Lesson 1: Nouns Flashcards

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1
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a word used to name a person, place, thing, state or quality

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Nouns

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used to name a specific person, place, or thing. These begin with a capital letter.

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Proper nouns

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nouns that are general

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Common nouns

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4
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nouns that name groups

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Collective nouns

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5
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nouns that cannot be counted

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Mass nouns

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These have no physical existence. They refer to ideas, emotions and concepts you cannot see, touch, hear, smell, or taste.

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Abstract nouns

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These refer to people or things that exist physically and that at least one of the senses can detect. You can touch, smell, see, or hear them.

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Concrete nouns

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the one that is talked about in the sentence

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Subject of the Sentence

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indicates that somebody direct is being addressed by the speaker

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Vocative

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recieves the action of the verb, answer the question “who or what”

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Direct object

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Answers the question to whom or for whom

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Indirect object

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refers back to the subject. comes after a linking verb

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Subject noun predicate

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comes after the direct object. refers back to the object

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Object noun predicate

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Comes after a preposition

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Object of the preposition

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