NOUN Flashcards
A word used to name a person, place, thing, state or quality.
NOUN
Kinds of Nouns:
Proper nouns
Common nouns
Collective nouns
Mass nouns
Concrete nouns
Abstract nouns
A type of noun that is specific. Their first letters are capitalized.
Proper noun
A type of noun that is common/general in terms
Common nouns
A type of noun that is group
Collective noun
A type of noun that don’t start w/ capital letter
Improper Noun
A type of noun that cannot be counted
Mass nouns
A type of noun that already exists in the physical world
Concrete nouns
A type of nouns that is perceived by the senses
Concrete nouns
A type of nouns that refers to ideas and feelings
Abstract nouns
Functions of noun:
Subject
Vocative
Direct object
Indirect object
Subjective complement
Objective complement
Object of preposition
Appositive
The one that is being talked about
Ex. The CAT is mine.
Subject
The one addressed in the sentence.
Ex. Where is the cat, MONA?
Vocative
The receiver of the action (action verb).
Answers who, what
Ex. Mona likes the CAT.
Direct object
Answers to whom/ for whom, comes first before DO.
Ex. Mona left the CAT(IO) some food(DO).
Indirect Object
