Nouns Flashcards
Common Noun
The name of something you can see or touch - Eg, Dog, Hat or Apple
Proper Noun
Name of a person, place or thing - Eg, Matilda, Christchurch or Sydney Opera House
Collective Noun
A name given to a group of persons or things - Eg, Team, Herd or Litter
Abstract Noun
Something you feel - Eg, Hope, Sadness or Joy
Concrete Nouns
Something you can see or touch - Eg, Tree, hat or nose
Technical Noun
A specific area or topic - Eg, Galaxy, Oxygen and fraction
Terms-of-address Noun
When we are talking or writing to someone - Eg, Mrs Lawson, Your Honour and Sir
Count or countable Nouns
A noun that can be counted Eg, Dolphins, apples and pillows
Non-countable Nouns
A noun that cannot be counted - Eg, Fun, Homework and traffic
Verbal Nouns
A verb ending in ing that is used as a noun - Eg, Running, eating and dancing
Modal Nouns
A degree of possibility, certainty or obligation - Eg, Probability, necessity and chance
Compound Noun
A noun made of two words - Eg, Teabag, Snowman and bookshelf
Noun phrase
A noun phrase is a phrase that does the work of a noun - Eg, Eating apples, going fishing and playing tennis
Pronoun
Personal noun - Eg, She, I and her
Noun Clause
A noun clause does the work of a noun and contains a subject and a verb but does not make sense on its own - Eg, What I saw at the movies… was scary
Three types of pronouns
First person (I, me and mine) Second person (You, yours) and Third person (He, she and it)
Personal pronouns
People, Places, things and ideas
Ask who or what after the verb
