The Basic Building Blocks of Grammar

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The Basic Building Blocks of Grammar Nouns!!! The Basic Building Blocks of Grammar

What are Nouns? A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Examples: Person: Mr. Fern, boy, girl, dad, doctor. Place: America, Europe, valley, mountain, school. Thing: dog, cat, notebook, computer. Idea: Freedom, gratitude, love, friendship.

Proper vs. Common Nouns Proper Noun Common Noun Names of particular people, places, things, or ideas. Always capitalized!!! Examples: Morgan, Poppy, Flagstaff. Common Noun Names people, places, thing, or ideas that are general. Never capitalized!!! Examples: girl, dog, town.

Concrete vs. Abstract Nouns Concrete Noun Nouns that you can experience with at least one of your five senses. If you can touch or see it… it’s a concrete noun. Examples: table, pencil, window. Abstract Noun Names of ideas and things that you cannot touch. Examples: thoughts, friendship.

Examples: tortilla wedding ring gorilla desk pencil rain money fart CONCRETE ABSTRACT tortilla wedding ring gorilla desk pencil rain money fart tooth car conflict love goals thought dream jealousy fear greed admiration heaven

Compound Nouns Compound nouns are nouns that consist of two or more words. They occur in three different ways: Multiple words that run together: cookbook, seaweed. Hyphenated words: ninety-one Words that are separated: North America, Nile River, sea urchin.

Possessive Noun A possessive noun is a noun indicating ownership (or possession). These words usually to have an apostrophe followed by an “s” at the end of the word if the noun is singular! Examples: The dog’s bone, Dave’s house. Plural possessives only have the apostrophe after the word. Example: The kittens’ bowl

What does the collective noun “gaggle” refer to? Names of groups of people, animals, or things. Examples: herd, family, flock, team. What does the collective noun “gaggle” refer to?

Collective vs. Plural They seem similar, but they are completely different. Plural nouns reference multiple nouns while a collective noun references an entire group of something. The marines ran up the hill vs. The platoon ran up the hill. The players were warming up for the game vs. the team was warming up for the game. The birds were migrating south for the winter vs. the flock of birds were flying south for the winter.