This document provides information about parts of speech and nouns. It discusses the patterns of speech from syllables to sentences. It then defines different parts of speech like nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. The document focuses on nouns, classifying them by meaning, form and function. It discusses countable and uncountable nouns as well as changing noun forms for number, gender and possession.
7. Nouns – classified by meaning
• Proper noun George, Thanu,
Monday , January
• Common noun
• concrete = girl, house, car, painter
collective = class, group, committee
Ex. A flock of sheep, A band of singers
a battalion of soldiers
8. Nouns - classified by form
• Compound noun
- N + N = skyrocket, river blank
- N + Gerund = coal – mining, bird –
watching
- Gerund + N = dining room, swimming
pool
- Adj. + N = blue blood, black coffee
9. - V + N = pickpocket, plowman
- Prep. + N = downpour, upstairs
- V + Prep. = makeup, use up
- N + prep. = son – in –law, mother
– in –law,
brothers – in – arms
10. Nouns - classified by function
•Countable N.
Common noun
Collective noun
Uncount N.
Only singular
• Names of
substances
Bread gold paper
sand water ice oil
stone coffee
wood soap wine
beer dust tea
cream jam gin
12. Uncount Singular Plural Noun
Toast
Bread
Ink
Sand
Water
Wine
Tea
Oil
a piece of toast
a loaf of bread
a bottle of ink
a bag of sand
a bottle of water
a glass of wine
a cup of tea
a barrel of oil
pieces of toast
loaves of bread
bottles of ink
bags of sand
bottles of water
glasses of wine
cups of tea
barrels of oil
13. Changing forms of nouns
• Number
- Singular Plural
. Gender
- Masculine
Feminine
. Possessive
- Adding - ‘s - of
14. 1. Number
Add S = bed – beds, chair – chairs
s, sh, x, ss, ch, z, + es = bush-bushes
y -> i + es = army – armies, city – cities
(a,e,i,o,u) – y + s = boy – boys
(alphabet- o +s) = hero – heroes ,
f, fe –> v + es = knife – knives
Change = foot – feet, child – children
16. 2. Gender
- masculine = boy , bull, cock, king
- feminine = girl, cow, hen, mother
- neuter = fire, air , water, iron
- common = bird, child, fish
3. Possessive
boy – boy’s, man – man’s, men –
men’s
women – women’s, lady - ladies –
ladies ‘
17. Using of + N.
- เมื่อผู้เป็นเจ้าของทำาหน้าที่นาม แล้วตามด้วย
วลี หรืออนุประโยค
The boy ran about, obeying the
directions of a man with a whistle.
I took the advice of a couple I met on
the train and hired a car.
- เมื่อใช้กับเจ้าของที่ไม่มีชีวิต
The walls of the town = the town walls
the roof of the church = the church
18. การสร้างคำานาม
• ity = similarity, density
• ness = calmness, oneness
• - er, - ar, - or