Nouns And Verbs

Nouns And Verbs

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NOUNS

Identify a person, place, thing, or idea.

It functions as a name to objects.

VAGUE NOUNS

Are weak nouns that lack specifics. Vague nouns look like the following words: 

“thing, stuff, he, she, it, that”

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence written with strong nouns or vague nouns?

Harry Styles loves to eat Snickers chocolate bars as snacks on tour.

• Strong

• Vague

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence written with strong nouns or vague nouns?

She loved her birthday present with all her heart.

• Vague

• Strong

Open Ended

LIST THE NOUNS FROM THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES:

1. When Daniel lived in China he loved to eat Quaker Oats every Sunday morning.

2. The fish loved the new Uzi album.

Open Ended

REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE TO MAKE IT STRONGER:

He let the stuff fall out of his hands when he saw it.

They showed us what life was like there thousands of years ago.

VERBS

• Used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.

• They tell you what the noun is doing

You can prove a word is a verb by putting the word in all 3 blanks and it makes sense in even just one of them.

• I ____

• You ___

• He/She _____s

POWERFUL VERBS

There are various words we can use in place of commonly used verbs that will enhance our sentences.

Powerful Verbs

Note how using powerful verbs adds additional imagery to the sentence.

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in the following sentence?

We live in New York.

• New York

• We

• Live

Multiple Select

What are the verbs in this sentence?

It snows and rains a lot in Washington State.

• Snows

• Washington

• Rain

• State

Open Ended

REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH POWERFUL VERBS

1. Please lend her the spoon.

2. Beth seemed happy in Europe.

POWERFUL NOUNS AND VERBS MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO YOUR WRITING

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