3. Nouns Overview Flashcards
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Nouns
words that indicate person, place, or thing 11
Nouns can function
- Subject
- object of verb or preposition
- predicate noun 11
Predicate Noun
nouns that follow linking verbs to rename or re-identify the subject of a sentence or clause 11
subject
is the person or thing doing, performing, or controlling the action of the verb 11
3 roles of grammatical objects
- direct object of the verb
- indirect object of the verb
- object of the preposition 11
Direct objects
receive the action of the verb in a sentence or clause 11
Indirect Object
is the person or thing who receives the direct object of the verb ex- Please pass John the salt. 11
Object of the Preposition
when a noun is part of a prepositional phrase 11
Predicate Nouns
nouns that follow linking verbs. These serve to rename or re-identify the subject. 11
Common Nouns
nouns that identify general people, places, or things - they name or identify that which is common among others 11
Proper Nouns
use to identify an absolute unique person, place, or thing and they are signified by capital letters no matter where they appear in a sentence 12
Nouns of Address
used in direct speech to identify the person or group being directly spoken to or to get someone’s attention 12
Concrete Nouns
name people, place, animals, or things that are physically tangible (proper nouns are also usually concrete) 12
Abstract Nouns
name intangible things like concepts, ideas, feelings, characteristics, attributes etc 12
Countable / Count nouns
nouns that can be considered as individual, separable items that we can count. Also used with the indefinite article a and an 12
Uncountable Nouns /
Mass Nouns /
Non-count Nouns
nouns that can not be separated and counted as individual units or elements. No a/an indefinite article. Not make plural. ex - tea, information, equipment etc
Collective Nouns
nouns that refer to a collection or group of multiple people, animals, or things. Functino as a singular noun because refer to the group as a whole. ex - flock, organization, set
Attributive Nouns /
Noun Adjuncts
Nouns that modify other nouns or a compound noun ex - toy soldier 13
Compound Noun
a noun composed of two or more words working together as a single unit to name a person, place, or thing ex - water bottle, backpack 13
Noun Phrase
is a group of two or more words that function together as a noun in a sentence 13
Nominalization /
Creating Nouns
refers to the creation of a noun form from verbs or adjectives 13 ex act > actor, accep > acceptance, difficulty (adj) > difficulty (noun) 13
