Functions of Nouns

Functions of Nouns

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  Nouns names person, places,things, ideas or qualities. 1. Kinds 2. Forms • Number • Gender • Cases
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  1. 1. Proper -specific Kinds Philippines,Football, Prof. Troy, Washington and Romulo Macalintal 2. Common -not specific/General Country, sport, teacher, president, and lawyer etc.
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  3. Mass/Noncount Noun- by a number. Mass nouns are quantified by a word that signifies amount. a. counters/partitative Many, few and some, etc. b. quantifiers A little, less, and some other determiners that express quantity. *Both Count & Noncount Nouns : A little, (not) much, a bit of, all, any, enough,less, a lot of, lots of more, most , none of, some. 4.Count countable Table, chair, computer, and country etc.
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  5. Abstract You can’tuse five senses Poverty, Liberty, Freedom, Democracy and Wealth etc. 6. concrete Tangible/ five senses can be use. Chair, table and computer etc.
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  7. Collective Groupof noun soldiers People Ships Horses Bees Troops/battalion Crowd Fleet Drove swarm 8. Compound Two or more words that combine to form a single word Morpheme free bond a. solid/one word headmaster b. Separated police officer c. Hyphenated sister-in-law
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  Forms 1. Singular/Plural Regular/Irregular Add –s Add– es Change – y to – ies Add – s to –y Change – f or –fe e.g. chair-chairs e.g. match-matches e.g. toy-toys e.g. hoof-hoofs, leaf-leaves “Common Filipino Mistakes” Don’t add -s + -s Scissor Shear Tong Pincer Trouser Measle Premise pyjama Salmons Trouts Deers Sheeps offsprings hardwares chinawares informations luggages equiments furnitures jewelries paperworks jargons feedbacks advices
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  Do not changethe spelling at all e.g. deer-deer Change the spelling e.g. louse-lice, mouse-mice Noun w/ 2 plural forms e.g. cactus-cactuses/cacti,brother-brothers/bret Plural in form but singular in meaning mumps-mumps e.g. Plural in form “in pair” e.g. jeans-jeans/pants Plural in form and meaning e.g. clothes, oats, suds, riches
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  a. b. c. d. Masculine Feminine Common Neuter Masculine Feminine Common Neuter Dog bitch Baby Chair Lion lioness lawyer table Prince princess Child book
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  a. Subject I andZach discussed the proposal. b. Object The proposal disappointed her and Maverick c. Possessive John Paulo‟s bag is in fad. a. Subject The earth trembled. b. Object The earth quake destroyed the City c. Possessive The teacher‟s boyfriend is so simple.
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  Possessive Add „s notending in –s Add („) only to plural form Add („) that do not end in plural form not ending in -s Add an apostrophe („) & -s to singular nouns not ending in –s Add only apostrophe („) to plural nouns ending in -s. Add an apostrophe („) & -s to plural Add an („s) to 1 syllable nouns that end in -s e.g. The tail of the dog. The dog’s tale. e.g. The tails of the dogs. The dogs’ tails. e.g. The question of James James’s question. e.g. The shepherd of the sheep. e.g. The diary of the princess. The sheep’s shepherd. Princess’ diary. The party of the children. H The children’s party. o e.g. The bag of the teacher. w Teacher’s bag. e v e.g. The bag of the boys. e The boys’ bags. r
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  However, due totoo much hissing sound simply add („) to more than one syllable nouns ending in –s. e.g. The performance of the actress. Actress‟ performance. Add only („) to proper nouns with 2 or more syllables that have –s sound before the last –s sound. of Mosses e.g. Sermon Moses’ sermon. Join ownership e.g. The room of Tina & Delia. Tina & Delia’s room. Separate ownership e.g. The tickets of John, Zach, and Joshua. John’s, Zach’s, and Joshua’s tickets. In compound noun: Add an (‘s) to the last word. Add apostrophe &(‘s) to noun ending –z/-x. e.g. The editor-in-chief’s. e.g. The success of Perez. Perez’s success.
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  After determiners (articles) Astudent left his book on the table. Object of the preposition Dennis gave Sharline a brand new car. After an adjective The historical church in Paris collapsed. After a noun/noun-phrase I made a gift, sweater, for Catherine. Object Complement We made Francis the leader of the class. Direct Address Class, sit properly. Appositive- its explains not describe. Our dog, poodle, turned 1 month last Christmas.
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  Verbal verb formending in –ing. That function as NOUN. FUNCTIONS SUBJECT Swimming is the best exercise.. SUBJECT COMPLEMENT I don’t like writing. OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION Lorenzo is known in swimming APPOSITIVE My hobby, reading, is a good for a brain development.