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By: Angélica Guerra , MS Greater Miami Adventist Academy

By: Angélica Guerra , MS Greater Miami Adventist Academy. CONCRETE & ABSTRACT 1. CONCRETE: A noun that names something that can be experienced with the senses (can be seen, heard, tasted, or touched) ABSTRACT: A noun that names an idea, a quality, or a feeling. COMMON & PROPER COMMON:

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By: Angélica Guerra , MS Greater Miami Adventist Academy

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  1. By: Angélica Guerra, MS Greater Miami Adventist Academy

  2. CONCRETE & ABSTRACT 1. CONCRETE: A noun that names something that can be experienced with the senses (can be seen, heard, tasted, or touched) • ABSTRACT: A noun that names an idea, a quality, or a feeling. COMMON & PROPER • COMMON: Refers to ANY person, place, thing, or idea. • PROPER: Names a PARTICULAR person, Place, thing, or idea. Always capitalized. If it contains more than 1 word, capitalize all important words.

  3. Write sentences using all 4 types of nouns just learned:

  4. COLLECTIVE NOUNS • Refers to a GROUP of people, animals, or things. • abunch of grapes • aflock of birds • the baseball team COMPOUND NOUNS • Two or more words used as a single noun. • Can be written as a single word: watermelon separate words: Miami Beach hyphenated words: father-in-law

  5. A SINGULAR NOUN: • Names ONE person, place, thing, or idea • A PLURAL NOUN: • Names MORE THAN ONE person, place, thing, or idea Check and memorize rules on pages 76 & 77.

  6. Make a sentence using several singular and plural nouns:

  7. A word or phrase that comes RIGHT AFTER the noun it explains or identifies. • They are set apart from the rest of the sentence by commas or parentheses. • They can be serious, scientific, funny, etc. • When the appositive is needed to identify the noun it follows, don’t use commas. • My friend Marty likes to eat raspberries.

  8. Write a sentence using an appositive:

  9. Possessive Noun: A noun that shows ownership (or possession) • Possessive forms replace the word OF or the verb HAVE: • Legs of the table = table’s legs • The dog has a bone. = the dog’s bone

  10. (continuation) RULES FOR POSSESSIVES: • For a singular noun, add an apostrophe and –s (‘s) • Anna’s purse -- James’s car • For a plural nouns that ends in s, add an apostrophe ONLY (‘). • The students’ books --animals’ babies • For a plural noun that does not end in s, add an apostrophe and –s (‘s). • Children’s toys --mice’s cheese • For a compound noun, add an apostrophe (‘) and –s (‘s) to the end of the compound. • Mother-in-law’s shoes --the rainbow’s colors

  11. Make a sentence or phrase using a POSSESSIVE NOUN:

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