Common nouns in English (Kata Benda Umum dalam Bahasa Inggris)

Common nouns

These are names of everyday things that we can see, hear or touch.
For example:
  table, banana, volcano, song
We can put the word ‘the’ in front of them and make sense, as in:
  the rope, the poison
If it does not make sense, the word cannot be a noun.

Activities: common nouns

Students could do the following:
1.  Walk outside, touch and name things as they pass. This is especially
popular with young children.
2. Walk outside. Come back in and name the things that they saw.
In class, the children can take turns to name one thing without
repeating any.
3. As above, then write down the things that they saw. Read the list
aloud. Write the words on the board.
4. Using pictures of indoor or outdoor scenes provided, students name
or list the objects they see in their picture. This activity is particularly
popular with ESL students of any age.
5.  Make sentences using some of the selected words, underlining each
noun.
6. Play any form of the ever-popular parlour game ‘The Old Oak Chest’,
in which students in turn name items found in the Old Oak Chest,
each person repeating the list in its correct order and adding one
item of their own. This game can be played in a variety of ways,
such as naming articles bought at the market, or found under the
Christmas tree.
7. List things beginning with letters in alphabetical order.
For their own reference, students should write a heading NOUNS in
their grammar exercise books, followed by an accurate definition and
several examples.