Download Grammar Lesson 7

G.L. 7 - Concrete, Abstract, and Collective
Nouns
• Concrete noun: names a person, place, or thing; can be common or proper
• Abstract noun: names something that cannot be seen or touched, it names
something you can think about
• Collective noun: names a collection of persons, places, animals, or things
G.L. 8 - Helping Verbs
• Every predicate contains a verb
• The main verb may have one or more helping verbs
• The main verb shows the action, the helping verbs do not show action, but
they help to form the verb tense
• Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been, has, have, had, may, might, must, can,
could, do, does, did, shall, will, should, would
G.L. 9 - Singular, Plural, Compound, and
Possessive Nouns/ Noun Gender
• Singular or plural: nouns are either singular or plural
• Singular noun: names only one person, place, or thing
• Plural noun: names more than one person, place, or thing
Compound and Possessive
• Compound nouns: made up of two or more words, sometimes written as
one word (classroom), often we write them as two words (snow tire), some
are hyphenated (brother-in-law)
• Possessive nouns: tell “who” or “what” owns something, can be singular or
plural, have an apostrophe and an s added to them (Sam’s)
• Usually only an apostrophe is added to plural nouns when they end with the
letter s (elephants’)
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We also group nouns according to gender
In English, there are four genders:
Masculine- uncle, brother, buck
Feminine- aunt, sister, doe
Indefinite (either sex)- sibling, horse, deer
Neuter (no sex)-socks, desk, bicycle