nouns & kinds of nouns definition a noun is a word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an...
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Nouns &
Kinds of Nouns
Definition
A NOUN is a word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
person
place
thing
idea
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Person
A noun can name a person by name:
A noun can name a kind of a person:
Place
A noun can name a place:
A noun can name a kind of place:
classroomclassroom
Thing
A noun can name a thing
A noun can name a kind of thing:
IDEA?Why can’t we identify the idea in this picture?
Ideas are thoughts and
cannot be seen. Examples of ideas include
happiness, joy, pain, and fairness.
What ideas might this person have?
Kinds of Nouns
There are two basic kinds of nouns:
1. Common2. Proper
Common Nouns
A COMMON NOUN names a general person, place, thing, or idea. It does not refer to something specific.
cat
house
shoe
Proper Nouns
A PROPER NOUN names a specific person, place, thing, or idea. It refers to a NAME of a noun.
Felix
White House
Nike
Concrete & Abstract Nouns
In addition to common and propernouns, there are also CONCRETE andABSTRACT nouns.
Hats—concrete noun
Love—abstract noun
CONCRETE NOUNS
CONCRETE NOUNS are nouns that youcan see, hear, touch, smell, or taste.
Abstract NOUNS
ABSTRACT NOUNS are nouns that youcannot see, hear, touch, smell, or taste. Theyare ideas, qualities, and feelings that cannotbe seen or touched.
RESPONSIBILITY
FAIRNESS
JUSTICE
Classify these Nouns:
COMMON PROPER
CONCRETE
ABSTRACT
bike
planet
desk
scissors
Jupiter
justice
judge
dollar
Christian
snow
city
Islam
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
friendship
bikeplanet
desk
scissors Jupiter
justice
judge
dollar
Christiansnowcity
Islam
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
friendship
PracticeIdentify the nouns in each sentence. Then classify it as cc (common concrete), ca (common abstract), pc (proper concrete), or pa (proper abstract).
1. The children play with their toys.
2. Skylar rides the bus to Spring Cove Middle School.
3. Ramadan is celebrated by Muslims around the world.
Practice Continued
4. Mrs. Maugle’s students have great respect for her.
5. Students have a barrel of fun in Miss McElhatten’s class.
Knowledge Testing What is a noun?• a person, place, thing, or idea
What is a concrete noun?• a noun that can be seen, touched, heard, tasted, or
smelled
What is an abstract noun?• a noun that cannot be seen, touched, heard, tasted, or
felt. They are ideas, qualities, and feelings that cannot be seen or smelled
What is a proper noun?• A noun that names a specific person, place, thing, or idea
What is a common noun?• A noun that names a general person, place, thing, or idea.
A verb is a word which describes the action
in a sentence (the doing word).
ExamplesI play football.
They skip quickly.We eat spaghetti.
Bob is seven today.
What is Verb?
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Let’s Practice:Let’s Practice:
Andy pounds on his drum all day.
Who?
pounds
“What does Andy do?”
The verb is pounds; it’s what Andy is doing.
Andy
Identify the verbs
1. Melanie ate a baked potato.
2. Hector and Tom are reading.
3. They painted the house.
4. Did you carry his suitcase?
5. My plant grows quickly.
Regular VerbRegular Verb
•A verb that forms its past tense & present participle by adding – d or – ed
•Or in some cases –t to the base form.
•Share Shared•Spend Spent
•Walk _______•Count ________•Lose _______
Irregular VerbIrregular Verb
A verb that does not follow the usual rules for verb forms
Verbs in English are irregular if they don't have a conventional -ed ending (like asked or ended)
Example:1. Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result.
Past VerbPast Verb
Those verbs that undergo substantial changes when changing forms between tenses are irregular verbs.
PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE
Go WentRun Ran Sing Sang
Bring BroughtThink Thought
ExerciseExercise
• My Mother ______ late nights.
(work)
• Yesterday, I ______ the dog for a long. Walk. (Take)
• I _________ my own vegetables last year. (grow)
Auxiliary VerbsAuxiliary Verbs
• Also called helping verbs.They are necessary for the grammatical structure of a sentence, but they do not tell us very much alone. We usually use helping verbs with main verbs. They “help” the main verb (which has the real meaning).
• There are only 23 helping verbs in English
Have Has HadCan Will ShallCould Would ShouldDo Did DoesAm Were Is WasMay Might MustBe Being Been
Helping Verbs
27
• She is baking a cake today.
• She was baking a cake yesterday.
• She has been baking a cake today
• She can bake a cake.
• She would bake a cake if she could.
• She did bake the cake yesterday.
• She must bake a cake for her English class.
• She will bake a cake tomorrow.
Some examplesSome examples
Verb Tenses
Present Tense Past Tense Past Participle
Travel Traveled Had traveledShare Shared Had sharedClimb Climbed Had climbedRun Ran Had runEat Ate Had eatenIs Was Had beenBegin Began Had BegunGive Gave Had givenSing ? ?Teach ? ?Write ? ?Know ? ?See ? ?
Identify the complete verb in the following sentences.
1. I remembered Mrs. Smith, who had shown me kindness.
1. I was unable to follow current events.
1. Fred forgot his appointment.
1. I began the story.
1. I had drunk three cartons of milk at lunch.
1. Peru has both modern cities and ancient ones.
1. The city’s population is actually growing.
What are pronouns?
Words used to replace nouns (antecedent)
• Place It• Person He, She• Thing(s) It/They • Idea(s) It/They
Pronouns
• I, You, He, She, It, We, They
• Me, You, Him, Her, It, Us, Them
• My, Your, His, Hers, Its, Our, Their
• Myself, Yourself, Himself, Herself, Itself, Ourselves, Yourselves, Themselves
• (There are more than these.)
Pronoun Practice:Replace the noun with the
pronoun.
• Jake reads a magazine.
• The magazine was given to Jake.
• Jake’s subscription is running out.
• The dog wagged _____ tail.
• Tom and Jerry went to ______ vacation home in Mexico.
QUIZ TOMORROW!
• Nouns and pronouns
• Verbs and verb tenses