EQ: What are important things to know about nouns and adjectives?

Noun A noun is a part of speech that denotes a person, animal, place, thing, or idea.

Proper Noun Specific name of a person, place, thing and is always capitalized common noun proper noun girl Mary

Pronouns Subcategory of nouns; they take the place of nouns Ex: he, she, we, I, me, who, yours, they, etc.. Imagine this. Joe said that Joe was going to work really hard and we would see Joe on American Ninja Warrior as Joe hit the button before the time ran out. Joe said that he was going to work really hard and we would see him on American Ninja Warrior as he hit the button before the time ran out.

Concrete noun A noun that can be touched or sensed The tree is green.

Abstract noun*** A noun that can not be touched, or sensed Her courage is what saved her unit’s lives. *** abstract nouns often confuse students.

Possessive nouns Possessive nouns are nouns which possess something; meaning they have something Most of the time we just add an apostrophe and an s at the end (‘s) The dog’s toy was squeaky.

Possessive nouns However if there already is an s, the you just add an apostrophe after the s The mean stepsisters’ hearts were ugly inside.

Plural nouns regular When there is more than 1 When there is more then one of the noun and we can just add an s or es, it is considered a regular noun (translated, it is easy to make plural)

Plural nouns regular When there is more than 1 We can mostly just add an s to the word Ex orange-oranges, book-books, dog-dogs

Plural nouns regular When there is more than 1 If the noun ends in ‑s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z, add ‑es Church-churches, bus-buses, dress-dresses

Plural nouns irregular common irregulars If it ends in f or fe, change to ves life-lives, wife-wives, calf-calves, leaf-leaves Ends in o, add an es Potato-potatoes, tomato-tomatoes, hero-heroes

Plural nouns irregular vowels (a, e, i, o, u, sometimes y) If it has a double vowel, chances are both of them change Tooth-teeth, foot-feet, goose-geese Sometimes just the single vowel changes Man-men, woman-women

Plural nouns irregular completely random and no change Some just have no rule/pattern and you have to memorize them Child-children, person-people, die-dice, mouse-mice Some do not change at all whether there is one or multiple Sheep, deer, moose, etc.. (tends to be animals but not always)

Plural nouns irregular with a y at the end If a noun ends in a y, drop the y and make it an ies City-Cities, party-parties, candy-candies But if the y is after a vowel, just add the s Ray-rays, play-plays

adjectives Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also describe the quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven.

adjective Separate several adjectives with a comma or conjunction

adjective Comes in three types; Absolute, comparative, superlative

adjective Absolute Just describes something A messy desk, a cold drink

adjective comparative Makes a favorable comparison of the noun A messier desk, a colder drink

adjective Superlative Highest degree of the adjective A messiest desk, a coldest drink

Adjective order The red large apple? The large red apple? The round cute old ball? The cute old round ball?

Adjective order Opinion, size, age, shape, color, quantity The large red apple? The cute old round ball?