NOUNS 1 Flashcards
is anything that is a name of a person, animal, thing, place, or even a feeling or idea.
🔹NOUN
Examples:
Name - teacher, student,
Animal - frog, butterfly, dog
Thing - workbook, table, ring
Place - classroom, kitchen, dining
Feeling - tired, worry, love
Action - studying, reviewing, sleep
a type of noun that is a name of a SPECIFIC person, animal, place or thing.
The first letter of the name is always Capitalized.
🔹PROPER NOUN
Examples:
Bagiuo - Proper noun
(city - Common noun)
a type of noun that is a NON-SPECIFIC name of a person, place, or thing.
Typically Not capitalized.
🔹COMMON NOUN
Examples:
dog - common noun
(Labrador - proper noun)
a noun that refers to a COLLECTION of specific things, referring to it as a single unit.
🔹COLLECTIVE NOUN
*Examples:
Class of students
(Class is the collective noun)
Flock of birds
Army of frogs
Family
Team*
a noun that refers to a thing, person, or place that exists in the PHYSICAL world - something that can be perceived with the Five senses (sight, touch, hearing, smell, taste).
Even invisible things like air (which can be felt). Even microscopic things like bacteria.
🔹CONCRETE NOUN
a noun that represents an Idea, feeling quality or concept, something that we CANNOT touch, see, hear, smell or taste.
🔹ABSTRACT NOUN
Examples:
Concepts - freedom, justice, peace
Feelings - love, anger, happiness
Qualities - kindness, beauty, wisdom
State of being - existence, life, death
a type of noun that is made up of TWO OR MORE different words.
🔹COMPOUND NOUN
Examples:
Cake shop, french fries, sunflower etc.
a type of compound noun that has a space between the two words.
🔹SPACED OR OPEN COMPOUND NOUN
Examples:
fast food, flower shop, full moon
a type of compound noun that has a hyphen between the two words.
🔹HYPHENATED COMPOUND NOUN
Examples:
by-product
passer-by
father-in-law
a type of compound noun that has no desperation between the two joined words. Usually considered as a single word.
🔹SOLID OR CLOSED COMPOUND NOUN
Examples:
Sunflower, Classroom, Rainbow
