nouns, noun phrases, verbs

Question 1

what are the four types of noun?

Answer 1

• proper nouns
• common nouns
• concrete nouns
• abstract nouns

Question 2

what is a proper noun?

Answer 2

• Usually begin with a capital letter.
• They refer to specific people and places
  e.g - Chris, Paris, Venus.

Question 3

what is a common noun?

Answer 3

• less specific and refer to types of people, places, and feelings
  e.g, city, man, excitement

Question 4

what is a concrete noun?

Answer 4

• refers to things that exist physically
• things we can see and feel
  e.g, computer, hand, house, tiger

Question 5

what is an abstract noun?

Answer 5

• refers to things that do not exist physically, such as emotions and concepts.
  e.g, love, happiness, communism.

Question 6

what is a noun phrase?

Answer 6

• a phrase which contains the complete description of a noun
• often they start with a determiner
• they do not contain verbs

Question 7

what questions can adjectives answer?

Answer 7

• Which one?
• What kind?
• How many?

Question 8

what type of adjective is “beautiful” in this example?

“The day was beautiful”

Answer 8

• post modifying predicate adjective (comes after the noun)

Question 9

what type of adjective is the word “beautiful” in the following sentence?

“A beautiful day”

Answer 9

• pre-modifying attributive adjective (comes before the noun)

Question 10

what is a superlative adjective?

Answer 10

• describes an object at the upper/lower limit of a quality
  e.g, the tallest, the best, the shortest

Question 11

what is a comparative adjective?

Answer 11

• used to compare two nouns they modify
  e.g, The Eiffel tower is larger than the Big Ben

Question 12

What is an attributive adjective?

Answer 12

• an adjective that comes directly before or after the object it modifies
  e.g, “a tall person” or “someone tall”

Question 13

what is a predicate adjective

Answer 13

• adjectives or adjective phrases that follow linking verbs
  e.g “The joke was funny”