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Nouns are a basic part of speech in a language. Nouns are persons, places, things, ideas, or concepts. Nouns may
function as the subject of a sentence, as the object of a verb, or as the object of prepositions.

There are four types of nouns:

1. Common nouns are words for general people, places, or things. book, remote control, window, cafeteria, teller,
teacher, street, car, police officer

2. Proper nouns are names of specific people, places, or things. They always begin with a capital letter.
Veronica, Prof. Lenore Sinclair, Chile, Seoul, Disneyland, the New York Times, Boardwalk Empire, Jennifer Lopez, the
Braden’s [notice that when the is used with a proper noun, it is usually in the lower case (not capitalized)]

3. Collective nouns are singular words that refer to groups of people or animals. They are either common or proper.
team, family, committee, congress, herd (of cows), the Rodriguez family, the New York Yankees

4. Abstract nouns are words for ideas or concepts. We know they exist, but we can’t use our senses (touch, hearing,
sight, taste, smell) to find them. love, hate, honesty, faith, freedom, patience, joy, responsibility, fidelity, dislike,
loyalty

Count Nouns
Count (or countable) nouns are simple to count. They may be singular or plural. For singular count nouns, use a, an,
the, or one. For plural count nouns, use a number, the article the, or no article. You may also use quantity words (a lot,
a little, some, many). Never use a or an with a plural noun.

Singular Plural a cat cats

an orange two oranges
one soldier 15 soldiers the
recipe the recipes

Non-Count Nouns
Non-count nouns are things that we generally do not count. Non-count nouns are always singular. Do not use an article
with count nouns. You may use quantity words (a lot, a little, and especially some). Certain categories of nouns are
usually non-count.

Abstract ideas and feelings

advice beauty faith freedom happiness hate honesty
information intelligence joy love luck news vocabulary work
School subjects
biology criminal justice economics English gymnastics mathematics
physics psychology Spanish statistics wellness writing

Terms composed of tiny parts

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coffee flour jewelry hair money pepper

rice salt sand sugar tea

Collective nouns referring to things

clothing food furniture garbage homework jewelry snow
mail (note: email is a count noun) money music rain traffic

Several food items

bread butter cheese pasta soup water chocolate fish fruit meat

Minerals

copper gold iron silver steel

tin

Liquids and gases

air beer milk oil oxygen
pollution soup water wind
Measure words:
To talk about quantities with non-count nouns, use a/an/the + measure word + of + non-count noun.

a glass of milk an ounce of gold a bag of flour a

pound of coffee four gallons of water two pounds of sugar

Measure words include: bottle, bowl, box, bunch, can, container, cup, glass, jar, loaf, piece, pound, slice, tablespoon,
teaspoon.

Exercise 1:
Read the nouns below. Decide if each noun is a count (C) or non-count (N) noun. Write the correct letter
next to each word.
1. _N_ advice 2. _C_ program 3. _N_ news
4. _C_ necklace 5. _C_ color 6. _C_ orange
7. _C_ email 8. _N_ hope 9. _C_ ring
10. _N_file 11. _N_ hate 12. _N_ Jewelry
13. _N_ information 14. _C_ partner 15. _N_ Music
Exercise 2:
Read the nouns below. Decide if each noun is a count (C) or non-count (N) noun. Write the correct letter
next to each word.

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1. _N_ cheese 2. _N_ economics 3. _C_ boy

4. _C_ watch 5. _N_ rain 6. _C_ season
7. _N_ trash 8. _N_ snow 9. _N_ work
10. _N_ garbage 11. _C_ raindrop 12. _N_ homework
13. _N_ information 14. _N_ faith 15. _C_ essay
Exercise 3:
Read the nouns below. Decide if each noun is a count (C) or non-count (N) noun. Write the correct letter
next to each word.
1. _N___ flour 2. __N__ economics 3. __C__ ocean
4. _C___ leaf 5. __C__ bag 6. __N__ sleet
7. _N___ milk 8. _C___ soldier 9. _C_ children
10. _C___ roll 11. _C___ snowflake 12. _N_ fidelity
13. _N___ loyalty 14. __N__ impatience 15. _N_ peach
Exercise 4:
Place one of the words on the list before the nouns below. Use each word only once.
piece / can / loaf / container / bottle / glass / box / gallon / pound / bowl
1. _POUND__coffee 2. _GLASS_ milk 3. _BOWL_ cereal
4. _BOX_ cookies 5. _CONTAINER_ yogurt 6. _LOAF_ bread
7. _GALLON_ gas 8. _CAN_ peas 9. _BOTTLE_ beer
10. _PIECE_ candy

Exercise 5:
Error Correction. Rewrite the correct sentence below.

