Common Nouns

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LECT: MADAM JAYANTHI MALA

DNT 1 SEM 1 JULY 2007 AKMAL RABBANI B AZMI KHAIRUL NIZAM B MOHD SOPERY NAZIRA BTE BAHARUDDIN NUR HAMIZAH BTE HJ WAHIT

NOUNS: COMMON NOUNS NOUNS •A

name of anything.

• A noun in a sentence is to name a person or a thing. • There are four kinds of nouns: 1. COMMON nouns 2. PROPER nouns 3. ABSTRACT nouns 4. COLLECTIVE nouns

COMMON NOUNS Is a name which is use for all things of the same kind or class. It does not belong especially to one particular thing. It is usually preceded by a,an or the.

EXAMPLES Child

Teacher

Man

Woman

Town

School

House

Pen

Girl

River

City Boy

College Universit Hill Sea y Brother Sister Televisio Friend n

SENTENCES Boy A small boy came out. • Old man The dirty old man was begging. • Noise The very loud noise disturbed us. • My brother sailed on the sea and stayed in village near the lake.