Group presentation on the topic Nouns. It includes all types of examples and images with its function and types.

2.  Noun is a word .
 It is used to identify any of a class of people,
places, animals, things and ideas .
 Or to name a particular one of these ( proper
noun ).

3. CHOOSE THE NOUN FROM FOLLOWING
Two PICTURES!!!
A noun is a ‘WORD’ not the actual
thing that the word represents.

4.  Nouns have the ability to perform
different functions in sentences.
 In a sentence, nouns can play the
role of…
Subject, direct object, indirect
object, subject complement,
object complement, or appositive.

5. o SUBJECTS are nouns that tells us
whom or what a sentence is about.
E.g. Mr. John teachesEnglishin China
o DIRECT OBJECTS are nouns that
receives the action of certain kinds
of verbs. E.g.
Ronaldo kicked theBall
o INDIRECT OBJECTS are nouns that
receive the direct objects.
E.g. My brother is asking mea question.

6. o OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS are
nouns that come after prepositions
in prepositional phrases.
E.g. He stopped his car under the bridge.
o PREDICATE nouns are those which
rename the subject. They come
after linking verbs. E.g.
McDonalds is the best restaurant

7. o OBJECT COMPLEMENTS are
nouns that complete the direct
object, or rename it.
E.g.I foundthe guard sleeping.
o APPOSITIVES are nouns that
rename other nouns.
E.g. My favourite cartoon character, Shinchan, is
a very goodboy.

9. Common noun
A common noun is a noun that refers to
people or things in general, e.g. boy,
country, bridge, city, birth, day,
happiness.

10. Proper noun
A proper noun is a name that identifies
a particular person, place, or thing,
e.g. Steven, Africa, London, Monday.
In written English, proper nouns begin
with capital letters.

11. Countable Nouns
Countable nouns can occur in both
single and plural forms, can be
modified by numbers, and can co-
occur with quantifying determiners,
such as many, most, more, several,
etc.

12. Uncountable Nouns
On the other hand, some nouns are not
countable, you'll see them referred to
as uncountable, non-countable or
mass nouns. For example, the word
"clutter" is an uncountable noun.

13. Collective Nouns
Collective nouns are nouns that refer to
a group of something in particular.
Often, collective nouns are used to
refer to groups of animals. E.g.
A crowd of kids is in the pool today.

14. Compound Nouns
A compound noun contains two or
more words that join together to
make a single noun.

15. o Compound nouns can be two words
written as one (closed form), such
as bedroom.
o Words that are hyphenated
(hyphenated form), such as six-pack.
o Or separate words (open form), such
as tennis shoe that go together by
meaning.

16. • Noun + Noun: Bus Stop & Football
• Adjective + Noun: Full Moon & Software
• Verb + Noun: Washing Machine & Swimming Pool.
• Noun + Verb: Sunrise & Haircut
• Verb + Preposition: Checkout
• Noun + Prepositional phrase: Mother-in-Law
• Preposition + Noun: Underworld
• Noun + Adjective: Truckful

17. Concrete noun
A concrete noun is a noun which refers
to people and to things that
exist physically and can be seen,
touched, smelled, heard, or tasted.
Examples include dog, building,
coffee, tree, rain, beach, tune.

18. Abstract noun
An abstract noun is a noun which refers to
ideas, qualities, and conditions - things
that cannot be seen or touched and things
which have no physical reality, e.g. truth,
danger, happiness, time, friendship,
humour.