nouns - Names of people, places, things and animals
abstract, common, collective and proper
Common noun is noun of all things with the same kind or class
Proper noun is name of one particular person or things
common nouns | proper nouns |
girl | Atiqah, Amer |
hospital | Hospital Sultanah Aminah |
city | Kuala Lumpur |
car | Satria Neo, Mitsubishi Lancer |
Abstract nouns is things we can only think of and feel. It can be formed from adjectives or from common nouns or from verbs. eg : adjectives - brave abstract - braveness common noun - thief abstract - theft verb - live abstract - life | Collective nouns is the name of a number(or collection) of person or things considered as one eg : family - having same parents band - a group of musicians |
actually, when I surf the internet, there are other nouns such as countable and uncountable, compound nouns and many more. you can check about it at http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns.htm.
Then, miss zu told us other nouns which is possessive nouns
possessive nouns - it belongs to someone
eg : the witness's story is so dramatic
we do not talked about waitress but story.
The article are a ,an & the
a & an - used before singular countable nouns - a table, an honest
the - used before singular and plural nouns and before countable and uncountable nouns -
the star, the moon
We often use a or an :
in descriptions
Eg : She is an interesting person.
He is got a loud voice.
when we say what something is, or what somebody’s job is
Eg : This is a return ticket.
I am an engineer.
We use an before a vowel sound ( a, e, i, o, u)
Eg : An address
An egg
An idea
We choose a or an because of pronounciation, not spelling
Eg : an hour ( h is silent, so hour is like our )
a university ( pronounced ‘ you-niversity’ )
We use a before a consonant sound ( b, c, d, g, j, m)
Eg : A book
A coat
A letter
