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Nouns & Kinds of Nouns
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A NOUN is a word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
Definition A NOUN is a word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. thing person ? idea place
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Person Michael John Jessica man sister teacher
A noun can name a person by name: A noun can name a kind of a person: Michael John Jessica man sister teacher
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Place Ohio Islamabad New York City classroom park home
A noun can name a place: A noun can name a kind of place: Ohio Islamabad New York City classroom park home
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Thing school Computer Ball t-shirt hamburger jump rope
A noun can name a thing A noun can name a kind of thing: school Computer Ball t-shirt hamburger jump rope
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What ideas might this person have?
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?
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There are two basic kinds of nouns:
Common Proper
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Common Nouns A COMMON NOUN names a general person, place, thing, or idea. It does not refer to something specific. shoe cat house
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Proper Nouns A PROPER NOUN names a specific person, place, thing, or idea. It refers to a NAME of a noun. Nike Felix White House
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Concrete & Abstract Nouns
In addition to common and proper nouns, there are also CONCRETE and ABSTRACT nouns. Hats—concrete noun Love—abstract noun
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CONCRETE NOUNS CONCRETE NOUNS are nouns that you
can see, hear, touch, smell, or taste.
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Abstract NOUNS ABSTRACT NOUNS are nouns that you
cannot see, hear, touch, smell, or taste. They are ideas, qualities, and feelings that cannot be seen or touched. RESPONSIBILITY FAIRNESS JUSTICE
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Classify these Nouns: bike planet desk scissors Jupiter justice judge
dollar Christian snow city Islam Philadelphia Pennsylvania friendship COMMON PROPER CONCRETE ABSTRACT Jupiter Philadelphia bike scissors snow planet judge city Christian Pennsylvania desk dollar justice Islam friendship
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Practice Identify 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.
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Practice Continued 4. Mrs. Maugle’s students have great respect for her. 5. Students have a barrel of fun in Miss McElhatten’s class.
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Knowledge Testing What is a noun? What is a concrete 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.
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VERBS
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What is Verb? A verb is a word which describes the action
in a sentence (the doing word). Examples I play football. They skip quickly. We eat spaghetti. Bob is seven today.
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The verb is pounds; it’s what Andy is doing.
Let’s Practice: Andy pounds on his drum all day. Who? Andy “What does Andy do?” pounds The verb is pounds; it’s what Andy is doing.
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Identify the verbs Melanie ate a baked potato.
Hector and Tom are reading. They painted the house. Did you carry his suitcase? My plant grows quickly.
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Regular 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 _______
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Irregular 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.
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PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE
Past Verb Those verbs that undergo substantial changes when changing forms between tenses are irregular verbs. PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE Go Went Run Ran Sing Sang Bring Brought Think Thought
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Exercise My Mother ______ late nights. (work)
Yesterday, I ______ the dog for a long. Walk (Take) I _________ my own vegetables last year (grow)
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Auxiliary 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
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Helping Verbs Have Has Had Can Will Shall Could Would Should
Do Did Does Am Were Is Was May Might Must Be Being Been
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Some examples 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.
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Verb Tenses Present Tense Past Tense Past Participle Travel Traveled Had traveled Share Shared Had shared Climb Climbed Had climbed Run Ran Had run Eat Ate Had eaten Is Was Had been Begin Began Had Begun Give Gave Had given Sing ? ? Teach ? ? Write ? ? Know ? ? See ? ?
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Identify the complete verb in the following sentences.
I remembered Mrs. Smith, who had shown me kindness. I was unable to follow current events. Fred forgot his appointment. I began the story. I had drunk three cartons of milk at lunch. Peru has both modern cities and ancient ones. The city’s population is actually growing.
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Pronouns Replace Nouns Me? You! Replace Nouns She He Girl Man
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Words used to replace nouns (antecedent)
What are pronouns? Words used to replace nouns (antecedent) Place It Person He, She Thing(s) It/They Idea(s) It/They
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(There are more than these.)
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.)
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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.
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QUIZ TOMORROW! Nouns and pronouns Verbs and verb tenses
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