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Four Types of Nouns concrete abstract collective compound
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Concrete Nouns You can experience this group of nouns with at least one your five senses: see them, hear them, smell them, taste them, or feel them.
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Concrete Noun Cow
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You can see the cow.
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You can touch the cow.
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You can hear the cow.
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You can taste the cow.
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Another Concrete Noun Car Can You... hear the engine? smell the exhaust? feel the fabric covering the seat? See the car?
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Abstract Nouns-nouns that cannot be experienced by at least one of the five senses. Happiness We cannot see, hear, smell, taste, or touch this. We can only see the physical manifestations of it. Love We cannot see, hear, smell, taste, or touch this. We can only see the physical actions and circumstances that we associate with it.
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Where’s the love? There is nothing here except a silhouette of two faces touching.
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Is this bravery or just a man going into a burning building?
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Compare Concrete student fire fighter dog pencil computer Abstract intelligence bravery loyalty happiness convenience
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Collective Nouns-the name of a number or collection of people or things taken together and spoken of as one whole gaggle of geesesociety
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More Collective Nouns clan of hyenasmurder of crows
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and a few more because I think they are fun! herd of goatsarmy of ants
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And Finally... clutch of chickscolony of beavers
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Compound Nouns-A noun that is made with two or more words. Each compound noun acts as a single unit and can be modified by adjectives and other nouns Compound Nouns come in three forms. 1.open or spaced - space between words (tennis shoe) 2.hyphenated - hyphen between words (six-pack) 3.closed or solid - no space or hyphen between words (bedroom)
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Noun + Noun Compounds footballbus stop
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Adjective + Nouns Compounds softwarewhite board
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Verb + Noun Compounds breakfastswimming pool
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Noun + Verb Compounds sunrisehaircut
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Verb + Preposition Compounds checkoutto do
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Noun + Prepositional Phrase Compounds mother-in-lawlady in waiting
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Preposition + Noun Compounds underworldoverachiever
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Noun + Adjective Compounds teaspoonfultruckfuls
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