Parts+of+Speech-A4

Weeks 1-3: Parts of Speech:

I. Nouns

1. What is a noun?

A. Definition: a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing

B. Examples:

1. Every **year** we go to the **beach**.

2. My **dad** took me on a trip to a **building.**

3. Yesterday was my first time to a **hockey** match.

4. The **building** collapse on me yesterday after I planted the **bomb**.

5. Help, my **shovel** went down the **sewer**.

2. What types of nouns are there?

A. Proper Nouns

Definition: noun that designates a particular being or thing, does not take a limiting modifier, and is usually capitalized in English

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B. Common Nouns

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C. Concrete Nouns

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D. Abstract Nouns

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C. Countable Nouns

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C. Non-Countable Nouns

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C. Collective Nouns

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= II. Verbs = 1. What is a verb? A. Definition: B. Examples: (verbs are bold-faced) 1. We **went** to the beach. 2. 3. 4. 5. 2. What types of verbs are there? A. Compound Verbs Definition: 1. Examples a. b. B. Auxiliary Verbs Definition: 1. Examples a. b. C. Transitive Verbs Definition: 1. Examples a. b. D. Intransitive Verbs Definition: 1. Examples a. b. E. Linking Verbs Definition: 1. Examples a. b. F. What is a //Verbal//? Definition: 1. The three types of //Verbals// are a. b. c. G. What is a //Gerund//? Definition: 1. Examples a. b. H. What is a //Participle//? Definition: 1. Examples a. b. G. What is an //Infinitive//? Definition: 1. Examples a. b.