Slide 1: nouns?
what's that?
Slide 3: “A noun is the name of a person, animal, place or thing."
Slide 4: Common nouns
Slide 5: Proper nouns
Slide 6: collective nouns flock shoal herd
Slide 7: abstract nouns An abstract noun is something you can't see, hear, touch or taste. These can be emotions (happiness, grief) or states (peace, quiet) for example.
Slide 8: quiz common
proper
collective
abstract?
Slide 9: countable or uncountable?
Slide 10: Countable nouns are individual objects, people, places, etc. which can be counted. A countable noun can be both singular - a friend, a house, etc. - or plural - a few apples, lots of trees, etc.
Slide 11: Uncountable nouns are always singular. Use the singular form of the verb with uncountable nouns: information, water, understanding, wood, cheese, etc That is very useful information
There is some cold water in the fridge
Slide 12: accommodationadvicebaggagebreadequipmentfurnituregarbageinformationknowledgeluggagemoneynewspastaprogressresearchtravelwork Some uncountable nouns in English are countable in other languages. This can be confusing! Here is a list of some of the most common, easy to confuse uncountable nouns.
Slide 13: accommodation - a place to stayadvice - a piece of advice baggage - a piece of baggagebread - a slice of bread, a loaf of breadequipment - a piece of equipmentfurniture - a piece of furnituregarbage - a piece of garbageinformation - a piece of information
Slide 14: knowledge - a factluggage - a piece of luggage, a bag, a suitcasemoney - a note, a coinnews - a piece of newspasta - a plate of pasta, a serving of pastaresearch - a piece of research, a research projecttravel - a journey, a tripwork - a job, a position
Slide 15: water - a glass of waterequipment - a piece of equipmentcheese - a slice of cheese
QUIZ : QUIZ C OR U
or both?
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Slide 19: The end
the house, a house or houses? What did you say???? : the house, a house or houses? What did you say????