EXAMPLE SLIDES OF TEACHING NOUNS

NOUNS

are names of people,

animals, places

and things

NOUNS

COUNTABLE NOUNS

UNCOUNTABLENOUNS

PROPER NOUNS

COMMONNOUNS

SINGULARNOUNS

PLURAL NOUNS

PROPER NOUNS

• are special names given to nouns.

• the first letter of the name is always a capital letter.

EXAMPLES: PEOPLE – Nyon, Pushpa, Marlene, Hisham

PLACES – London Bridge, Eiffel Tower

COUNTRIES

& CITIES – Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Japan

Find the proper nouns

• 1. mariam went to thailand last year.

• 2. The girl is from subang jaya.

• 3. kuantan is the capital of pahang.

• 4. australia is the largest island on earth.

ANSWERS• amalina is a clever and hardworking girl.

• su siok khim likes ahmad because he is very helpful.

• Last monday my father brought us to the national zoo.

• mr.lee works for malaysian airlines system.

• The malays fast in the month of ramadhan.

• ah chong is staying at 108, jalan melor, taman muhibbah, temerloh.

AmalinaSu Siok Kim Ahmad

Monday,

National Zoo

Mr Lee Malaysian Airlines System

Malays

Ramadhan

Ah Chong Jalan Melor,

Taman Muhibbah Temerloh.

________________ lives in __________________.

He is a postman. He works at the __________________.

Before going to the post office, he usually goes to

____________________to have his breakfast. He works

only on weekdays starting from _______________ till

____________________. On weekends he helps his

wife, __________________.

En. Mudin Taman Sentosa

Selayang Post Office

Pak Mat’s stall

Monday

Friday

Pn. Shima

COMMON NOUNS

• are names given to people, animals, places and things in general

• EXAMPLES: PEOPLE – man, boy, girl, husband, uncle ANIMALS - cat, tiger, ant, eagle, monkey PLACES - school, field, cinema, house THINGS - umbrella, knife, cup, table

Identify the common nouns

• 1. The blue car is under the tree.

• 2. The cat is drinking milk.

• 3. My mother bought a beautiful blouse from the shop.

• 4. There are three balls and a book on the round table.

_____________ build their ___________ in different places.

Most _____________ build their nests in _____________.

They build their nests on the_________________.

Birds nests

birds trees

branches

There are also birds which build nests on the __________;

among bushes and shrubs. Others make their nests

in ______________, _____________ and _______________.

Some birds do not build nests at all.

ground

caves buildingshouses

They just lay their _____________ on sandy _____________

and cover the _____________ with sand.

eggs beaches

eggs

1. family

2. windows

3. cloth

4. broom

5. garden

COUNTABLE NOUNS

• are nouns that can be counted

EXAMPLES:

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

- are nouns that cannot be counted

EXAMPLES:

State whether the nouns below are countable or uncountable

apple girl cows

grass banana hair

country ice-cream milk

table frog room

1. apple ( C )2. girl ( C )3. grass ( U )4. banana ( C )5. ink ( U )6. frog ( C )7. sand ( U )8. sugar ( U )9. chair ( C )10. rice ( U )

( C )( C )( U )( C )( U )( C )( U )( U )( C )( U )

11. fire ( )12. pupil ( )13. water ( )14. jam ( )15. house ( )16. radio ( )17. cream ( )18. gas ( )19. coffee ( )20. children ( )

( U )( C )( U )( U )( C )( C )( U )( U )( U )( C )

1. There are _______________ hockey sticks in the storeroom.

2. We do not have _____________ ‘L’ sized T-shirts.

3. My cat eats ______________ raw meat every day.

4. The boys spent ______________ time at the recreational centre.

5. We are looking for _________________ small insects for our science project.

6. I cannot let you in because you do not have _____________ tickets.

some

any

some

some

some

any

7. There aren’t ________________ flowers in the garden.

8. The rich man gave the orphan _______ food and money.9. Do you have __________________ reasons for coming late?

10. Mother gave me ________________ cough mixture to drink. 11. Is there ________________ iodine in the first- aid box?

12. We bought ___________________ presents for our friends and relatives.

any

some

any

some

any

some

1. The library has __________books. ( much, many)2. There is only __________ water left. ( a few, a little)3. She did not put ___________ sugar in the coffee. ( much ,

many )4. We could only sell ___________ tickets today. (a few, a

little )5. There aren’t ___________ mangosteens on the tree.

