RECOGNIZING NOUNS (OCTOBER 16, 2015)

Good day, Grade 10 Rizal!

As promised, I have just uploaded the text containing the lesson we had this morning (scroll down a little and you’re on it) as well as your assignment for the weekend. You may download and print this out as a review material for the first periodical exam which is coming in one month’s time. Also, I have just updated the tabulation of your quiz scores with the results of the exercise with had today. Again, I am happy that almost everyone nailed a high score. Keep it this up ‘til the end of the class, okay? J For questions about the lesson or anything, please hit the comment box or inbox me if it’s something personal.

Yours,
Sir Francis

RECOGNIZING NOUNS
(Miguel, Revilla, & Barraquio, 2010)

Nouns are commonly defined as names of persons, places, or things. They are either proper or common. Proper nouns are specific names and are, therefore, capitalized. Common nouns on the other hand, have various types (master these).

1. Collective Nouns, e.g., persons (jury, committee), animals (herd of cattle, school of fish), things (bunch of grapes, convoy of ships)
2. Count Nouns, e.g, box, package truck, house, chair
3. Non-Count Nouns e.g., cloth, water, coffee, wheat, lard, flour
4. Abstract Nouns e.g., imagination, anger, fear, love, honesty, (these refer to concepts and emotions)
5. Concrete Nouns, e.g., thunder, earthquake, fragrance, sweetness (these refer to phenomena which can be experienced by the senses)

SOURCES OF NOUNS

            Abstract nouns may be derived from various sources: concrete nouns, action verbs and descriptive adjectives.

• Abstract Nouns from Concrete Nouns

Abstraction results when the suffixes –ism, -ship, or –try are added to concrete nouns or when the final t of the concrete word is changed to c, and y, is correspondingly added.

hero – heroism
king – kingship
dentist – dentistry
president – presidency

• Abstract Nouns from Action Verbs

Such abstract words are formed or divided when the suffixes –ance, -ment, or –ion are added to verbs or when the final ate is replaced with –ance.

annoy – annoyance                                        exhaust – exhaustion
persevere – perseverance                               sponsor – sponsorship

enjoy – enjoyment                                          tolerate – tolerance

• Abstract Nouns from Descriptive Adjectives

When adjectives take either the suffix –ism, -ship, or –ity, abstract nouns result. Moreover, when the final ant of an adjective is changed to –ance and the final ate is changed to cy, abstract nouns are also derived.

          sentimental – sentimentalism                                      elegant – elegance

          good – goodness                                                         intimate – intimacy

          curios – curiosity                                                         spontaneous – spontaneity

Reference:

 Miguel, S., Revilla, & Barraquio. (2010). Smart English (Second Edition). Quezon City: C & E Publishing.

ASSIGNMENT:

Identify the nouns among the words in the box.