e.g.  Steven, Africa, London, Monday . In written English, proper nouns begin with capital letters.

11. Countable Nouns Countable nouns  can occur in both single and plural forms, can be modified by numbers, and can co-occur with  quantifying determiners , such as many, most, more, several, etc.

12. Uncountable Nouns On the other hand, some nouns are not countable, you'll see them referred to as uncountable, non-countable or mass nouns. For example, the word "clutter" is an uncountable noun.

13. Collective Nouns Collective nouns  are nouns that refer to a group of something in particular. Often, collective nouns are used to refer to  groups of animals . E.g. A  crowd  of kids is in the pool today.

14. Compound Nouns A  compound noun  contains two or more words that join together to make a single noun.

15. Compound nouns can be two words written as one (closed form), such as  bedroom. Words that are hyphenated (hyphenated form), such as  six-pack. Or separate words (open form), such as  tennis shoe that go together by meaning.

16. Noun + Noun: Bus Stop & Football Adjective + Noun: Full Moon & Software Verb + Noun: Washing Machine & Swimming Pool. Noun + Verb: Sunrise & Haircut Verb + Preposition: Checkout Noun + Prepositional phrase: Mother-in-Law Preposition + Noun: Underworld Noun + Adjective: Truckful COMBINATIONS OF COLLECTIVE NOUN

17. Concrete noun A concrete noun is a noun which refers to people and to things that exist  physically  and can be seen, touched, smelled, heard, or tasted. Examples include  dog, building, coffee, tree, rain, beach, tune .

18. Abstract noun An  abstract  noun is a noun which refers to ideas, qualities, and  conditions  - things that cannot be seen or touched and things which have no  physical  reality, e.g.  truth, danger, happiness, time, friendship, humour .

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