Word Class- Parts of Speech
Noun– A noun is a naming word. It is a name of a person, animal, place, thing or and idea. Nouns also cover names like those of institutions, months and days, and abstract ideas. Below are examples of nouns:
Names of people: Uche, Peterson, Adebisi, Falase
Names of places: Beijing, Meiran, Atan Ota, London, Sweden, Canada
Names of things: table, chair, house, lap top, radio etc
Names of Institutions: family, tribe, Christianity, Islam, university etc
Names of months and days: January, February, December, Sunday, Thursday, Friday.
Names of Abstract ideas: beauty, knowledge, emotion, hope, courage, wisdom, empathy etc.
FEATURES OF NOUNS:
Most nouns form their plurals with ending – ‘s’ or –‘es’: girl – girls, box – boxes, church – churches
Nouns are often used with articles, demonstratives and adjectives, e.g a cup, an hour , a church, that house, black girl, some people.
Words that end with the following morphemes are usually often nouns-
age– e,g damage, grainage, homage, image, stoppage.
al– e.g arrival, cabbinal, dismissal, mammal, refusal.
tion– e.g action,option, association, imagination, admonition, composition.
er- e,g adviser, marker, player, teacher, worker
ery– machinery, slavery, stationery,
titude– e.g servitude, solitude
hood– boyhood, girlhood, childhood, womanhood
like– childlike,
ist– bicyclist, evangelist, motorist, socialist
ity- ability brevity equity, impunity
ment– arrangement, comment, establishment, government
ness– firmess, fairness, laziness,
cy– proficiency, ascendancy, profligacy, legacy, papacy
ocracy– democracy, aristocracy, autocracy
ism– Zionism, Feudalism, Nazism, Communism
ship– scholarship, fellowship, followership, membership
ster– gangster, trickster, youngster.
Types of Nouns
Proper Nouns: These name a SPECIFIC person, place or thing. Note that the first letter of every proper noun must be written in capital letter regardless of its position in a sentence. E.g We will travel to Atan-Ota on Monday in the month of August. Proper nouns in the sentence above are: Atan-Ota, Monday and August.
Examples of proper nouns are:
Names of persons– Ade, Obi, Chike,
Names of places/countries– Ottawa in Canada, Oslo-Norway, Oshodi, Ado-Ekiti, Ibadan,
Days of the week and months of the years-January, December, Monday, Friday.
Note: The first letter of the proper noun must be written in capital letter regardless of its position in a sentence.
Common Noun: This is the opposite of concrete noun. It is used to name things/person/places which are of general kinds. E.g boy, man, lady, church, mosque, boxes, table, knives.
Concrete Noun: This type of noun can be seen and touched. It is the opposite of abstract noun. Examples of concrete nouns are: books, tables, bag etc.
Abstract Nouns: These only exist in names. They can neither be seen nor touched. These can only be felt. E.g hatred, hunger, pains, intelligence, etc
Count nouns: These are nouns that can be counted. They usually have singular and plural forms, E.g one man- five men, one orange-several oranges, a book-five books.
Non count or mass nouns: These cannot be counted, and they therefore have only singular form. Sand , soap, rice, homework, water. Although, they may be counted when converted to units of measurement. E,g, three bags of rice, a bar of soap, some loaves of bread,
OTHER types of uncountable nouns are: equipment, jewelry, stationery, information, baggage, luggage, machinery, furniture, baggage, damage, -NOTE- These uncountable nouns must not attract –s- to form their plurals.
E.g All the students were instructed to take their baggage. Not baggages
We have got information/some pieces of information about them. Not ‘an information’ or ‘informations’.
The rain wrecked serious damage to the building. Not ‘damages’. Note –The word damages means a fine imposed on someone. E,g He was ordered by the court of law to pay damages for the damage to his car.
Collective nouns: These name a group of people or things. E.g
A troupe of dancers
A troup of soldiers
A band of thieves
A bevy of ladies
A class of students.
Possessive noun/ genitive: These indicate possession. E.g Dr Oyeyemi’s car. Mrs. Alalade’s dress. Mr Jayeola’s house, Adebisi’s radio, The Chief Justice’s pen etc.
NUMBER: There are two numbers in English– singular and plural. This singular relates to one, while the plural relates to more than one. Countable nouns have both singular and plural forms, uncountable nouns have only the singular form.
Lessons
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TOPIC: Letter writing-Informal letter (Formats) CONTENT: Informal letter An informal letter is a friendly and personal letter. Informal letters are usually sent to: A friend A colleague at work; A pen friend; A well-wisher; and Family members within the same age bracket. Features of an informal letter A good informal letter must have the …. Read More
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NOUN: SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS Most English nouns have a different ending for ‘one’ of something (called the singular form) than they do for ‘more than one’ (called the plural form). In the case of the majority of nouns the plural is formed regularly simply by adding ‘s’ or ‘es’ to the singular, as in …. Read More
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ASPECT: Comprehension/Summary TOPIC: Identifying the topic sentence in a passage CONTENT: Definition of Summary Keys to summary writing How to determine the topic sentence What is a summary? Summary writing is an act of expressing ones thought in a brief and clear manner. It tests the ability to read, digest and produce some relevant facts …. Read More
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Phrase: Verb Phrase CONTENT: Definition of verb phrase The structures of verb phrase The Functions of verb phrase Definition of Verb Phrase: The verb phrase (VP) consists of a verb as the head, accompanied by its adjunct or auxiliary. Examples of verb phrase: ‘may do’, ‘has done’, ‘is doing’, ‘may have done’, ‘may be …. Read More
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Topic: Prefix and Suffix Prefix A prefix is a part of a word that appears at the beginning of a word and it sometimes changes the meaning of the word. Adding prefixes to existing words (the base or root) to form new words is common in academic English. A prefix is a group of letters placed before …. Read More
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Prefix and Suffix Prefix A prefix is a part of a word that appears at the beginning of a word and it sometimes changes the meaning of the word. Adding prefixes to existing words (the base or root) to form new words is common in academic English. A prefix is a group of letters placed before the …. Read More
