Grammar : Nouns

Nouns are the names of people, places, animals and things
Nouns can grouped as Common Nouns and Proper Nouns.

Examples :

• Ali is singing.

• The dog is mad.

• I live in Kuala Lumpur.                                   

• The pen is broken.

  

In the above sentences, the word “Ali” is the name of the person, “dog” is the name of an animal, “Kuala Lumpur” is the name of a place and “pen” is the name of a thing.

Examples :

• Karim is idle.

• Ida is clever.

• Where is Bryan?

• Ipoh is in Malaysia.

• The rose is red.

• The book is on the desk.

• The camel is found in Africa.

• Ants are always busy.

• Rabbits have short tails.

• Children should obey their parents.

In the above sentences, each word in bold is the name of something

(of a person, animal, place or thing).