MPU 3052ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCYGROUP MEMBER:LEE YEE BUN LEE BEE HEOYSIEW PEI WENYEOH XIHUILECTURERS NAME: EN. RAZALI & EN. TAUFIQW!" #$ ! N%&'(noun(noun): a word (except a pronoun) that identifes a person, place or thing, or names one of them (proper noun)S#)*+, -,.'#"#%'*,/$%': man, woman, teacher, John, Mary*+!0,: home, ofce,town, countryside, America"#'1: tale, car, anana, money, music, lo!e, dogAnother (more complicated) way of recogni"ing a noun is y its:*%$#"#%'*%$#"#%','2#'1 ,'2#'1 3&'0"#%'3&'0"#%'The problem with the simple defnition above is that it does not explain why "love" is a noun but can also be a verb.The problem with the simple defnition above is that it does not explain why "love" is a noun but can also be a verb.1. Noun ending#here are certain word endings that show that a word is a noun, for example:$ity %'!"#%'!+#"4$ment %!**%#'"),'"$ness %!**#',$$$ation %/,+!"#%'$hood %0#+2%%2&ut this is not true for the word endings of all nouns' (or example, the noun )spoonful) ends in $ful, ut the ad*ecti!e )careful) also ends in $ful'2. Position in sentence+e can often recognise a noun y its position in the sentence',ouns often come after a determiner (a determiner is a word li-e a, an, the, this, my, such):,ouns often come after one or more ad*ecti!es:a/,+#,3an!3",/'%%'the2%0"%/this5%/2my%&$,such$"&*#2#"4a great/,+#,3a peaceful!3",/'%%'this difcult5%/2such crass$"&*#2#"4my rown and white%&$, the tall, .ndian2%0"%/3. Function in a sentence,ouns ha!e certain functions (*os) in a sentence, for example:su*ect of !er:-%0"%/$wor- hard'o*ect of !er: /e li-es0%6,,'su*ect and o*ect of !er:T,!0,/$teach$"&2,'"$'&ut the su*ect or o*ect of a sentence is not always a noun' .t could e a pronoun or a phrase' .n the sentence )My doctor wor-s hard), the noun is )doctor) ut the su*ect is )My doctor)'N%&' C%&'"!7#+#"4C%&'"!7+, N%&'$ U'0%&'"!7+, N%&'$0ncountale nouns are sustances, concepts etc that we cannot di!ide into separate elements' +e cannot )count) them'(or example, we cannot count )mil-)' +e can count )ottles of mil-) or )litres of mil-), ut we cannot count )mil-) itself' music, art, lo!e, happinessad!ice, information, newsfurniture, luggagerice, sugar, utter, waterelectricity, gas, powermoney, currency1ountale nouns are easy to recogni"e' #hey are things that we can count'dog, cat, animal, man, personottle, ox, litrecoin, note, dollarcup, plate, for-tale, chair, suitcase, ag(or example: )pen)' +e can count pens' +e can ha!e one, two, three or more pens' P/%*,/ N%&'$A proper noun is the special word that we use for a person, place or organi"ation' A name is a noun, ut a !ery special noun $ a proper noun' common noun proper nounman, boy Johnwoman, girl Marycountry, town England, Londoncompany Ford, Sonyshop, restaurant Maceys, McDonaldsmonth, day of the week January, Sundaybook, film War and Peace, Titanic+hen we want to show that something elongs to someody or something, we usually add an apostrophe 2 s (8$) to a singular noun and an apostrophe (8) to a plural noun, for example:singular noun plural nounmy child's dog my children's dogthe man's work the men's workthe mouse's cage the mice's cagea person's clothes people's clothesP%$$,$$#9, 8$N%&' !$ A2:,0"#9,adecti!e nouncle!er teachersmall officeblack horsenoun as adecti!e nounhistory teacherticket officerace horseT, ;'%&' !$ !2:,0"#9,; !+5!4$ 0%),$ ./$".f you rememer this, it will help you to understand what is eing tal-ed aout:a/!0, %/$,is a%/$,that runs in racesT, ;'%&' !$ !2:,0"#9,; #$ $#'1&+!/Just li-e a real ad*ecti!e, the )noun as ad*ecti!e) is in!ariale' .t is usually in the singular form'"ight #rongboat race boat races $%& boats race, boats races3ometimes we use a noun to descrie another noun' .n that case, the frst noun )acts as) an ad*ecti!e'As you -now, a noun is a person, place or thing, and an ad*ecti!e is a word that descries a noun:A compound noun is a noun that is made with two or more words' A compound noun is usually 4noun 2 noun5 or 4ad*ecti!e 2 noun5' .t is important to understand and recogni"e compound nouns' 6ach compound noun acts as a single unit and can e modifed y ad*ecti!es and other nouns'#here are three forms for compound nouns:hyphenated $ hyphen etween words ($#)open or spaced $ space etween words (",''#$$%,)closed or solid $ no space or hyphen etween words (7,2/%%))C%)*%&'2 N%&'$W!" #$ ! */%'%&'( 7ronoun is a word that ta-es the place of or represents a noun'A pronoun is a small word with a ig *o' .n fact, a pronoun can ta-e the place of an entire noun phrase' .n this way, pronouns help us use fewer words and a!oid repetition' 7ronouns are words li-e ., it, which, who, that, his, herself' #hey are used 8in place of8 (9atin: pro) a noun or a noun phrase' #o a!oid repetition, we use a pronoun for the second and suse:uent mentions of the same person or thing: . saw ", 2%1, . thin- #" was chewing your shoe' A pronoun can e used where!er a noun or a noun phrase can e used in a sentence:;' As the su*ect of a !er: T, 2%1 was ar-ing' I" was ar-ing' ! /,+!"#9, 0+!&$, "% ! */,0,2#'1 '%&':)W,' I !//#9,2 !" ",#/ %&$, ", 7#1 2%1A5#05!$ 0!++,2 R%9,/A 5!$ 7!/>#'1 +%&2+4 7,0!&$, #" 5!$ +%',+4.; .n our example sentence the pronoun5#0refers ac- to the noun phrase", 7#1 2%1.I'",//%1!"#9, */%'%&'$ 5%A 5%)A 5%$,A 5#0A 5!"A 5%,9,/A 5#0,9,/,5!",9,/ .nterrogati!e pronouns are used in)!#' 0+!&$,$, to form a :uestion:#. W%did it>##. W!"did he say>###. W%$,pi""a is this>.#hey can also e used to introduce a$&7%/2#'!", 0+!&$,:i' . wonder5%did it>ii' . as-ed him5!"he said'iii' .8m trying to fnd out5%$,pi""a this is'7ossessi!e 7ronouns+e use possessi!e pronouns to refer to a specifc person@people or thing@things (the )antecedent)) elonging to a person@people (and sometimes elonging to an animal@animals or thing@things)''&)7,/ *,/$%'1,'2,/ B%3 ;%5',/;C*%$$,$$#9, */%'%&'$singular ;st male@ female mine /,G,