Transcript nouns - Albert

Nouns and compound nouns
Nouns are names of
 Person-Marc, Lucy, Helen etc.
Place-
Lyon, Tunisia, London-etc
 Some class or categorycat, dog, king, prince
Things-
bottle, paper, book etc
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Types of nouns
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.
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Compound nouns
Words can be combined to form compound nouns.
 They normally have two parts.
Example: boy + friend= boyfriend.
police + man= policeman.
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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
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Nouns and parts of speech
Examples
Noun + noun : bedroom, motor cycle, water tank
Ex:
I have a red motor cycle.
Noun + verb :
Ex:
rain +fall, hair +cut.
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
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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.
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 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.
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Adj with verbs
NOTE: We have adjective + noun but not noun+ adjective.
We have adjective pairing with verb
Adjective + noun : green house, soft ware.
Ex:
This software is very useful in
capturing the data.
Adjective + verb :
Ex:
dry cleaning, public speaking
Good communication is important for
public speaking
(used as noun in the sentences)
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Exercise
Exercise:
Choose and fill in the compound nouns
Driving license, haircut, greenhouse, washing machine, printer cartridge,
swimming pool
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
___________ !
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Exercise 2
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.
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Noun +gerund
Verbs ( action words) with ‘ing’ are called gerunds.
Gerunds also combine with noun and become a noungerund combination
Example : Sea ( noun) + diving ( verb) = sea diving
.Sea diving is a good adventure.
 I like horse riding
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Exercise nouns and gerund
Choose the compound nouns given below and match the pictures.
Financial planning
Movie making
Horse riding
Sea diving
Pot making
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