Nouns: Definitions
What's a common noun?
The generic name for a person, place, or thing in a class or group
What's a Noun?
A name of a person, place, thing or idea.
-Richard.
-Restaurant.
-Car.
What type of noun are the highlighted words:
"There are five CHAIRS in our office."
Common noun.
A set of words that has a complete meaning in itself.
The majority of nouns in English are...
Countable Nouns.
What's a proper noun?
A proper noun is that which names a particular person, place, or thing.
What's an adjective?
An adjective describes, modifies or gives more information about a noun or pronoun.
-Little.
-Pink.
-Thick.
What type of noun are the highlighted words:
"What is that NOISE?"
Concrete noun.
What are the elements of a simple sentence?
A simple sentence has the most basic elements: a subject, a verb, and a completed thought.
"Mary Magdalene loves cats."
They can be preceded by a numeral determiner or indefinite article.
Countable Nouns.
A ________ noun designates something physical or material; it is at a hand's reach and it can be touched.
Concrete.
-Apple.
-Mountain.
-Cat.
-Office.
-Table.
What's an adverb?
An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It's used to tell how often, where, or when.
-Slowly.
-Very.
-Lazily.
-Well.
-Always.
What type of noun are the highlighted words:
"Early paleontologists assumed that the small brains of some dinosaurs indicated STUPIDITY of the species."
Abstract Noun.
What does a compound sentence do?
It puts two sentences.
It does it through a coordinating conjunction.
"The pirate captain lost her treasure map, but she still found the buried treasure."
In singular, they can never be by themselves, but they can in plural.
Countable Nouns.
"Happiness" "Knowledge" "Information" are example of...
Abstract Nouns.
Which part of speech is the highlighted verb:
I listen to the words and then REPEAT them.
It is a verb.
What type of noun are the highlighted words:
"There was a BLACKOUT around the block for hours."
Compound Noun.
What is a complex sentence?
It ties together a sentence or subordinate clause to a main sentence through a subordinated conjunction.
"I like to eat the candy before I watch a movie."
They can't be preceded by a numeral determiner. A unit of measure must be used instead.
Collective Nouns.
Conjunction words.
Which type of nouns are the highlighted words (more then one type):
"YESTERDAY, we got to hire our own BABYSITTER. Now, we can get a lot more work DONE in the office."
Adverb: Yesterday
Compound: Babysitter.
Verb: Done.
What type of sentence is this: "He studied hard because he wanted to go to medical school "
COMPLEX SENTENCE.
In English, the name of materials, fluids, and general concepts are usually....
Uncountable Nouns.