PPT-Noun Review

1 st 2 nd declensions Aug 29 2012 Latin Nouns Have 4 Features Case how a noun works in its sentence Number whether a noun is singular or plural singularone pluralmore than one. brPage 1br Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Noun person amazement amaze amazing amazed amazingly history historic historical historically historian disaster disastrous disastrously b Edict: noun: a law issued by an authority. Expound: verb: to explain in detail. Firmament: noun: the vault of heaven, sky. Hermetically: adverb: so as to be airtight. Pestilential: adjective: relating to a deadly epidemic. “They need to work together!”. NOUN AND VERB AGREEMENT. Nouns and verbs need to work together to create a complete thought. (sounds right). Nouns can be plural or singular.. Singular= one (dog). a refuge, . as. . formerly. . for. . criminals. . and. . debtors, or political. . offenders. He sought asylum in the church.. He. . was. . concerned. about other people who have . political. Some notes and exercises taken from: . Humphrey, S., Love, K., & . Droga. , L. (2011). . Working Grammar: An introduction for secondary English teachers. . Victoria: Pearson.. uses/applications. probe questions. Kenneth . Ward Church. Ambiguity Resolution . In . A Reductionist Parser. Atro. . Voutilainen. & . Pasi. . Tapanainen. Presented by Mat Kelly. CS895 – Web-based Information Retrieval. Old Dominion University. March 31-April 4, 2014. Monday, March 31, 2014 – Welcome Back! – Tomorrow is Explorer Exam 2-5. th. periods.. Label and punctuate the following sentence. . After the students have enjoyed Spring Break the students who are solicitous will be ready for learning.. WHAT IS A NOUN?. Definitions of Noun. The . English word “. noun. ” comes from the Latin ‘. nomen. ’ meaning ‘. name. ’. The function of noun is to name someone or something.. According to Oxford Dictionary (Pearsall, 1999:945), noun is a word used to identify any of a class of people, places or things, or to name a particular one of these. . Using a noun phrase generator to create descriptions of trench . warfare. Year 5 work from Kingswood Primary School, Gipsy Hill Federation, Lambeth. Using . soldiers . as the head noun, create noun phrases that emphasise the soldiers’ suffering and create sympathy for them. . There are 4 types of noun here – can you guess which Is which?. On Friday, at school, the choir was full of dismay when the concert was cancelled.. Common - Collective -. Proper. - Abstract. LO: To identify different noun types. Preposition. A word that connects a noun or pronoun with another noun or pronoun.. Examples: in, on, at, against, with, to, for, etc.. Preposition. 3. types of prepositions. Place. Time. Direction . A comparison of two unlike things that uses “like” or “as”. You are . as. brave as a lion.. Santa’s belly was. . like. . a bowl full of jelly.. Metaphor . Metaphor. (noun). A comparison of two unlike things that DOES NOT use “like” or “as”. “I . assuaged. my hunger by eating a light snack before dinner.”. Apothecary—(noun) a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs. “Romeo sought out an . apothecary. to obtain poison.”. There are two types of noun phrases. THE BASIC NOUN PHRASE. THE COMPLEX NOUN PHRASE. Basic Noun Phrases. . . Often a noun phrase is just . a noun or a pronoun. :. People. like to have money.. I . am tired.