1. The news on Channel 46 are always bad.

THE NEW ON CHANNEL 46 IS ALWAYS BAD
2. Rosa’s hairs are long and blonds and her clothes is very stylish.
ROSA’S HAIR IS LONG AND BLOND AND HER CLOTHES ARE VERY
STYLISH
3. The advisor gave me the wrong informations. Her advises were incorrect.
THE ADVISOR GAVE ME THE WRONG INFORMATION HER ADVICE
WAS INCORRECT
4. I bought two cheeses and 3 milks.
I BOUGHT TWO POUNDS OF CHEESE AND THREE QUARTS OF MILK
5. Henry drank two coffees.
HENRY DRANK TWO CUPS OF COFFE

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6. Statistics are a difficult class.

STATISTICS IS A DIFFICULT CLASS
7. Hye Lim has a strong faith.
HYE LIM HAS STRONG FAITH
8. The sands on Waikiki Beach are golden.
THE SANDS ON WAIKIKI BEACH IS GOLDEN
9. Jim gave his girlfriend two golds for her birthday.
JIM GAVE HIS GIRLFRIEND TWO GOLD RINGS FOR HER BIRTHDAY
10. The clothing in the new store at the mall are very expensive.
THE CLOTHING IN THE NEW STORE AT THE MALL IS VERY EXPENSIVE
Exercise 6:
Error Correction. Rewrite the correct sentence below.

1. Hank wants to give you some advices, but the informations are not available.
HANK WANTS TO GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE, BUT THE INFORMATION
IS NOT AVAILABLE
2. Two mens and three womens are dancing in the hall.
TWO MEN AND THREE WOMEN ARE DANCING IN THE HALL
3. Heera needs a paper. She heard a good news, and she wants to write two letter
HEERA NEEDS SOME PAPER. SHE HEARD GOOD NEWS, AND SHE WANTS TO WRITE TWO
LETTERS
4. The love is stronger than the hate.
LOVE IS STRONGER THAN HATE.
5. Martha says the beauty is not as important as the intelligence in a partner.
MARTHA SAYS BEAUTY IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS INTELLIGENCE IN A PARTNER
6. Coffee has many caffeines, so they keep me awake.
COFFEE HAS MUCH CAFFEINE, SO IT KEEPS ME AWAKE.
7. The Argentine peoples is very generous.
THE ARGENTINE PEOPLE ARE VERY GENEROUS
8. Harvey had bad accident. He hurt his feets.
HARVEY HAD A BAD ACCIDENT. HE HURT HIS FEET.
9. I cooked three fishes for dinner
I COOKED THREE FISH FOR DINNER
10. How many furniture are there in your apartment?
HOW MUCH FURNITURE IS THERE IN YOUR APARTMEN.
Exercise 7:
Place a, an, or some before the following nouns.
1. _SOME_ mail 2. _SOME_ advice
3. _AN_ apple 4. _SOME_ traffic

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5. _SOME_ hair 6. _SOME_ information

7. _ A_ job 8. _SOME_ work
9. _AN_ assignment 10. _SOME_ homework
11. _A_ friend 12. _SOME_ sand
13. _A_ piece 14. _SOME_ news
Exercise 8:
Place a, an, or some before the following nouns.
1. _AN_ email 2. _SOME_ message
3. _A_ hard drive 4._A_ bus
5. _SOME_ advice 6. _A_ problem
7. _SOME_ love 8. _A_ partner
9. _SOME_ music 10. _A_ classmate
11. _SOME_ women 12. _A_ book
13. _AN_ ant 14. _SOME_ rice
15. _A_ pen

Exercise 9:
Place is or are after the following nouns.

1. Six women _ARE_ 2. The mail _IS_

3. Economics _A_ 4. Milk _IS_
5. Tigers _ARE_ 6. The team _IS_
7. The Washington Post _IS_ 8. Coffee _IS_
9. The boys and girls _ARE_ 10. Salt _IS_

Exercise 10:
Place is or are after the following nouns.

1. Faith _IS_ 2. Five emails _ARE_

3. Physics _IS_ 4. Three bowls_ARE_
5. Sugar _IS_ 6. The army _IS_
7. Survivor _IS_ 8. Patience _IS_
9. The Obamas _ARE_ 10. The grammar books _ARE_

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