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Grammar
nouns nd verbs nd stuff
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English
9th Grade
04/14/2010

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Term
concrete and abstract nouns
Definition

concrete: name a thing eg. chair, book, ipod

 

abstract: idea or feeling eg. beauty, sadness, anger, happiness

Term

proper and collective nouns

 

Definition

proper: names a person, place, thing, title or organisation eg. Robyn, England, Easterfest, Gateway Bridge

 

collective: a group of people, animals and objects eg. flock, heard, team, collection

Term

Personal and relative pronouns

 

Definition

personal: word that can be used in place of a noun eg. 1st person: i, we, me, us

2nd person: you, yourself and yourselves

3rd person: he, they, him, them

 

relative: who, which, that, whom, whose

Term
Adjectives
Definition

describe or noun or pronoun in some detail

eg. energetic children

Term
adverbs in action
Definition
add meaning to verbs, adjectives and other adverbs  they can tell how, when and where something is done eg. i walked slowly, i walked yesterday, i walked there
Term
simple verbs
Definition

doing words, a process in which people or things participate eg. ate, smelt

 

the infinitive is the name of the verb. can be recognised by putting the word to in frount of it eg. to play, to laugh

Term
compound verb
Definition
helping verbs eg. be, have, will, shall, can, may, must, do
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