Nouns in the English System
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duty at the demonstration” (Hornby, 1974:644). 3) A crowd means “a large number of people together, but without order or organization : He pushes his way through the crowd” (Hornby, 1974:206).
EXERCISES I. Decide which of the following nouns belong to proper nouns, and then decide also whether those which do not belong to this class are abstract, individual, or collective. Jones, money, rocket, actress, King James I, hatred, mob, conscience, State University of Yogyakarta, herd, team, the Himalayas, patriotism, town, pencil
II. Identify the proper nouns in the following list and write them with a capital letter on a separate sheet of paper. william shakespeare secretary new south wales prisoner romeo and juliet merdeka square april
thames saint valentine seaweed city traffic snow blue mountain apollo 11 jefferson high school
III. Form the abstract nouns from the followings. advise author
believe bitter
bond converse cruel deep
defend depart
die hate
hero king
know laugh
live long
obey patriot
poor proud
pursue regent
serve short
succeed think
true wide
IV. Supply the appropriate collective nouns for a number of the following nouns. 1. a ______ of bananas 2. a ______ of books 3. a ______ of brigands 4. a ______ of disorderly people 8. a ______ of lions 9. a ______ of people in church 10. a ______ of sailors on a ship 11. a ______ of ships 4 5. a ______ of elephants 6. a ______ of fish 7. a ______ of hounds 12. a ______ of stars 13. a ______ of trees 14. a ______ of wolves
V. Write your own sentences using the following expressions.
B. Grammatical Distinction and Number
When the classification is made on the basis of their grammatical distinction, as stated above, common nouns may be grouped into 2. They are (1) countable nouns which are made up from individual and collective nouns and (2) uncountable nouns which are mostly made up from abstract nouns. According to their number, these countable nouns can be made into (1) singular and (2) plural nouns. Although the note on countable and uncountable nouns in this section is trustworthy, it is not always easy to distinguish countable from uncountable nouns. Swan (1983:164) states that It is not always obvious whether a word is countable and uncountable; if you are not sure, check in the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English (nouns are marked C or U). Sometimes words can be uncountable with one meaning and countable with another, ...
1. A countable noun refers to nouns denoting persons or things that can be counted. Therefore, it is only the nouns in this category which can be made into the plural form. In their singular form, they are preceded by the indefinite article ‘a/an’. The plural form of the singular countable nouns are normally made by adding
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