Unit 1: Noun Countable Noun Noun Uncountable Noun Singular Noun Plural Noun Singular Plural a) furniture some furniture a lot of furniture much furniture - b) I wish you happiness. Many uncountable nouns are known as abstract nouns. c) UNCOUNTABLE NOUN: Many nouns can be used as either uncountable or countable nouns. - Alice has blond hair. COUNTABLE NOUN: - Anna has a hair on her blouse. You cannot add “a/ an” or “one” before the uncountable nouns. SOME COMMON UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS food jewelry money paper iron gold silver glass meat oil rice dirt sand beauty confidence education music homework work Languages: English Chinese Spanish Arabic Fields of Study: history literature mathematics wood cotton ice bread dust flour happiness health chemistry wool butter hair luck COMPARE Countable Uncountable - There’s a beach near here. - There’s sand in my shoes. - Kathy was singing a song. - Kathy was listening to music. - Have you got a ten-pound note? - Have you got any money? - It wasn’t your fault. It was an accident. - It wasn’t your fault. It was bad luck. - There are no batteries in the remote control. - There is no electricity in this house. - We haven’t got enough cups. - We haven’t hot enough water. 3. Nouns as Adjectives 3.1 When the noun is used as an adjective, it must be in the singular form. faxes potatoes fax potato flowers flower shoes shoe peanuts peanut baby babies children three-letter three letters child ten-hour ten hours thirty-two years old thirty-two-year-old 4. Possessive Noun Exercise 3 Complete the sentences. Using the possessive form of the nouns inboys’ italics. boy’s 1. a. The (boy) ________________________ names are Greg and children’s Rob. b. The (boy) ________________________ name is Edward. child’s 2. a. The (children) _________________________ toys are all over baby’s babies’ the floor. b. I fixed the (child) / Jess’ __________________________ bike and he Jess’s rode away. Mrs. Adams’s Adams’ 3. a. The (baby)/ Mrs. _____________________ toys fell on the floor. He wants them. Ethan and Emma’s Laurie’s and Megan’stoys fell on the floor. They b. The (baby) _____________________ want them. 4.3 More about Expressing Possession -’s is used to express possession for the following; living creatures, countries, organizations --- my sister’s house, the birds’ feathers, American’s borders, UNICEF’s mission. 4.3.1 of is often used to show possession for non-living things. - the title of the book - the topic of this report - the owner of the company 4.3.2 We don’t generally use of for expression of time. - today’s schedule NOT schedule of today - this month’s pay NOT pay of this month - last week’s news NOT news of 4.3.3 The preposition from or in are used when the country is combined with people to show expression. - people from my country NOT my country’s people - people in my country 4.3.4 –’s after nouns will be used to indicate a business or residence. - I’m going to the doctor’s. (= I’m going to the doctor’s office.) - I was at my accountant’s. (= I was at my accountant’s office.) I’m staying at an myadjective friend’s. can (=I’m staying at my friend’s 4.3.5 A- noun used as indicate type or kind, rather house.) than possession. - I filled out the application form. NOT the application’s form - She is the history teacher. NOT the history’s teacher 7. a. William is a factory’s worker. b. William is a factory worker. 8. a. The astronauts had a wonderful view of the earth. b. The astronauts had a wonderful earth’s view. 9. a. Can you take me to the doctors tomorrow? b. Can you take me to the doctors’ tomorrow? 10. a. I enjoy visiting my cousin home. b. I enjoy visiting the home of my 5. Expressions of Quantity /many affirmative - question - negative 5.2 A Few and Few; A Little and Little a few a little few a little a few a few (very) few (very) little a little little A little a little few a little a little = everybody everyone Indefinite pronoun - Everyone must follow the classroom rules. - Everyone has the right to say what you think in this meeting. every one of these books, every one of those = each one cats, every one of those places every one Phrase + of ….. - Superman can help every one of them. - Thanks every one of you who came to my wedding yesterday. - Every one of these bananas is rotten. Exercise 6 Complete the sentences. Use the singular or plural form of the nouns in parentheses. 1. There is only one ______________________ (girl) on the fifthgirl grade volleyball team. girls 2. Only one of thechildren _____________________ (girl) in the fifth grade is on the volleyball team. child 3. Each of the ______________________ (child) got a present. member 4. Mr. Gallo gave a present to each __________________________ members (child). student 5. We invited everystudents ___________________________ (member) of the club. 6. Every one of the ___________________________ (member) came. student students 7. One ___________________________ (student) stayed after class to
