A Traveler and An Old Man

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Pat Hogan was traveling around the country in his car. One evening he was driving along a road and looking for a small hotel where he saw and old man at the side of the road. He stopped his car and said to the old man, “I want to go to the Sun Hotel. Do you know it?”

“Yes,” the old man answered. “I’ll show you the way”

He got into pat’s car and the drove for about twelve miles. When they came to a small house, the old man said, “Stop here.”

Pat stopped and looked at the house. “But this isn’t a hotel.” He said to the old man. 

“No,” the old man answered, “this is my house. And now I will show you the way to the Sun Hotel. Turn around and go back nine miles. Then you’ll see the Sun Hotel on the left.

Glossary

Answer (v) menjawab

Drive (v) mengendarai

Evening  (n) sore menjelang malam

Old        (adj) tua

Show (v) menunjukkan

Travel (v) bepergian

Turn around (v) memutar balik (arah)

Task One

Answer these questions:

1. What did Pat ask the old man when he stopped his car?

2. What did the old man answer?

3. How far did they drive?

4. What did Pat say when they stopped?

5. What did the old man say to Pat?

Task Two

Find the words in the story above which mean about the opposite of:

1. Young

2. Ask

3. Big

4. Right

5. Got out

Task Three

1. Which of the answers are correct?

a. In the old man’s house

b. In a hotel

c. In his own house

2. Why did Pat stop his car?

a. Because he saw a friend

b. Because the lights were red

c. Because he saw an old man

3. Where did the old man take Pat?

a. To the old man’s house

b. To Pat’s house

c. To the Sun Hotel

4. Why didn’t the old man stop Pat when they passed the hotel?

a. Because he wanted to get home

b. Because he did not know the hotel

c. Because he did not see the hotel

Practice with Noun

In a very simple word, we can say that “noun” is a word used to name a person, place, thing or idea.

Examples:

Persons : Habib, Me. Lukman Al Farisi, Fire fight, Indonesians, policeman.

Places : Banda Aceh, Kings Park, kichen, store, house, room.

Things : Biscuits, car, cat apple, scissor, knife, aircraft

Ideas : satisfaction, happiness, weakness, patience, sadness.

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Kinds of Noun

Proper Nouns

A proper noun normally names a particular person, place or thing, and is always capitalized.

Examples:

Personal Name : Sulaiman, Thomas, Ibnu Sina, James.

Names of country and city : Indonesia, Tunisia, Lhokseumawe, Boston.

Names of day and month : Sunday, Friday, Saturday, January, Augustus, November.

Common Nouns

A common noun usually names any one of a group of persons, places, or things, and is not capitalized. For instances: girl, day, sea, actor, queen, butterfly, and teacher.

Compound Nouns

Compound noun is the combination of two or more words may be used together as a single noun. The parts of a compound noun may be written as one word, as two or more words, or may be hyphenated.

Examples:

Housekeeper, basketball, drugstore, schoolteacher, commander in chief, tennis ball, father-in-low, baby-sitter, great-grandmother.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

In general, non-count nouns only have singular form. Most count nouns, on the other hands, have both singular and plural form. If nouns are ended by “o, ch, s, sh, x, z,” in addition, the nouns will form their plural by adding –es. If nouns are ended by none of these letters, in contrast, the nouns will form their plural by adding –s only (unless stated).

Look at the following words:

Singular Plural

glass glasses

quiz quizzes

bush bushes

tomato tomatoes

box boxes

church churches

pen pens

book books

cat cats

room rooms

Exceptional

1.Some nouns form their plurals with a vowel change or an ending change.

Singular Plural

foot feet

goose geese

tooth teeth

mouse mice

louse lice

man men

woman women

2.Some nouns form their plurals by changing a consonant before adding –s or –es.

Singular Plural

wolf wolves

leaf leaves

wife wives

knife knives

3.Some nouns form their plurals by adding an ending.

Singular Plural

child children

ox oxen

4.The nouns which are anded by “y”, before “u” is a consonant, will form their plurals by changing “y” into “I” before adding –es. However, such the nouns will form their plural by adding –s if before “y” is a vowel. 

Singular Plural

baby babies

city cities

country countries

lady ladies

hobby hobbies

boy boys

toy toys

key keys

day days

5.Some nouns have the same plural and singular form:

Bison fish series offspring

Deer salmon species spacecraft

Sheep trout corps

6.Some nouns end in –s but are actually singular and take singular verbs.

Academic subjects: mathematics, politics, physics, economic, civics, and statistics.

Example:

Physics Is my favorite subject.

Diseases: measles, mumps, and herpes.

Example:

Measles is normally contracted during childhood.

Close your eyes and think what you have got..