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GRAMMAR TIME! A QUICK REVIEW FOR YOUR INTERACTIVE GRAMMAR NOTEBOOK NOUNS – A PERSON, PLACE, THING, OR IDEA THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF NOUNS: Type of Noun Definition Examples Common Proper A generic person, place, thing, or idea. board, teacher, car Concrete A physical and usually touchable object or substance. board, desk, floor, book, stove Abstract Nouns that identify concepts, ideas, qualities, experiences, feelings silence, love, strength, courage, faith Singular A form of noun meaning one of something. pencil, paper, desk Plural Noun meaning more than one of something. pencils, papers, desks Collective A noun that means a group of individuals. assembly, family, crew A specific person, place, thing, or idea. Smart Board, Mrs. Penniston, Dodge Durango COMPOUND NOUNS – TWO NOUNS JOINED TO MAKE ONE. Type of Compound Noun Definition Open The adjective is used with it’s living room noun to create a new noun. dinner table full moon Closed Two nouns look like one word Hyphenated Examples notebook bookstore fireman Have hyphens between words. daughter-in-law Some may be written as factory-made closed nouns. ten-year-old NOUN FUNCTIONS IN A SENTENCE - HOW ARE NOUNS USED IN SENTENCES? Function Definition Example Subject Tells “who” or “what” about the Jonathan ran to school. verb. Predicate noun A noun that renames the subject. Mr. Thomas is the teacher of my class. Direct Object Answers “who” or “what” after an action verb. David threw the ball to John. Indirect Object Tells “to whom” or “for whom” the action is done. Dad gave Brad money to buy the car. Object of preposition The last word in a prepositional The boy was hurt in the phrase. accident. Appositive Explains a noun or pronoun that comes just before it. Rebecca’s sister, Rachel, was an intelligent student. VERBS - THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES Type Action Definition Example A verb that expresses something that a person, animal, object or process in nature can do. Cheri went shopping after work. Linking Verbs that do not express action. They connect the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject. Helping (auxiliary) A verb that comes before the main Jane can ride her bike. verb in a sentence. Always stands in front of the main verb. There can be more than one helping verb in a sentence. Janice is a shopaholic.