chapter 2 nouns Flashcards
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What do nouns name?
Nouns name persons, places, or things.
What are the two forms of nouns?
Nouns can be singular or plural, and they may be made possessive.
What is a common noun?
Common nouns name any person, place, or thing.
What is a proper noun?
Proper nouns name specific persons, places, or things.
What are count nouns?
Count nouns can be singular or plural.
What are noncount nouns?
Noncount nouns are always singular in form and cannot be counted.
What are compound nouns?
Compound nouns are a combination of two or more words.
What are collective nouns?
Collective nouns refer to a group.
How can a collective noun be considered?
A collective noun, although singular in form, can usually be considered plural when the individuals of the group act separately.
What are concrete nouns?
Concrete nouns, most of which are count nouns, refer to material things that can be experienced by at least one of the five senses.
What are abstract nouns?
Abstract nouns, most of which are noncount nouns, refer to abstract ideas.
What do pronouns do?
Pronouns substitute for nouns or for a noun and its modifiers.
What is an antecedent?
The antecedent is the word that a pronoun replaces.
What do personal pronouns show?
Personal pronouns show person, number, gender, and case.
What do indefinite pronouns refer to?
Indefinite pronouns refer to nonspecific persons, places, or things.
What do demonstrative pronouns do?
Demonstrative pronouns point out specific persons, places, or things.
What do relative pronouns show?
Relative pronouns show a relationship between themselves and another word in the sentence.
Do indefinite relative pronouns have antecedents?
Indefinite relative pronouns do not have antecedents.
What do interrogative pronouns do?
Interrogative pronouns ask a question.
What are reflexive pronouns used for?
Reflexive pronouns are used as objects but refer to the same person or thing as the subject of the sentence.
What do intensive pronouns do?
Intensive pronouns emphasize a noun or pronoun that is already present in the sentence.
What do reciprocal pronouns express?
Reciprocal pronouns express a mutual relationship between or among the persons mentioned in the subject of the sentence.
