Bài 1: Danh từ - Nouns

 Danh từ:

- Khái niệm danh từ

- Danh từ đếm được

- Danh từ không đếm được

- Danh từ tập hợp

- Một vài trường hợp cần lưu ý

Bài 1: Danh từ - nouns

Contents
- Countable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Collective nouns
- Problematic nouns

Nouns
Words nominating people/things
car, Peter, house, student, swimming

Countable nouns
You can add a number before it.
- student(s), teacher(s), lesson(s)
- table(s), desk(s), computer(s)

Uncountable nouns
You can't add a number before it.
- money, water, milk
- love, hatred, compassion
- literature, math, English
- learning English, swimming 

- a money, two money, many money
- some money, much money

- My family is happy.
- My family are meeting today.

Collective nouns
Words that mean a group
FAMILY - GROUP - COMMITTEE - CLASS - ORGANIZATION - TEAM - ARMY - CLUB - CROWD - GOVERNMENT - PUBLIC

- The football team is the best in town.
- The football team are taking a photo.

Problematic nouns
Countable vs. Uncountable
- trouble - problem
- advice - suggestion
- experience - experience

There is some trouble/ a problem.
I need some advice/ a suggestion.
I have experience/ an experience

Problematic nouns
Singular - Plural
- cactus ⇒ cacti
- nucleus ⇒ nuclei
- analysis ⇒ analyses
- crisis ⇒ crises
- thesis ⇒ theses
- man ⇒ men
- foot ⇒ feet
- child ⇒ children
- person ⇒ people
- tooth ⇒ teeth
- mouse ⇒ mice