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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.