3. Nouns Overview

Question 1

Nouns

Answer 1

words that indicate person, place, or thing 11

Question 2

Nouns can function

Answer 2

1. Subject
2. object of verb or preposition
3. predicate noun 11

Question 3

Predicate Noun

Answer 3

nouns that follow linking verbs to rename or re-identify the subject of a sentence or clause 11

Question 4

subject

Answer 4

is the person or thing doing, performing, or controlling the action of the verb 11

Question 5

3 roles of grammatical objects

Answer 5

1. direct object of the verb
2. indirect object of the verb
3. object of the preposition 11

Question 6

Direct objects

Answer 6

receive the action of the verb in a sentence or clause 11

Question 7

Indirect Object

Answer 7

is the person or thing who receives the direct object of the verb ex- Please pass John the salt. 11

Question 8

Object of the Preposition

Answer 8

when a noun is part of a prepositional phrase 11

Question 9

Predicate Nouns

Answer 9

nouns that follow linking verbs. These serve to rename or re-identify the subject. 11

Question 10

Common Nouns

Answer 10

nouns that identify general people, places, or things - they name or identify that which is common among others 11

Question 11

Proper Nouns

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Nouns of Address

Answer 12

used in direct speech to identify the person or group being directly spoken to or to get someone’s attention 12

Question 13

Concrete Nouns

Answer 13

name people, place, animals, or things that are physically tangible (proper nouns are also usually concrete) 12

Question 14

Abstract Nouns

Answer 14

name intangible things like concepts, ideas, feelings, characteristics, attributes etc 12

Question 15

Countable / Count nouns

Answer 15

nouns that can be considered as individual, separable items that we can count. Also used with the indefinite article a and an 12

Question 16

Uncountable Nouns /
Mass Nouns /
Non-count Nouns

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Collective Nouns

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Attributive Nouns /
Noun Adjuncts

Answer 18

Nouns that modify other nouns or a compound noun ex - toy soldier 13

Question 19

Compound Noun

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Noun Phrase

Answer 20

is a group of two or more words that function together as a noun in a sentence 13

Question 21

Nominalization /
Creating Nouns

Answer 21

refers to the creation of a noun form from verbs or adjectives 13 ex act > actor, accep > acceptance, difficulty (adj) > difficulty (noun) 13