NOUN What is Noun? A noun is a word used to name a person‚ animal‚ place‚ thing‚ and abstract idea. Nouns are usually the first words which small children learn. The highlighted words in the following sentences are all nouns: Late last year our neighbours bought a goat. Portia White was an opera singer. The bus inspector looked at all the passengers’ passes. According to Plutarch‚ the library at Alexandria was destroyed in 48 B.C. Philosophy is of little comfort to the starving. Types Of
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Subject and Verb Agreement 1. Collective Nouns * Consider a collective noun singular when it refers to a group as a whole. The orchestra rises. My family loves to travel. * Consider it plural when it refers to each member of a group individually. The orchestra are voting for their new conductor. My family take turns choosing places to go. 2. Special Nouns * Nouns plural in form (ending in S) but singular in meaning take singular verbs. Acoustics‚ economics‚ linguistics‚ mathematics
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ADJECTIVES:“Adjectives are words that describe nouns by telling what kind‚ how many‚ or which one.” It can tell you what it Looks like Feels like Smells like Tastes like Sounds like Let’s Try Some! The magnificent butterfly flew under the branch. The butterfly with the colorful wings rested. One butterfly flew quietly beneath the tree. The butterfly fluttered its delicate wings. ATTRIBUTIVE Adjectives in the first position before the noun - are called ATTRIBUTIVE adjectives. the
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Infinitives General: An infinitive is‚ strictly speaking‚ an abstract verbal noun. The infinitive is used in Latin‚ as in English‚ as a noun: Errare humanum est = To err is human. When so used‚ the Latin infinitive is an indeclinable neuter noun. The infinitive is also used in Latin‚ as in English‚ to complete the meaning of another verb (complementary infinitive): Possum videre = I am able to see. Unlike English‚ Latin rarely uses an infinitive to indicate purpose. The infinitive is most
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Non-Defining Relative Clauses A relative clause is a clause that generally modifies a noun or noun phrase‚ and is introduced by a relative pronoun (which‚ that‚ who‚ whom‚ whose)‚ a relative adverb (where‚ when‚ why) or a zero relative. They are also known as an adjectival clause. For example: - Can I have the pencil that I gave you this morning? - Yesterday I called our friend Julie‚ who lives in New York. - In the summer I’m going to visit Italy‚ where my brother lives. There
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Lesson Plan in Grade 7 English Submitted to: Prof. Mary Ann Constantino Submitted by: Aguelo‚ Amor Joy S. Pinongpong‚ Cheryl T. Content Standard(s) The learner understands that reading is a psycholinguistic guessing game which utilizes visual and non-visual information in order to confirm‚ modify and monitor one’s comprehension. Performance Standard(s) The learner □ activates prior knowledge conceptually related to text and establishes a purpose from reading □ will be self-aware
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Meitha Luz A. Credo BSED-ENGLISH IV Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan In English First Year I. Learning Activities: 1. To know what is the Classification of Nouns. 2. To classify Nouns according to Abstract‚ Concrete and Countable. 3. To come up with an activity in Classificaton of Nouns. II. Subject Matter a. Topic: Classification of Nouns b. Materials: Visual Aids. III. Procedure Routine Activity: 1. Opening Prayer 2. Checking of Attendance 3. Sitting Arrangement Review: Ok class
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Oh no‚ I forgot that the exam was today. Hey! Put that down! I heard one guy say to another guy‚ "He has a new car‚ eh?" I don’t know about you but‚ good lord‚ I think taxes are too high! Preposition A preposition links nouns‚ pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. A preposition usually indicates the temporal‚ spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest
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REDUCED RELATIVE CLAUSES Reduced relative clauses are participle clauses which follow a noun. They are like relative clauses‚ but with the relative pronoun and auxiliary verb (if there is one) left out. Because they modify nouns‚ (reduced) relative clauses are occasionally referred to as adjective clauses. Reduced relative clauses are used most often instead of defining relative clauses‚ which are what we’ll be mainly looking at. Reduced Relative Clauses You may remove the relative pronoun
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