英文 English - Nouns 名词

 

Nouns 名词 

Nouns are words that refer to people, animals, places and things.

名词是代表人，动物，地方和东西的名字

Nouns:
Common nouns are names given to people, animals, places and things.

普通名词是一般名字，没有针对性的称呼

Proper nouns are names given to people, animals, places and things.

特别名词是给有特别或专属人，动物，地方和东西的名字。

Common nouns 

people – man, boy, girl, husband, uncle, niece, king, princess

animals – cat, tiger, ant, eagle, shark, monkey, turtle

places – school, field, cinema, house, zoo

things – umbrella, knife, cup, table, book

Proper nouns examples

people – Rashid, Helen, Hui Woon.

places – Bukit Jalil Sports Complex, K.L. Tower, London Bridge, Eiffel Tower

countries and cities – The United Kingdom, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

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Exercise:

Fill in the blanks.


1. My mother is a _______________.She takes care of sick people.

2. Ashok and his _________ have three children.

3. Mr. and Mrs. Guna have two sons and a ______________.

4. Rubini’s ____________________ gave presents to all her grandchildren.

5. Puan Romizah is our ______________ . She comes to school very early in the morning.

6. The king and ____________visited the old folks home last week.

7. The manager and his ________________ attended the meeting last Monday.

8. The bridegroom and his beautiful ______________ are dressed in blue.

9. Madame Ganes is an excellent __________. She teaches us English in our school.

10.Pn Lily is a very humble and helpful ___________.All her college students like her.

EXERCISE 2 

Underline the nouns in these sentences. 

1. The careless boy lost his pen. 

2. I went to the market with my mother. 

3. The girl fell down the stairs. 

4. My grandfather has an old car. 

5. The typist works in the post office. 

6. The fishermen are drying their nets in the sun. 

7. The scout jumped into the pond to save the child. 

8. The robbers broke into the shop and took all the money. 

EXERCISE 3 

Underline the correct answer. 

1. The ( boys , boy ) are playing badminton. 

2. Can I have a plate of ( rice , milk ). 

3. The ( horse , horse’s) tail is bushy. 

4. Please put (a little , many ) salt into the soup. 

5. ( A herd , A staff ) of cows are grazing in the field.

6. The ( twins , cousins ) looks like each other. 

7. ( Buffaloes, Donkeys ) are very useful farm animals. 

8. You can put your pencils in this ( case, purse ).