Nouns 名詞
BasicNouns are naming words.
- A noun names a person, a place or a thing: girl, park, desk.
- Names of people and places are special nouns with capital letters: Kate, Hong Kong.
- One: a cat, an apple; more than one: two books.
文體小知識：Learn basic grammar.
§Text Passage
1Kate walks to school every morning. She sees a cat on the wall. The cat is small and fat. At the school gate, she meets her friend Amy. They go into the classroom together.
2In class, Miss Lee says, "Nouns are names of people, places and things." "Girl, cat and school are all nouns." "Teacher, park and bus are nouns too." Kate looks at her book and her pencil. She says, "Book and pencil are nouns too!" Miss Lee smiles and says, "Yes, Kate! You are right."
3After class, Kate plays a noun game with Amy. They point at things and say the words. Desk, window, door! Now Kate finds nouns everywhere she goes. Learning nouns is easy and fun.
§Sentence-by-sentence translation Sentence-by-sentence translation
Kate walks to school every morning.
Kate 每天早上走路上學。
She sees a cat on the wall.
他見到牆上有一隻貓。
The cat is small and fat.
那隻貓又小又胖。
At the school gate, she meets her friend Amy.
在學校門口，他遇到了他的朋友 Amy。
They go into the classroom together.
他們一起走進課室。
In class, Miss Lee says, "Nouns are names of people, places and things."
上課的時候，李老師說：「名詞就是人、地方同物件的名稱。」
"Girl, cat and school are all nouns."
「Girl、cat 同 school 都是名詞。」
"Teacher, park and bus are nouns too."
「Teacher、park 同 bus 都是名詞。」
Kate looks at her book and her pencil.
Kate 看了看自己的書同鉛筆。
She says, "Book and pencil are nouns too!"
他說：「Book 同 pencil 都是名詞呀！」
Miss Lee smiles and says, "Yes, Kate! You are right."
李老師笑著說：「是呀 Kate！你答對。」
After class, Kate plays a noun game with Amy.
下課之後，Kate 同 Amy 玩名詞遊戲。
They point at things and say the words.
他們指着一些物件，說出名字。
Desk, window, door!
Desk、window、door！
Now Kate finds nouns everywhere she goes.
現在 Kate 無論走到哪裡都能找到名詞。
Learning nouns is easy and fun.
學名詞又容易又好玩。
1Summary 重點摘要
Nouns are naming words.
2Vocabulary cards Vocabulary
A word that names a person, a place or a thing.
A child who is not a boy.
A person who teaches children at school.
A place where children go to learn.
A place with trees and grass where people play.
A small animal that says meow.
A table for writing on.
A big car that carries many people.
A thing with pages that you read.
Glass in a wall that lets light in.
3Step by step Steps
- What is a nounMiss Lee says, "Nouns are names of people, places and things." The names of people (girl, teacher), places (school, park) and things (desk, bus, book) are all nouns. When you see something, ask yourself: what is its English name? That name is a noun.
- Find nouns in paragraph 1Read Kate walks to school. She sees a cat on the wall. and find the nouns: Kate is a person, school is a place, and cat and wall are things. To find a noun, ask: is this a person, a place or a thing? If the answer is yes, it is a noun.
- Find nouns in paragraph 2In the second paragraph, girl, cat, school, teacher, park and bus are all nouns. Look around the classroom too: desk, window and door are nouns as well. Nouns are all around us, so if we pay attention, we can find them everywhere we go.
- Names are nouns tooKate, Amy, Miss Lee and Hong Kong are special nouns called proper nouns. They name one particular person or place, so the first letter must be a capital: Kate, Hong Kong. Common nouns like girl and school stay small. Always check your writing for missing capitals.
- Sorting gamePut the nouns you know into three baskets: people: girl, teacher, Kate; places: school, park, classroom; things: cat, desk, book, bus. When everything is sorted, check the baskets once more for mistakes. Sorting games help us remember nouns well and recall them quickly.
- a, an and pluralsFor one thing, put a or an before the noun: a cat, a book, an apple. For two or more, add s at the end: two books, three cats. Try it with an apple: one apple is an apple, and two apples are two apples. When the number changes, the word changes too.
- Sentence practicePractise with the pattern I can see a cat. Play the pointing game with a classmate: point at things around you and say their English names, like I can see a book. Every name you say is a noun, and you learn them all while you play the game.
5Worked example Example
Noun sorting race: put the nouns Kate sees in the passage into three baskets — people, places and things.
- Read the passage again and circle every noun you find, then count how many you have found.
- Fill the people basket first: Kate, Amy, Miss Lee, girl, teacher. These are all names of people.
- Fill the places basket: school, park, classroom, school gate. These are all names of places.
- Fill the things basket: cat, wall, desk, window, door, book, bus. These are all names of things.
- Check the proper nouns: do Kate and Miss Lee begin with capital letters? Fix them if not.
- Count the nouns in each basket and see which basket has the most. Things often win!
- Pick one noun from each basket and make a sentence: I can see a cat. Read it aloud to check.
- Answer: People: Kate, Amy, Miss Lee, girl, teacher; places: school, park, classroom; things: cat, wall, desk, window, door, book, bus. Remember the capital letters in Kate and Miss Lee.
6Common mistakes Mistakes
7Quick check Quick check
Q1Which one is a noun: run, park or red?
Q2What three groups of nouns do we learn?
Q3Plural: one book, two ___
Q4Which is right: kate or Kate? Why?
Q5What game do Kate and Amy play after class?
8Recap Recap
- A noun names a person, a place or a thing: girl, park, desk.
- Names of people and places are special nouns with capital letters: Kate, Hong Kong.
- One: a cat, an apple; more than one: two books.
- Play the pointing game: say the English name of everything you see.
- Doing words like run and eat are verbs, not nouns.