I know this is late already but GOOD LUCK for your papers! Make sure you score great in your final, then you are going to further you diploma course afterwards. The world is limitless. Go and explore it. You guys are so young ( a few of you might not be too YOUNG! ), go and have fun. Being students in universities is the best moments for you guys to be happy and the most important is, to get to know new things and also new people. Along that, studying is still your main purpose. I know this perfectly because I've been a student like you guys before and I enjoyed the moment a lot

On top of all... happy revising and may you get things that you want in life!  ;)

FINAL CALL!

Guys and girls...
This is your final week! Your final entry!!!
Make sure by this Tuesday, everyone should have 10 entries all together. Remember... 1 mark for 1 entry. so, 10 equals to 10 marks.
Also a gentle reminder to all...
DO NOT COPY THE REVIEWS / ESSAYS / SENTENCES FROM THE INTERNET OR ANY BOOKS!!!
I have been teaching you guys for almost 1 semester. I know exactly your writing ability. Copying from any sources will just make me angry. When I am angry, you guys will not like me for sure!


happy writing! don't forget to put those entries in right order!  ;)

Congratulations!!!

Guys and girls...
Congratulations on your role-play presentations. They were entertaining and amusing...really! Today I could see some talents in our class. I was stunned to see that.
Congratulations for our best actor and actress, Fahran (Mama Joe) and Anisah (the bartender). MAYBE... again... MAYBE... you'll get you prize sooner or later!
35 of you (minus Black because he was on MC) were amazing.

p/s: For those who recorded the role-plays, you can post them in your blogs. Then, if possible, I also want a copy of it. I'll just blue tooth from you guys later, okay...
and happy birthday Stella... thanks for the cake!  ;)
(how's the 'tepung'?)

my '37 anak-anak'

Guys and Girls of PD...

By this week... you guys should already have 5 posts in your own blogs. 5 more to go! I might not be able to put down my comments on each one of the entries. Don't worry much, I already read most of them. This week, just get ready with your ROLE-PLAY presentation. We'll have fun in class!  ;)

What is a Noun?

A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea. The highlighted words in the following sentences are all nouns:

1. Late last year our neighbours bought a goat.

2. Portia White was an opera singer.

3. The bus inspector looked at all the passengers' passes.

A noun can function in a sentence as a subject, a direct object, an indirect object, a subject complement, an object complement, an adjective or an adverb.

Types Of Nouns

- Proper or common, abstract or concrete, and countable or non-countable or collective.

A. Proper Nouns

You always write a proper noun with a capital letter, since the noun represents the name of a specific person, place, or thing. The names of days of the week, months, historical documents, institutions, organisations, religions, their holy texts and their adherents are proper nouns. A proper noun is the opposite of a common noun.

In each of the following sentences, the proper nouns are highlighted:

1. Malaysian consists of Malay, Chinese, Indian and other minority races.

2. Many people hate Monday mornings.

3. Valentine is celebrated in February.

4. Koran is the main source for Muslim people.

5. Last year, I had a Baptist, a Buddhist, and a Gardnerian Witch as roommates.

B. Common Nouns

A common noun is a noun referring to a person, place, or thing in a general sense -- usually, you should write it with a capital letter only when it begins a sentence. A common noun is the opposite of a proper noun.

In each of the following sentences, the common nouns are highlighted:

1. According to the sign, the nearest town is 60 miles away.

2. All the gardens in the neighbourhood were invaded by beetles.

3. I don't understand why some people insist on having six different kinds of mustard in their cupboards.

4. Many child-care workers are underpaid.

C. Concrete Nouns

A concrete noun is a noun which names anything (or anyone) that you can perceive through your physical senses: touch, sight, taste, hearing, or smell. A concrete noun is the opposite of a abstract noun.

The highlighted words in the following sentences are all concrete nouns:

1. The judge handed the files to the clerk.

2. Whenever they take the dog to the beach, it spends hours chasing waves.

3. The real estate agent urged the couple to buy the secondhouse because it looked good as new.

D. Abstract Nouns

An abstract noun is a noun which names anything which you can notperceive through your five physical senses, and is the opposite of a concrete noun. The highlighted words in the following sentences are all abstract nouns:

1. Tillie is amused by people who are nostalgic about childhood.

2. Justice often seems not exist.

3. Some scientists believe that schizophrenia is transmitted genetically.

E. Countable Nouns

A countable noun (or count noun) is a noun with both a singular and a plural form, and it names anything (or anyone) that you can count. You can make a countable noun plural and attach it to a plural verb in a sentence. Countable nouns are the opposite of non-countable nouns and collective nouns.

In each of the following sentences, the highlighted words are countable nouns:

1. We painted the table red and the chairs blue.

2. Since he inherited his aunt's library, Jerome spends every weekend indexing his books.

3. Miriam found six dollars in the shoes.

4. The oak tree lost three branches in the hurricane.

5. Over the course of twenty-seven years, Martha Ballad delivered just over eight hundred babies.

F. Non-Countable Nouns

A non-countable noun (or mass noun) is a noun which does not have a plural form, and which refers to something that you could (or would) not usually count. A non-countable noun always takes a singular verb in a sentence. Non-countable nouns are similar to collective nouns, and are the opposite of countable nouns.

The highlighted words in the following sentences are non-countable nouns:

1. Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen.

2. Oxygen is essential to human life.

3. We decided to sell the furniture rather than take it with us when we moved.

4. The furniture is heaped in the middle of the room.

Written by Heather MacFadyen

Taken from http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/nouns.html

BEL - Basic in English Language

This blog is created for my students to have the chance to interact to each others virtually. From time to time, I will post some notes and also important information here. So, you guys have to be alert and check on this blog regularly. For sure, you don't want to miss anything, right...

Okay then, happy blogging guys and girls! Looking forward to read your writing pieces!  :)