Fundamentals

Question 1

What are possessive nouns?

Answer 1

A noun has a possessive ending of it has an apostrophe or an apostrophise followed by an s. This shows that it belongs to someone

Question 2

What are the two types of adjectives?

Answer 2

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

-An adjective can be comparative, e.g. Hotter

–It can also be superlative, e.g. Hottest

Question 3

What are the two categories that nouns fall under?

Answer 3

A noun is a name given to an entity

• A noun ca either be proper or common (These are nouns that begin with a capital letter)
• A common noun can either be concrete (physical), abstract (not physical) or collective (group)

Question 4

What effect do comparatives have?

Answer 4

They highlight the differences between two objects

Question 5

What effect do superlatives have?

Answer 5

• If positive, they put an object on a pedestal and make it seem like it is the best
• If negative, it denounces something as completely undesirable

Both of these are examples of hyperbole