HOW TO USE THE NOUNS
Definition: A noun names a person, a place, an
animal, a thing, or an idea. Nouns can be plural or singular and can be the subject
or object of a verb.
For example:
The books are on
the table.
Love is all you need.
John is in the garden.
London is lovely in the summer.
Sometimes, it's difficult to know if
a word is a noun or another part of speech. For example, in English, the word “love”
can be a noun and it can be a verb. We need to look at how the word is used in
the sentence to work out what part of speech it is. Here are some tips. Nouns
are often the subject or object of a verb. Nouns often come after an article
like “a/an” or “the”. Nouns often come after an adjective like “red” or “pretty”
or “big”. Nouns are often used with a determiner like “this” or “those.
POSITIONS OF THE NOUNS
1: After articles such as “a, an, the”:
For example:
A man
A woman
A book
A table
A fan
A computer
|
An eye
An ear
An inkpot
An umbrella
An undertaker
An elephant
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The ocean
The sun
The moon
The earth
The world
The king
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2: After the adjectives
For example:
Red shirt
Black hat
White sheet
Yellow ball
Blue sky
Green trees
|
Beautiful girl
Handsome boy
Ugly man
Fast car
Slow bus
Pink blouse
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Brown shoes
High mountain
Tall basketball player
Windy day
Snowy weather
Rainy season
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3: After thepossessive adjectives such as: my,
our, your, his, her, its, their
For example:
My book
Your pen
Our house
Their children
His clothes
Her boots
Its tail
4: After the words “this, that, these and those”:
A:
This and That are used with singular nouns. The word “this” is used to show the
near distance, while the word “that” is used to show the far distance.
For example:
THIS
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THAT
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This book
This door
This window
This computer
This glass
This vase
This house
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That tree
That cow
That road
That picture
That river
That mountain
That man
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B: The words “these and
those” are used with the plural countable nouns. The word “these” is used to
indicate the near distance, while the word “those” is used to indicate the far
distance.
For example:
THESE
|
THOSE
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These animals
These children
These people
These buildings
These trees
These books
These tables
These flowers
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Those mountains
Those birds
Those planes
Those people
Those lamps
Those sheep
Those farm animals
Those wolves
|
5: After quantitative
words such as: how much, much, how many, many, a few, few, a little, little, a
lot of (plenty of, lots of), several.
For example:
How much money have you got?
How many people are living in Phnom Penh?
I don’t have much homework today.
We don’t have many things to do tonight.
John has a few friends.
Sarah has few best friens, so she always feels lonely.
You have a little honey left.
They have little flour, so they can’t make a cake.
She has a lot of children, so she does the washing often.
The doctor told me to drink plenty of liquid.
Peter has lots of cousins.
Several people are waiting at the bus stop now.
NOUNS EXERCISE 1
Direction: Circle the nouns in the sentences.
1. I love red cars.
2. John and Mary went to the supermarket and bought eggs and
cheese.
3. We had pizza for lunch.
4. They never told me that they had so much money.
5. She’s writing an essay on democracy.
6. He had a brilliant idea.
7. The British Library is near King’s Cross Station.
8. He has three brothers and ten nieces and nephews.
9. Could you pass the salt?
10. She travelled to Tokyo and Shanghai.
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