Parts Of Speech: The Noun Flashcards

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Noun

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Could be people, places, things, or ideas.

e. g.,
1. Raul
2. Argentina
3. Penguin
4. Dreams

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Example of a personal pronoun. That people confuse it to nouns.

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He

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E.g., of a demonstrative pronoun. That people confuse it to nouns

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This

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Singular Nouns

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Single nouns;

e. g.,
1. Dog
2. Cat
3. Dinosaur
4. Whale

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Plural Nouns

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“Plus” = “More” nouns;

e. g.,
1. Dogs
2. Cats
3. Dinosaurs
4. Whales

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if you can’t add an “s” to make it plural then they are; __________. Give examples.

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Irregular Plural Nouns:

  1. Leaf > Leaves
  2. Child > Children
  3. Fungus > Fungi
  4. Mouse > Mice
  5. Sheep > Sheep
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Regular Plural

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Define many nouns by simply adding an “s”

e. g.,

1. Cat > Cats

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Common Nouns

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More general kind of noun;

e. g.,
1. City
2. Frog
3. River
4. Mountain

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Proper Nouns

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More specific kind of nouns and it’s always capitalized;

e. g.,
1. Chicago {city}
2. Kermit {frog}
3. Nile {river}
4. Everest {mountain}

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Concrete Nouns

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Something that is concrete; PHYSICAL kind of nouns;

e. g.,
1. Dog
2. Ball
3. Cliff

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Abstract Nouns

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Something that is drawn away from physical reality kind of noun; NOT PHYSICAL kind of nouns;

e. g.,
1. Sadness
2. Happiness
3. Freedom

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Define and explain the types of Irregular plurals.

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In irregular plural you don’t add an “s” to make it plural.
there’s changes in words to make it plural.
1. f > ves
2. change to “en”
3. Base Plurals; which means no changes at all.
4. Mutant Plurals; none of them take “s” to become plural. They mutate into different vowel sound.
5. Foreign Plural; from another language.

e. g.,
1. leaf > leaves
2. child > children
3. Sheep > 2 Sheep
4. foot > feet
5. Larva > Larvae

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Base plural nouns

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When the word’s singular is the same as the plural.

  1. Sheep
  2. Fish {fishes = type of species/ science}
  3. Bison
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Mutant Plural nouns

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none of them take “s” to become plural. They mutate into different vowel sound.

e. g.,
1. Foot > Feet
2. Woman > Women
3. Man > Men
4. Tooth > Teeth
5. Goose > Geese
6. Mouse > Mice
7. Louse > Lice

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Foreign Plural Nouns

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a noun borrowed from another language that has kept its original plural form rather than adapt the usual English plural ending of -s.

e. g.,
1. Larva > Larvae
2. Fungus > Fungi
3. Datum > Data
4. Index > indices
5. Thesis > Theses
6. Criterion > Criteria

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