Unit-1 Flashcards
(15 cards)
What are common nouns?
Common nouns name ordinary things such as places, people, feelings, ideas and things.
What is a concrete noun?
A concrete noun names anything that you can physically see, hear, touch, taste or smell.
What is an abstract noun?
An abstract noun names qualities, feelings or ideas.
What is a modal noun?
A modal noun is an abstract noun that expresses the possibility or probability of something occurring.
Give examples of modal nouns.
- certainty
- likelihood
- chance
- possibility
- requirement
What is a collective noun?
A collective noun is a noun that names groups or collections of things.
Give examples of collective nouns.
- team
- class
- group
- gaggle (of geese)
- herd (of sheep)
What is a noun phrase?
A noun phrase is a noun plus a determiner and/or a modifier.
What can a determiner be?
- an article (the, a, an)
- a personal or possessive pronoun (this, that, his, hers, theirs)
- a number (ten, two, three)
What is the function of a determiner?
The determiner determines what the noun is.
What is a modifier in a noun phrase?
A modifier is an adjective, adjectival phrase or prepositional phrase that gives more specific information about the noun.
Provide examples of noun phrases with modifiers.
- some apples
- dark room
- difficult essay
- the boy who gave me this
Fill in the blank: A _______ noun names anything that you can physically see, hear, touch, taste or smell.
concrete
True or False: An abstract noun can be a quality or feeling.
True
Fill in the blank: A _______ noun is a noun that names groups or collections of things.
collective
