Life in Japan as an An English teacher’s

現役中高英語教員が生きていくあれこれを紹介。興味のまま、雑多に紹介します。A blog about various ideas by a Japanese English teacher in a Japanese school.

Think Grammar Simply no.3 Noun

Noun

Definition: Noun: A word that describes a person, an object, or an idea.

Function: Become a subject or an object.

Character: Use different forms according to singular(one) or plural(more than one).

c.f) 

a panda (singular)

2 pandas (plural)

 

Subject

A subject in a sentence is the center of the sentence. It’s like the main character of a story. The rest of the sentence follows with what the subject does.

Object

An object is a noun combined with a verb or a preposition.  When it is combined with a verb, it describes the target of the verb. The meaning of the object  equals “to” or “for” to the verb. When it is combined with a preposition, it becomes an adjective or an adverb.

 

Example:

Combined with verbs: know her

Combined with preposition: in Osaka

*underlined is the object

 

Types of noun 

The English noun is categorized into 2 types. COUNTABLE or UNCOUNTABLE. A singular COUNTABLE NOUN must be combined with an article. An UNCOUNTABLE noun is a  noun that describes an idea or a name.

 

idea> love, happiness, climate etc.

name> Steve, Dr. Einstein, Tokyo etc.

 

Pronoun

Pronoun is a type of word that you use when you are continually using the same noun. The function of a pronoun is  either a NOUN or an ADJECTIVE. The form changes according to how you use it.

 

singular

subject

(noun)

Possessive

(adjective)

Object

(noun)

plural

subject

(noun)

Possessive

(adjective)

Object

(noun)

I

my

me

we

our

us

you

your

you

you

your

you

he

his

him

they

their

them

she

her

her

it

its

it