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Name Date Copyright 2005 IRANCTE All rights reserved ReadWriteThink materials may be reproduced for educational purposes Nouns 2. Singular Nouns Plural Nouns 5742257441574535744557402 57439574395743957439574395743957439574395743957439574395743957439574395743957439 Gerunds. Gerunds . are . verbals. that function as nouns and have an . –. ing. . ending. Since gerunds are . derived from . verbs and have an . –. ing. . ending, they do express action. However, because gerunds . Adj. 為形容詞. , . 用來形容人物. ,. 包括. 顏色. ,. 形狀和尺寸. Unit 2 (At the Zoo). Adjectives of Color, Shape and Size . b. eautiful, ugly, fast, slow, happy, . g. raceful, big, small. The rat, gigantic, crazy-eyed and straggly, bared its sharp, pointed fangs and devoured the cheese.. Adjectives are words that modify, describe, . or add detail to nouns and pronouns. . Adjectives help the reader visualize what the . AND ARTICLES. COUNTABLE NOUNS. Can be singular:. A . job. , a . company. , a . biscuit. Or. plural:. Few. . jobs. , . many. . companies. , . some. . biscuits. .. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS. Cannot. be plural:. Diamond-shaped poem with 7 lines:. Line 1: 1 NOUN-A . Line 2: 2 ADJECTIVES-A. Line 3: 3 GERUNDS-A (verb + -ing). Line 4: 2 NOUNS-A + 2 NOUNS-B. Line 5: 3 GERUNDS-B (verb + -ing). Line 6: 2 ADJECTIVES-B. From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 . Grammar Mini-Lessons Series. Mini-Lesson #89. A gerund is the . –. ing. form of a verb and is used a noun.. Winning the lottery surprised them.. Like nouns, gerunds are modified by possessive forms of nouns and pronouns.. T: . What . are the rules for whether it is a noun or a verb or something else?. S1: . It’s if you can touch it.. S2: . Can you touch it?. S3: . Can you go to it?. T: . Can you touch hockey? But . hockey. Essential Questions. . I . can identify them.. I can use them.. How is being able to identify and use different types of nouns going to aid my . writing this year?. WHAT ARE NOUNS?. . Nouns are naming words.. adj. ). Def. : describes/modifies (changes) a noun or pronoun. E.g. . fluffy. cat, . pretty. girl, the . ugly. caterpillar. I. ncludes a, an, and the. Predicate adjectives (PA): . Follows a form of “be” . pronouns . *subjects. adjectives . *predicates. verbs . *articles. adverbs. prepositions . (the last 3 are not. conjunctions . official POS). Why learn them?. Aids in writing skills. Definitions. Chalker. (1984:162) ,states that : " A traditional definition of. an adjective is that it says what somebody or something is like .". This definition may be found in any traditional English grammar book. By: Asst.Prof. Muayad R. Habib / Dept. of English / English Grammar for All 3. rd. Year Students/. College of Basic Education / Mar. 2020. ADJECTIVES WITH INFINITIVES & GERUNDS. nouns and . rules about nouns that the children . have been . introduced to . already, Also, colour nouns will be recapped and the . knowledge . of adjectives, and the rules used with adjectives and nouns together will be extended..