© 2011 wheresjenny.com Nouns are names of Person- Marc, Lucy, Helen etc. Place- Lyon, Tunisia, London-etc Some class or category- cat, dog, king,

© 2011 wheresjenny.com

NOUNSNouns are names of Person-Marc, Lucy, Helen etc.

Place- Lyon, Tunisia, London-etc

Some class or category- cat, dog, king, prince

Things- bottle, paper, book etc

Nouns and compound nouns


TYPES OF NOUNS WITH EXAMPLES

1. Proper noun- specific names: Lucy, George, France, Lyon etc. NOTE: They are always written in capital letters.

2. Common noun: boy, book, shop, house etc. ( written in capital only if they are in the beginning of the sentences). Example: Houses are of many types.

3. Collective noun: A word used to represent a group of people or thing. Example: flock, jury, choir, team etc.

4. Abstract noun: A word which names something that you cannot see, touch, smell or taste. Example: childhood, joy, pleasure etc.5. Uncountable nouns: Things which cannot be counted Example: Food, music etc.

Types of nouns


COMPOUND NOUNS

Words can be combined to form compound nouns.

They normally have two parts. Example: boy + friend= boyfriend. police + man= policeman.

Noun can be compounded with different parts of speech and thus called as compound nouns.

Compound nouns


The two parts may be written in many

ways

1. As one word: policeman, boyfriend

2. As two words joined with hyphen: dining-table

3. As two separate words: fish tank

NOTE: There are no clear rules


Noun can be compounded with different parts of speech and thus called as compound noun

Examples

Noun + noun : bedroom, motor cycle, water tank

Ex: I have a red motor cycle.

Noun + verb : rain +fall, hair +cut. Ex: There’s heavy rainfall today

Verb + noun: washing machine , swimming pool

Ex: I wash my clothes in washing machine.

Note: There are two forms N+V and V+N

Nouns and parts of speech


Noun + adverb: hanger-on, passer-by.

Ex: Passers-by are not allowed to enter in this gate.

Adverb + noun: onlooker, bystander

Ex: He looks like and innocent bystander.


Compound words are also formed with any two different parts of speech other than noun and works as a noun in the sentence

Some examples with Verb + adverb= lookout, take-off, drawbackEx: He is very lazy and that is his drawback.

Adverb+ verb: out put, over throwUsed in the sentences as noun

Ex: Manufacturing output was down by 1.6% last year.


Adjective + noun : green house, soft ware.

Ex: This software is very useful in capturing the data.

Adjective + verb : dry cleaning, public speaking Ex: Good communication is important for public speaking (used as noun in the sentences)

NOTE: We have adjective + noun but not noun+ adjective.

We have adjective pairing with verb

Adj with verbs


1. A place where you can grow vegetables and flowers = a ____________

2. In your house, there is a where you can sleep ___________.

3. My clothes are dirty. I put them into the ___________.

4. Sarah went to the hairdresser. She's got a very nice __________.

5. I need a ___________ to use a car. 6. My printer doesn't work any longer. The

__________ is empty. 7. The weather is very warm. Let's go to the

___________ !

Exercise: Choose and fill in the compound nouns

Driving license, haircut, greenhouse, washing machine, printer cartridge, swimming pool

Exercise


Exercise:2:-Combine the words in the bracket to form compound nouns

1. The boss has bought (save/time) ___________ machine tool.

2. In winter my (face/ north) _________________ bed room is very cold.

3. The (seat/back) _______ passenger must fasten his seat belt.

4. This (straw-berry/wild) __________ice-cream was a delicious desert.

5. The (self/employed) workers complain about paying heavy taxes.

Exercise 2


Verbs ( action words) with ‘ing’ are called gerunds.

Gerunds also combine with noun and become a noun-gerund combination

Example : Sea ( noun) + diving ( verb) = sea diving

.Sea diving is a good adventure.

I like horse riding

Noun +gerund


Exercise nouns and gerund

Choose the compound nouns given below and match the pictures.

Financial planning

Movie making

Horse riding

Sea diving

Pot making

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