Noun Phrases

1. Noun Phrases Bridget Green Grammar MFWI; based on Mark Landa, Barbara Bent, Winnie Cragg

2. What is a noun?

3. A noun is. . . a person (students and teacher) a place (school and classroom) a thing (desk and apple) an idea (LOVE !! )

4. What is a noun? Tell your partner now!

5. Types of nouns

6. Proper Nouns areNameslike Abraham Lincoln andthe Golden Gate Bridge. Proper Nouns begin with capital letters.

7. Types of nouns Nouns Proper Nouns Pronouns Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns I You She He It They Them We Us

8. Nouns Proper Nouns Pronouns Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns Singular Plural Types of Nouns

9. Singular (= ‘one’) a/an + noun a book an assignment a child one + noun one page Plural (= ‘more than one’) noun + s ideas books children twonoun + s five pages Let’s look at countablenouns

10. singular countable nounsa or an? Midori’s eating ___ cookie and Rika’s eating ___ apple. I have ___ idea, but you have ___ better one. It takes ___ hour to get to Seattle from Tacoma. Bridget wore ___ uniform to school, but she didn’t have ___ umbrella. Rie goes to ___ local college, but Ayumi attends ___ university.

11. singular countable nounsaoran? Midori’s eating a cookie and Rika’s eating an apple. I have an idea, but you have a better one. It takes an hour to get to Seattle from Tacoma. Bridget wore a uniform to school, but she didn’t have an umbrella. Rie goes to a local college, but Ayumi attends a university.

12. plural countable nouns You get three wish__ ! I love animal__! I have two dog__, three fish__, and four cat__. Chika’s talking to two wom_n and three old m_n . Bridget has three child___ and Timothy has three niece___ . Ayumi has attended two universit___ .

13. plural countable nouns Pronunciation? /z/ /s/ /Iz/ voiced unvoiced /s z sh ch/ You get three wishes ! I love animals! I have two dogs, three fish, and four cats. Chika’s talking to two women and three old men . Bridget has three children and Timothy has three nieces. Ayumi has attended two universities .

14. countable nounsCorrect or incorrect? • There are four person in my family. • My dogs like to eat bone. • I want to have a two babys after I marry. • John’s been married twice; he’s had two wife. • Good evening, lady and gentleman.

15. countable nounsCheck your answers. • There are four persons in my family. • My dogs like to eat bones. • I want to have two babies after I marry. • John’s been married twice; he’s had two wives. • Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

16. Types of nouns

17. Uncountable nounsare … …nouns that can’t be counted.

18. Uncountable nounsare … Material like wool and cotton Liquid like tea and milk

19. Useful material like chalk, paint, or wood,… Metal like goldandsilver

20. Abstract ideas like information, power, education, knowledge, advice, and others!

21. Singular-- YES but… Do not usea + uncountable noun an advice (‘advice’ is uncountable) Do not useone + uncountable noun one homework (‘homework’ is uncountable) Plural-- NO! advices homeworks uncountable nouns    

22. Let’s check your homework. Countable or uncountable? advice apple bracelet bread butter chair cheese desk dollar field food fruit furniture information jewelry lake liquid meat milk money mountain necklace news oil orange pear pound ring scenery soup table water yen

23. Countable Uncountable advice bread butter cheese food fruit furniture information jewelry apple bracelet chair desk dollar field lake mountain necklace orange pear pound ring table yen liquid meat milk money news oil scenery soup water

24. Put these nouns into groups. apple bracelet chair desk dollar field fruit furniture jewelry lake money mountain necklace orange pear ring scenery table yen pound fruit _________ _________ _________ _________ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _________ _________ _________ _________ _______ _______ _______ _______ orange apple pear

25. Groups... NOTE:Uncountable nouns are often groups. Countable nouns are members of the group. fruit apple orange pear furniture chair desk table jewelry bracelet necklace ring money dollar yen pound scenery field lake mountain

26. Nouns Uncountable Nouns Proper Nouns Pronouns Countable Nouns Singular No plural Types of nouns

27. more than one uncountable noun Uncountable nouns are not plural, so how do we talk about more than one? Answer: Use a countable nounbefore the uncountable noun.

28. more than one uncountable noun For example: WATER two dropsofwater two glassesofwater seven bottlesofwater