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| Question | Answer |
| What is a common noun? | A common noun is the name for a non-specific object. This object can be seen, touched, tasted, heard and smelt. |
| What is a proper noun? | A proper noun is a noun that starts with a capital letters such as the name of countries, cities, people, days, months and titles. NB: Animal species are not proper nouns. NB: ALWAYS STARTS WITH A CAPITAL LETTER!!! |
| What is a compound noun? | A compound noun is the combination of two common nouns into a single word. For example, handbag = hand + bag |
| What is a collective noun? | A collective noun is a collection or group of the same common noun. For example, a swarm of bees. The collective noun allows us to replace the words 'lots of...' to avoid repetition. NB: 'Swarm of bees' is the collective noun not just the word 'swarm'. NB: There is only one group so the article used before the noun is a or an. NB: Only use 'are' if there is more than one collective group. |
| Is the following sentence correct? We saw flock of sheep? | No the sentence is incorrect as the article 'a' is missing. The sentence is singular, thus the sentence requires the article 'a'. |
| What is an abstract noun? | An abstract noun refers to something you cannot see, touch or measure. The types of abstract nouns are as followed: A feeling: happiness; sadness An emotion: anger; love; loss A concept or idea: history; kingdom; childhood NB: Remember you can give the abstract noun to someone but not in a box. |
| What is a gerund? | It is a noun that looks like a verb, but is actually a noun. For example, I like swimming. I: Preposition Like: Verb Swimming: Gerund NB: Usually ends in -ing. |
| How do you test for a gerund? | To test for a gerund replace the word you suspect is a gerund with a common noun or 'it' This way 'I like swimming' will turn into 'I like it'. Even after replacing 'swimming' with 'it' the sentence still made sense. This means that swimming was indeed the gerund. NB: The gerund usually ends in -ing. |
| What is a concrete noun? | A concrete noun is. |
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