1. Nouns A noun is a person, place, thing or idea.
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Nouns
A noun is a person, place, thing or idea.
A common noun is a general person, place, or thing.
A proper noun refers to a
particular person, place, or
thing and is usually capitalized.
lizard
Godzilla
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Collective Nouns
A collective noun refers to a group made up of several elements.
A herd of cows.
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3. A tick, an aardvark, and a wart.
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Articles
Three little words a, an, and the, are called articles or determiners. When you see one of these words, you know that a noun is about to pop up before your very eyes.
A tick, an aardvark, and a wart.
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4. Pronoun A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns.
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Pronoun
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns.
Semore is an unusual child. Yesterday, he shaved his head with his father’s electric razor. Then he carefully braided the hairs on his legs and arms. On his face, he applied a rub-on tattoo of a small warthog. Semore’s parents hope that he is simply going through a phase.
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Adjectives are words that modify, describe, or add detail to nouns and pronouns.
Adjectives help the reader visualize what the author writes.
The rat, gigantic, crazy-eyed and straggly, bared its sharp, pointed fangs and devoured the cheese.
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6. Adjectives Answer Questions
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Adjectives Answer Questions
Adjectives answer four questions about nouns and pronouns:
1. What kind?
2. How many?
Which one?
How much?
Can you match the adjectives to answer each question?
The rat, gigantic, crazy-eyed and straggly, bared its sharp, pointed fangs and devoured the cheese.
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Proper Adjectives
Some adjectives are formed using proper nouns, and they’re called…proper adjectives.
What other proper adjectives do you know?
Except for the African killer bees and South American ants, Thadeus enjoyed his camping trip.
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