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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
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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
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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
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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
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Noun can be compounded with different parts of speech and thus called as compound noun
Examples
Noun + noun : bedroom, motor cycle, water tankEx: 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
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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.
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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 nounEx: Manufacturing output was down by 1.6% last year.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Exercise nouns and gerund
Choose the compound nouns given below and match the pictures.
Financial planning
Movie making
Horse riding
Sea diving
Pot making