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NOUNS

NOUNS

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NOUNS

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NOUNS

Nouns can be classified into: proper, common, concrete, abstract, countable, uncountable, and compound.

Each of this categories follow certain rules to form those nouns.​

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​COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Countable nouns: follow rules of pluralization

Fly---Flies

wife---wives

referendum--referenda

Sheep-- sheep

cactus--cacti

boss-- bosses

wolf--wolves ​

bacterium--bacteria

deer--- deer

Provide more examples of your own

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are formed in 3 different ways:

  • ​separated by spaces

  • hyphanated nouns

  • solid nouns​

Compound nouns

Provide examples for each of those categories

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Multiple Choice

Look at these compound words.

Select the one which represents a compound noun.

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flamboyant

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takeout

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take out

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undercooked

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Multiple Choice

Blake Mycoskie is an American businessperosn. He started a shoe company called TOMS in 2006.

How many proper names are there in this sentence?

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Multiple Choice

Blake Mycoskie is an American businessperson. He started a shoe company called TOMS in 2006.

How many compound nouns do we have in this sentence?

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2

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Fill in the Blank

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Write in the box the proper nouns you find in this sentences.

He sells a special type of shoe, the Alpargata. He discovered the shoe in Argentina.

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Multiple Choice

I was in my bedroom and my boyfriend called me to join an afterparty event. Then, the group was heading to the beach to behold the sunrise. I rejected the invitation.

Click on the number of compound nouns found in the sentences above .

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4

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Multiple Choice

Recently, experts have discovered alink between children going barefoot and getting certain diseases.

What are the characteristics of the highlighted word in the above sentence.

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Concrete, abstract noun

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Countable abstract noun

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Proper concrete countable noun

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common countable concrete noun

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