( many, much )6. We need ____________ more time to finish this work. ( a

little, a few)7. Razak waited for __________ minutes for the bus to arrive. (

a little, a few)8. Chandran caught ___________ grasshoppers to use as bait

for fishing. (a few, a little)

manya littlemuch

a few

many

a little

a few

a few

9. We will use only __________ oil to fry the fish. ( a few, a little)

10. Razak has _____________ money in his pocket. ( a few, a little)

11. He bought ___________ toys for his nephews. ( much, many)

12. How ______________ does this pen cost? ( much, many)

13. We saw _____________ monkeys at the park. ( a few, a little)

14. My sister mixed the flour with _____________ butter. ( a few, a little)

15.________________ birds ate the farmer’s crops. (A few, A little)

16.You have to add only ______________ milk to the coffee. ( a few, a little)

a little

a little

many

much

a few

a little

A few

a little

17.They have ____________ relatives in India. ( many, much)

18.Please add _____________ coconut milk to the curry. ( a few, a little)

19.My friends bought ____________ dresses from that supermarket. ( a few, a little)

20.She ate too ___________ food last night. ( much, many)

many

a little

a few

much

Jason : Hey, Sham, you look exhausted. What have you been up to ?Sham : Oh, I’ve been mowing lawns to earn (1)____________ money.

I need RM30 to buy a new badminton racquet.

Jason : So how _____________ money have you made? (2)Sham : Twelve ringgit only.Jason : How ___________lawns did you do? (3)Sham : Three.Jason : Do you need ______________ help? I’m free this evening. (4)Sham : Thanks, Jason. Right now, I need _________ of iced water to quench my thirst. (5)

some

much

many

any

plenty

SINGULAR NOUNS

• refers to only one noun• articles ‘a’, ‘an’ or even sometimes ‘the’ will be placed before the singular nouns• the numerical adjective’ ‘one’ will also be used

• EXAMPLES:-

a boy a bag

a clock a book an apple

the sun the moon an umbrella

PLURAL NOUNS

• refers to nouns which are more than one.

• There are a few types of plural forms.

by adding ‘s’

boy - boys

paper - papers

basket - baskets

bag - bags

river - rivers

by adding ‘es’

bus - buses

box - boxes

dish - dishes

match - matches

batch - batches

by adding ‘en’

child - children

ox - oxen

by changing the middle vowel

man - men

woman - women

mouse - mice

tooth - teeth

foot - feet

goose - geese

by changing ‘y’ to ‘ies’ when ‘y’ is preceded by a

consonant.

city - cities

army - armies

body - bodies

baby - babies

pony - ponies

by changing ‘ f ’ or ‘ fe ’ to ‘ves’

by remaining unchanged

loaf - loaves

calf - calves

leaf - leaves

thief - thieves

knife - knives

wolf - wolves

half - halves

wife - wives

cod - cod

sheep - sheep

dozen - dozen

deer - deer

cattle - cattle

news - news

trout - trout

SINGULAR PLURAL

table tables

class classes

goose geese

mouse mice

leaf leaves

church churches

woman women

wife wives

thief thieves

library libraries

toy toys

orange oranges

brush brushes

fox foxes

policeman policemen

child children

cave caves

monkey monkeys

1. The ( baby, babies) cries because she is hungry.2. The ( vases, vase ) are made of clay.3. The boy is trying to stand on only one (foot, feet).4. There are many ( mice, mouse) in that house.5. Lily’s father is a ( fisherman, fishermen).6. The hall is decorated with many (roses, rose) and (ribbon,

ribbons).7. All the (teacher, teachers) and the (headmaster,

headmasters) of SK Taman Jaya attend the school assembly.

8. (Butterfly, Butterflies) are insects but (foxes, fox) are not.9. Man Chong has a ( brother, brothers) and three ( sister,

sisters).10.The (buffalo, buffaloes) are large (animal, animals).

11.There are two ( church, churches) and one (library, libraries) in this village.

12.These (bird, birds) like to rest on the (branch, branches) of the trees.

13.There are four (child, children) and an old (woman, women) at the bus stop.

14.The mother (cow, cows) looks after its four (calf, calves).15.Many (policeman, policemen) join in the National Day parade

in this (city, cities).16.There are a few ( man, men) standing under a big

(tree, trees).17.Mrs. Lee has two (dog, dogs) and a few (goose, geese) in her

farm.18.The little (boy, boys) are playing with a cute little (girl, girls).19.Two (children, child) were plucking fruits with their friends.20.There are nine colourful (bottle, bottles) on the (floor, floors).

Richard is going camping this weekend.

He is taking three ______________ (bag, bags ) of

food. He is also taking a ____________________

( basket, baskets) full of things. In the basket he

has a __________________ (torchlight, torchlights)

and two ______________ (candle, candles).

There is also a ___________________

(knife, knives) for cutting the fruit and vegetables.