Recognizing Nouns
What is a noun?
a person, place thing or idea
Singular subjects take ? verbs while plural subjects take ? verbs?
singular, plural
Predicate Nominatives follow what kind of verbs while direct objects and indirect objects follow what kind of verbs?
linking, action
Gerunds function as what part of speech?
noun
Where did Gladys Aylward serve?
China
Audience is an example of what kind of noun?
collective
That chicken (lay, lays) blue eggs
lays
Identify any PN, DO, IO, AP, OP, or DA:
Sketching is one of my favorite ways to relax.
one=PN, ways=OP
What is the gerund phrase?
Making macarons for my neighbors has become a tradition.
making macarons for my neighbors
In Adrift on an Ice-Pan, what was Grenfell's occupation
missionary doctor
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
a common noun names any person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun names a specific one.
One of my friends (live, lives) in Israel right now
lives
Identify any PN, DO, IO, OP, DA, or AP:
I got my nieces and nephew maple leaf lollipops in Cananda
nieces and nephew=IO, lollipops=DO, Canada=OP
Identify the infinitive.
I have not had the chance to finish my Christmas shopping.
to finish my Christmas shopping
What was the setting forBy Way of the Water Tank?
Pakistan
What kind of single noun uses two or more words?
compound
Sausage gavy and biscuits (is, are) delicious.
is
Identify any PN, DO, IO, OP, DA, or AP:
My brother Philip mows yards for Shertzer Lawn Care & Landscaping.
Philip=AP, yards=DO, Shertzer Lawn Care &Landscaping=OP
Indentify the noun clause:
My niece is hoping that I will take her to Art of Recycle for her birthday
that I will take her to Art of Recycle for her birthday
What did John Paton write?
Cannibals at Work
The House of Respresentatives would fit in what categories of nouns?
proper, compound, collective
Neither my brothers nor my dad (go, goes) hunting
goes
My housemates Martina and Yvonne and I will give our neighbors macarons for Christmas.
Martina and Yvonne=AP, neighbors=IO, macarons=DO, Christmas=OP
Idenitfy the noun clause and how it is used in the sentence
Share the Gospel message with whoever will listen.
whoever will listen, OP
Word for word what is the quote to know from Mrs. Ching?
Iunbound all their little feet, and bathed each one, singing to them and loving them