Grammar: Nouns

Question 1

nouns

Answer 1

refer to a person, place or thing

Question 2

nouns can play the role of

Answer 2

subject, direct object, indirect object, subject complement, object complement, appositive, adjective

Question 3

abstract noun

Answer 3

noun which cannot be identified using one of the five senses

Question 4

collective nouns

Answer 4

noun which is refers to a group of nouns

Question 5

common nouns

Answer 5

words for people, places or things that aren’t specific

Question 6

concrete noun

Answer 6

noun which can be identified through one of the five senses

Question 7

generic noun

Answer 7

noun which is part of a generic statement

Question 8

countable nouns

Answer 8

nouns which can be counted

Question 9

uncountable nouns

Answer 9

nouns which come in a state or quantity which is impossible to count

Question 10

possessive nouns

Answer 10

nouns which possess something; can be identified by ‘s

Question 11

proper nouns

Answer 11

names of specific people or places

Question 12

irregular nouns

Answer 12

nouns which don’t follow a spelling pattern when pluralized

Question 13

compound nouns

Answer 13

words where two nouns have been stuck together to make a new noun; should be written as 1 word, without a hyphen

Question 14

types of nouns:

Answer 14

abstract, collective, common, concrete, generic, countable, uncountable, possessive, proper, irregular, compound