2. NOUNS NOUN: thewordnoun comes fromthelatinword “nomen” , whichmeans “name”. A nounsisthepart of spechthatnames a person, pleace, thingor idea. Nounsthatname a personorpleace are easytoidentify. • Person: unclemike, neihbor, girls, bob, swimmer, Mrs Yang, captan smith. • Pleace: Library,Dallas, garden, city, kitchen, james River, canyon, oklahoma. • ThecategoryThing: Includes visible thing, ideas, actions, conditions and qualities. • Ideas: independence, democracy, militarism, capitalism, freedom, recession. • Actions: Work,research, explorations,competitions,exercice,labor. • Conditions: Sadness, illness, excitement, joy, health, happiness. • Qualities: kindness, patience, ability, compassion, intelligence, drive. animals
3. CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT NOUNS Nouns can alsobegrouped as concrete orabstrac. A concrtenounnamessomethingyou can SEE, TOUCH, TASTE, HEART or SMELL. Anabstractnounnamessomethingyou can notperceivethroughany of your 5 senses. CONCRETE NOUNS: person, road, city, music. ABSTRACT NOUNS: Hope, improvement, indpendence, cooperation, desperation. COLLECTIVE NOUNS: A collectivenounnames a group of peopleorthings. A collectivenoun looks singular, butitsmeaningmaybe singular or plural dependingonhowitisused in a sentence.
4. COLECTIVE NOUNS ARMYS, CLASS,CAST, FACULTY, TROOP CREW, LEGISLATURE. Do notconfuse COLLECTIVE NOUNS thatnames a collection of peopleorthingsacting as a unitwith plural nouns
5. Compound A compoundnounmade up of twoor more wordsacting as single unit. Compoundnounsmaybewritten as SEPARATE words, HYPHENATED wordsor COMBINED words. SEPARATE: Lifepreserver, coffeetable, birddog. Hyphenated: Sargent- at-arms, Self-rule daughter-in law. Combined: battlefield, dreamland, porthole.
