Chapter6. Nouns and Noun Modifiers

<Topic1. Count Versus Noncount Nouns>

11002102 박은희 (Park Eun Hee)

11002104 홍아현 (Hong Ah Hyun)

Index

A. Introduction to NounsB. Groups of NounsC. Singular and Plural FormsD. Indefinite Articles : a and anE. Unspecified or Unidentified Nouns

A. Introduction to Count and Noncount Nouns

Count Nouns Noncount Nouns

• Singular and plural forms

• Singular →determiners(such as a(n), the, my, this, these)

• Plural → N-e(s)

• Singular forms

• Singular → determiners excepting ‘a(n)’

• Plural → auxiliary numeral or much, (a) little and so on

Singular I have a friend.

My friend owns a car.

Plural Friends are very important.

New cars are expensive.

exam-ples

Count Nouns

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ConcreteMassNouns

Air and water are necessary for life.

We need to buy coffee, rice, and sugar.

Noncount Nouns exam-ples

※ Concrete mass nouns → metal, food, gas, element※ Plural→ a cup of coffee, a glass of water, some water, a spoonful of sugar, a bowl of rice

AbstractNouns

Honesty is the best policy.

We need more information.

Noncount Nouns exam-ples

※ Plural

→ a little honesty, two piece of information

B. Groups of Count andNoncount Nouns

advice hintsideassuggestion

information,news

articlesmagazinesnewspapers

equipment machinessuppliestools

money centsdollarsquarters

furniture chairslampstables

nature forestsmountainsoceans

noncount count countnoncount

common noncountfood items

common noncountweather items

bread fruit rice

butter meat sugar

coffee milk tea

air water

rain weather

snow wind

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Nouns That Can Be Both Count and Noncount

Non-count

Count

I studied business in college.

We have a business in Florida.

business = an idea or activity

a business = a store or firm

Non-count

Count

We had chicken for dinner.

My uncle has a chicken.

chicken = a type of food

a chicken = a bird

exercise 3

1. How many time have you been to New York?

7. I brought ten dollar with me.

9. I have three assignment for tomor-row.

times

dol-lars

assign-ments

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C. Singular and Plural Forms:

Subject/Verb Agreement

Count Nouns

A friend is someone who cares about you.

Friends are people who care about you.

Noncount Nouns

Friendship is very impor-tant to me.

singular plural

Common Collective Nouns

→ generally singular • The staff was in agreement about

the changes.

• The public is upset about the issue.

Nouns with No Singular Form

→ always plural • The scissors are in that drawer.

• Your pants are in the laundry.

• The class (is / are) preparing a report on international finance.

• The new equipment (has / have) worked very well.

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D. Indefinite Articles: a and an

※ Indefinite Article = One/ unspecified person or thing.

A

• Before a singular count noun that begins with a consonant sound.

• I bought a house.

An

※ A or An is never used with a noun that functions as a noncount noun.

• Before a singular count noun that begins with a vowel sound.

• I wasted an egg.

E. Unspecified or Unidenti-fied Count and Noncount

Nouns

= Unspecified or unidentified people, things, and so on

Count Nouns

Singular Count Noun → It is preceded by a or an.

A house can be expensive.(A house = one house or any house in gen-

eral)

Count Nouns

Plural Count Noun → It is used without articles.

Houses are getting more expen-sive.

(Houses = all houses in general)

Noncount Nouns

Love, Time, Health, Honesty, Re-spect…

→singular verbs / without arti-cles.

Exercise 8

• A / An / X economists study the interrelationship between the two groups.

• For example, A / An / X weather in California can affect the price of

A / An / X fruit in Boston.

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Q&A

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