NOUN PART 2 ANIMATE AND INANIMATE NOUNS COUNT

NOUN (PART 2) ANIMATE AND INANIMATE NOUNS COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS PROPER AND COMMON NOUNS

ANIMATE AND INANIMATE NOUNS Look at the sentence: THE BOOK IS LOOKING AT THE READER What’s strange about the sentence? What’s strange is that we don’t expect a book, which is not alive, to be able to see something. Nouns that refer to things that are alive are called animte, while nouns that refer to things that are not alive ara called inanimate. A book is an inanimate noun.

TEST YOURSELF 1. WORD 2. LIZARD 3. GLASSES 4. CALENDER 5. BABY 6. CRIMINAL 7. FURNITURE 8. DOCTOR 9. MOUSE 10. TRUCK

HUMAN AND NONHUMAN NOUN Look at the following sentence: THE CAT HAS WRITEN MANY SCIENCE BOOKS There is something strange here. We know that ‘cat’ is animate since it is alive. However, only a special type of animate noun has the ability to write: a human noun. The following sentence is fine: My teacher has written many science books. ‘teacher’ is human animate noun and ‘cat’ is nonhuman animate noun.

TEST YOURSELF NOUNS DINNER PET FRIEND CHILD SPIDER TABLECLOTH RECIPES ASSASSIN SHARK FREEDOM ANIMATE/INANIMATE HUMAN/NONHUMAN

COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS Look at the patterns of adding ‘the’, ‘a/an’ and ‘s/es’ to the nouns below: The hand A hand Hands The store A store Stores The plane A plane Planes The chair A chair Chairs The money *A money *Moneys The water *A water *Waters The sugar *A sugar *Sugars The oil *An oil *Oils

COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS There are some nouns that can be counted, and so we can use ‘a’ or ‘an’ with them and can also make them plural. These nouns are called count nouns. There are other nouns that typically are not counted, and so we do not use ‘a’ or ‘an’ with them and do not typically make them plural. These nouns are called noucount nouns. (Another name of noucount noun is a mass noun. )

TEST YOURSELF LIST FIVE COUNT NOUNS AND FIVE UNCOUNT NOUNS

MANY, MUCH, FEWER, LESS, ETC MANY (BANYAK) MUCH (BANYAK) LESS (SEDIKIT) FEWER (SEDIKIT) COUNT NON COUNT A LOT OF (BANYAK) LITTLE (SEDIKIT) ENOUGH (CUKUP) A GREAT MANY (BANYAK) A GREAT DEAL OF (BANYAK)

PROPER AND COMMON NOUNS Mrs. smith took the 10 th grade class of lincoln high school to france for a trip. The class visited paris and was thrilled to see the eiffel tower. Mrs. Smith took the 10 th grade class of Lincoln High School to France for a trip. The class visited Paris and was thrilled to see the Eiffel Tower. Nouns that are actual names are called proper nouns; nouns that are not names are called common nouns.

TEST YOURSELF PROPER OR COMMON NOUNS? 1. seattle 2. crater lake national park 3. tissues 4. sofa 5. pepsi cola 6. mediterranean sea 7. disneyland 8. company 9. british broadcasting company 10. television