PPT-Nouns and Noun Phrases

Terminology Copy these terms into your notes and make sure I cover them all noun phrase noun phrase headword determiner article Definitions of Noun Based on meaning person place thing animal idea. Specific, Concrete Nouns. Precise nouns help your reader really see what you are describing.. General: Our neighbor Boo gave us several things and saved our lives.. Specific: Boo was our neighbor. He gave use two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. ~Harper Lee. Phrases. A group of related words that lacks either a subject or a predicate or both. fearing an accident. at the lake’s edge. Categories of Phrases. I. Prepositional Phrases. A. Adjectival. B. Adverbial. Learning grammar is awesome!. What is a verbal?. When a verb form is used as a . noun. , an . adjective. , or an . adverb. , is it called a . verbal. .. Last time we talked about verb forms used as adjectives . Unpicking the issues. Moving from talk to writing – . Aims:. To . understand . some of the issues that students encounter as they move from speech to writing. To participate in an activity designed to unpick the structure . Adjective. : a . word. . that. . modifies. a . noun. There. . are. . many. . forms. . that. do . the. . work. of . adjectives. : . a . variety. of . words. , . phrases. . and. . clauses. Adjective. : a . word. . that. . modifies. a . noun. There. . are. . many. . forms. . that. do . the. . work. of . adjectives. : . a . variety. of . words. , . phrases. . and. . clauses. Punctuation. Commas. :. Used for a pause in a sentence.. Despite being late. ,. . Sam didn’t get a detention.. I wanted ham. ,. cheese and chips. . Colon:. Used to introduce a list, a definition or a statement.. noun. is a person , place, thing, or idea.. Student. Person. Place. Home. Thing. School bus. Idea. Love. Boy or girl. Class room. Chalk. Board. Singular or Plural. A . singular noun . names one person, place, thing, or idea.. Nouns. My friend, Jim, likes to explore our city.. friend (common). Jim (proper). city (common). Nouns. Last week, Jim visited the Natural History Museum.. week (common). Jim (proper). Natural History Museum (proper). 60 second challenge: list as many objects as you can name in this picture. Choose a head noun . t. o describe in more . d. etail e.g. . beast. Place a determiner . a. nd one or two adjectives . i. n front of the noun e.g.. Identifying Appositive Phrases. It went away slowly. .. The . land that lay stretched hour before him became of vast significance. .. However, I looked with a mixture of admiration and awe at Peter. .. Italian!. Le regole. The rules. Adjectives are used to describe nouns. In Italian, the adjectives must agree in number and gender with the noun they modify.. Usually, the adjective follows the noun.. word. . that. . modifies. a . noun. There. . are. . many. . forms. . that. do . the. . work. of . adjectives. : . a . variety. of . words. , . phrases. . and. . clauses. NOUN PHRASES. Adjectivals. Proper and Common Nouns. Proper Nouns name a specific person, place or thing and are capitalized.. Common Nouns name any person, place, or thing and are NOT capitalized.. Proper Nouns. Common Nouns. 1.