1. Types of Nouns a. Common and Proper Nouns
There are two classes of noun, proper noun and common noun. A proper noun names a particular person, name of country, or name of thing, and is always
capitalized. A common noun names only one of group of persons, place or things and is not capitalized.
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Table 2.2 The table of common and proper nouns
Common Nouns Proper Nouns
I’ve never seen a queen They live in a white house
The separate states became united stated I’ve never seen the queen
They live in the White House The separate states became the
United Stated
b. Collective Nouns
Collective nouns are name of a group of people or things. The words committee, orchestra, team, and union all the name are group of people. These
nouns are collective nouns. The name of people or things brought together, or collected into a group. The examples of collective nouns are: army, crowd, flock,
team, organization, committee, trop, jury, band, group, class, herd, etc.
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Jhon E.Warriner, English Grammar and Composition, Franklien Edition, 1982, p. 4.
c. Material Nouns
Material nouns are nouns, which refer to material or substance for those, which are made of Salt, air, water, etc.
d. Abstract Nouns
According to Laidlaw, “Abstract nouns name qualities, attributes, or concept, which have no physical from in t
hemselves”.
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Abstract nouns are nouns referring to a certain circumstances. The example of abstract nouns: pleasure,
beauty, courage, fear, faith, cleverness, wealth, advice, friendship, etc.
e. Countable and Uncountable nouns
As written by Ra ymond Murphy in his book, “Countable nouns are things
we can count”.
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Countable nouns are nouns that can be singular by a, an, or plural by -s, -es in the final. Countable nouns always take the form of singular and
plural. It is also explained by Rachmat Taufiq Hidayat, he said that countable noun included common noun like: apple, table, sheep, ring, etc.
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Laidlaw Brother, Composition and Grammar, Steps in learning process, 1985 p. 312.
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Murphy Raymond, English Grammar in Use, 1985 p. 148.
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Rachmat Taufiq Hidayat, Belajar Mudah Bahasa Inggris, Pustaka Pelajar, Yogyakarta, 1998, p. 8.
Table 2.3 The table of nouns that can be count and uncounted
Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns
There are two hairs in my coffee. I don’t have much hair.
There are two lights in our bedroom. Close the curtain there’s too much
light I thought I heard a noise.
It’s difficult to work when there is too much noise.
Have you got the paper to read? I want to draw a picture. Have you got
some paper? Our house has seven rooms.
Is there room for me to sit here? We had a great time at the party.
Have you get time for a coffee
B. The Problem in Teaching Countable and Uncountable Nouns 1. Teaching Method
Method is very important in teaching language. The appropriate method used will result good achievement. The teacher usually chooses a good method to
teach. A method refers to a specific instructional design or system based on a
particular theory of language learning. It contains detailed specification of content, roles of teachers and learners and teaching procedures and techniques. It
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