A noun can be three things....
What is a person, place or thing?
The first thing we learned about what verbs do
What is an action word?
A group of people working, eating, sleeping together.
What is civilization?
Sort of a circle, filled with water.
What is a lake?
Plain person place or thing: for example
girl, store, car
What is a common noun?
Every sentence must have one of these
What is a verb?
You can grow plants there.
What is fertile?
When you have more than you need.
What is a surplus?
Specific person place or thing
For Example: Jane, Safeway, Tesla
What is a proper noun?
REMEMBER PROPER NOUNS ALWAYS GET CAPITAL LETTERS.
These verbs express a state of being rather than an action. They usually relate to thoughts, emotions, relationships, senses, states of being, and measurements.
What are Stative Verbs?
Land in between two mountains
What is a valley?
The sky, wind, and how it may (or may not) rain or snow.
What is weather?
These describe nouns.
What is an adjective?
"You are what you eat." There is a stative verb in here...
What is are?
A big stream of water
What is a river?
A place where people and animals live
What is an environment?