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What are nouns?

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Nouns are a place, person, thing, idea, and action.

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What type of nouns are there?

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There are three categories of nouns:
-Concrete or abstract nouns
-Proper or common nouns
-Plural or singular nouns
-Irregular plural or regular plural nouns

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What is a concrete noun?

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A concrete noun is something you can see, feel (physically), hear, smell, or taste.

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Which of the following nouns are concrete nouns?
1. Peanut butter
2. Tower
3. Love
4. Party

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Peanut butter and tower are concrete nouns since you can taste peanut butter, and see a tower.

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What is an abstract noun?

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An abstract noun is something that is intangible. You can sense it with your senses. Such as events, emotions, days, months, or a state of being.

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Which of the following nouns are abstract nouns?
-I went to this party yesterday and it was sick!
-Emma makes my heart filled with so much love and inspiration.
-The temperature is cold outside.
-Monday will be the best day of my life.
-Reading is for smart people.

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  1. Party
  2. Love and inspiration
  3. Temperature
  4. Morning
  5. Monday
  6. Reading
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What is a proper noun?

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A proper noun is a noun that indicates a specific person, place, or thing.

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What is a common noun?

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A common noun is a noun that indicates a general person, place, or thing. Rather than specific.

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Figure out which of the following nouns are proper or common nouns.
-Elizabeth
-Dog
-River
-Beatles
-Band

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“Elizabeth” is a proper noun
“Dog” is a common noun
“River” is a common noun
“Beatles” are a proper noun
“Band” is a common noun

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What are plural and singular nouns?

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Plural nouns are nouns that represent more than 1 noun. Singular nouns are nouns that represent just one.

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Figure out which of the following nouns are plural or singular
-Dog
-Cats
-Women
-Guitar
-Fans

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“Dog” is a singular noun
“Cats” is a plural noun
“Women” is a plural noun
“Guitar” is a singular noun
“fans” is a plural noun

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What is a regular plural noun?

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A regular plural noun is a noun that changes into a plural form (from singular) by changing or adding some letter. Usually ending in -s, -es, or -ies. Regular verbs follow a set of rules to change their endings.

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What is an irregular plural noun?

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An irregular plural noun is a noun that changes into a plural form (from singular) by changing the word entirely. Usually doesn’t refer to a set of rules to change.

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Which of the following are Irregular plural verbs and which are regular plural verbs?
-Geese
-Kids
-Leaves
-Women

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“Geese” is an irregular plural noun
“Kids” is a regular plural noun
“Leaves” is a regular plural noun
“Women” is an irregular plural noun

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What are the three main components that make up a simple sentence?

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Subject, predicate, and object.

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If a sentence has two or more subjects or objects, is it still a sentence?

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Yes, it becomes a compound sentence. It’s called having a compound object or compound subject.

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If a sentence does not have an object, is it still a sentence?

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Yes, if the sentence still expresses a complete though with out an object it can be a sentence.

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What is an adjective?

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An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. The adjective answers the questions of which one, what kind, or how many.

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What are an attributive adjective and a predictive adjective?

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An attributive adjective precedes the noun it modifies. A predictive adjective follows the noun it modifies.

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Which words of the following are adjectives? Are they predictive or attributive?
1. That girl over there is very beautiful.
2. Emma has soft and brown curly hair.
3. Three girls can be annoying to deal with.

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  1. That is an attributive adjective, and beautiful is a predictive adjective.
  2. soft and brown and curly are all attributive adjectives.
  3. Three is an attributive adjective
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What is a pronoun?

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A pronoun is a word that takes place for nouns, they are helpful in making sentences easier to read.

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What type of pronouns are there?

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There are subject pronouns, object pronouns, and possessive pronouns

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