able to: 1. enumerate the classes of nouns 2. define the meaning of each noun 3. appreciate the importance of understanding the classes of nouns II. SUBJECT MATTER A. TOPIC: CLASSES OF NOUNS B. SUBTOPIC: * Proper Nouns * Common Nouns * Concrete Nouns * Abstract Nouns * Mass Nouns * Count Nouns * Collective Nouns * Possessive Nouns * Compound Nouns C. REFERENCE: Teresita C. Villa; Gayo
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Abstract Nouns An abstract noun is a noun which names anything which you can not perceive through your five physical senses‚ and is the opposite of a concrete noun. The highlighted words in the following sentences are all abstract nouns: Buying the fire extinguisher was an afterthought. Tillie is amused by people who are nostalgic about childhood. Justice often seems to slip out of our grasp. Countable Nouns A countable noun (or count noun) is a noun with both a singular and a plural form
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between the head word and its modifier(s) and the group of words under discussion consists of the phrase and clause of noun called nominal group. Since the position of modification after the head is often misunderstood as complementation‚ the discussion focuses more on the post-modification in the nominal groups in order to resolve the ambiguity. Based on the discussion‚ the head noun can be post-modified by the relative clause‚ the prepositional phrases‚ the adjectival phrases‚ the adverbial phrases
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sound like verbs‚ but they’re not verbs — they’re nouns! SpSpecificallyecifically‚ gerunds are action-oriented verbs that function as nouns. This always has the same function as a noun (although it looks like a verb)‚ so it can be used: As the subject of the sentence: Eating people is wrong. After prepositions: Can you sneeze without opening your mouth? She is good at painting After certain verbs‚ e.g. like‚ hate‚ admit‚ imagine In compound nouns‚ e.g. a driving lesson‚ a swimming pool‚ bird-watching
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Speech Chapter 9 - Articles An article is a kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two articles a and the‚ but they are used very often and are important for using English accurately. The word a (which becomes an when the next word begins with a vowel - a‚ e‚ i‚ o‚ u) is called the indefinite article because the noun it goes with is indefinite or general. The meaning of the article a is similar to the number one‚ but one is stronger and
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Ministry Of High Education Selman Bin Abdul-Aziz University College of Sciences and Humanities Department Of English Level VIII Adjectives Presented by: Khalaf Ibrahim Submitted To: Dr.Abdullah Elkhair 1435 /1436 H Aflaj Acknowledgement Our first and greatest thanks are to Allah. He above all was‚ is‚ and will be the source of help and guidance that counts. His help kept us going through many frustrations and His guidance brought us back on
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content in this book‚ they assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. You should use this information at your own risk. www.aristotleprep.com 4 Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 Part 1 – Grammar Review 1. Noun……………………………………………….……………………………………………………8 2. Pronoun……………………………………………………………………………………………….13 3. Adjective…………………………………………………………………..…………………………15 4. Verb ……………………………………………………………………………………………..…….17 5. Adverb ……………………………………………………………………………………………….20 6. Preposition
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COMPARISON OF ENGLISH AND MACEDONIAN ADJECTIVES An adjective modifies a noun. It describes the quality‚ state or action that a noun refers to.Macedonian Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.While in English an adjective doesn’t change when the noun changes‚ in Macedonian an adjective should agree in gender and number with the noun. For example:
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First Periodical Examination in ENGLISH IV NAME: YEAR AND SECTION: _ A. Direction: Identify the meaning of the underlined word from the choices given. Choose the letter of the correct answer. 1. A fossilized balangay was unearthed in Butuan in the seventies. a. discovered c. preserved b. forgotten d. abandoned 2. A confederacy of several settlements would join forces
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GERUND A traditional grammatical term for a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. Adjective: gerundial. A gerund (also known as an -ing form) with its objects‚complements‚ and modifiers is called a gerund phrase‚ or simply anoun phrase. EX. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." PARTICIPLE A verbal that functions as an adjective. Adjective: participial. Present participles end in -ing (carrying‚ sharing‚ tapping). Past participles of regular
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