Noun Types
Define a concrete noun.
A person, place, or thing.
What is the noun function of the italicized word:
Julie plays basketball.
Subject
Is the verb transitive or intransitive? If Transitive identify the direct object.
The pigeon drank water from the muddy puddle.
Transitive
D.O.: water
What forms a verb phrase?
a main verb + one or more helping verbs
What is the noun that fits the following definition?
A specific name of a person place or thing
Proper Noun
What is the Noun Function of the italicized word:
Tony loves eating pizza.
Direct object
Is the verb transitive or intransitive? If Transitive identify the direct object.
The giant octopus lives in the Pacific Ocean.
Intransitive
What is the verb phrase in the sentence?
Carlos will not be playing baseball this season
Will not be playing
List all of the concrete nouns in the sentence.
Hiroko plays softball, tennis, and volleyball in the summer.
Hiroko, softball, tennis, volleyball, summer
List the 5 noun functions
Subject, D.O., I.O., O.P., P.N.
Is the verb transitive or intransitive? If Transitive identify the direct object.
The assistant coach made a suggestion.
Transitive
D.O.: Suggestion
What type of veb fits the following definition?
Expresses a state of being or condition
Linking Verb
What is a collective noun for a group of people?
Group, Crowd, Company, Audience, class, student body
Write a sentence with an Indirect Object. Underline the IO
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Is the verb transitive or intransitive? If Transitive identify the direct object.
Most dinosaurs resembled birds in their leg and foot structure.
Transitive
D.O.: Birds
What is the definition of an irregular verb? Provide an example of an irregular verb
A verb that does not follow a predictable pattern
Provide an example of 3 abstract nouns.
Answers may vary
What is the definition of an Indirect Object?
Noun that receives the object
Is the verb transitive or intransitive? If Transitive identify the direct object.
The eagle soared higher and higher in the sky.
Intransitive
Higher and higher answers "how" not "what"
What are the 8 forms of "to be"
Be, being, been, am, are, were, was, is