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. By: Kaley and Aimar. What is a common noun?. Common nouns are the general names of people, places, and things.. These types of nouns are usually not capitalized unless they are the first word of a sentence.. 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. Nouns. &. Verbs. NOUNS. Noun. What are nouns?. A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.. Freddy crashed through the window.. The dog is barking at Fluffy the cat.. They watched television for an hour.. Possessive nouns. A noun is possessive if a phrase is used to say that an item or idea belongs to someone or something.. Possessive nouns are used to show ownership.. Example: This is Michael’s dog.. OS 220 – Business Editing Skills. ’s. What is a possessive Noun. ?.  . Possessive . nouns. are nouns that show ownership or possession.  Normally these words would be a singular or plural noun, but in the possessive form they are used as adjectives to modify another noun or pronoun. Adjective. : a . word. . that. . modifies. a . noun. There. . are. . many. . forms. . that. do . the. . work. of . adjectives. : . a . variety. of . words. , . phrases. . and. . clauses. 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. 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.. 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.. phrase. is a group of words that does not include a subject and verb and cannot stand alone as a sentence.. Kinds of Phrases. Prepositional phrases. Appositive phrases. Participial phrases. Gerund phrases. Common noun. Is the name of a general type of person, place, thing, event or idea.. Most of the nouns we use are common nouns.. These nouns begin with a lower case letter.. Examples:. mountain. h. oliday. 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. 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. A noun phrase includes a . noun. —a person, place, or thing—and the . modifiers.  which distinguish it. .. You can find the noun . dog.  in a sentence, for example, but you don't know which canine the writer means until you consider the entire noun phrase: .