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Grammar Vitamins #3----Nouns and Verbs |
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Grammar Vitamin: Using Nouns A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing or idea. There are six types of nouns: 1. Common Noun: A general name; such as city, game, palace, lake. 2. Proper Noun: A specific name; such as Edmonton, Grey Cup, Buckingham Palace, The Rolling Stones. Proper nouns are usually captialized. 3. Concrete Noun: Anything thing that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted. For example, cashews, smoke, fern, bell. 4. Abstract Noun: Something that cannot be directly seen, heard, smelled, touched or tasted. For example, courage, idea, peacefulness, duty. 5. Compound Noun: A noun made of two or more words words. Such as earthworm, great-uncle, ice hockey, main street. 6. Collective Noun: A noun that names a group of people or things. For example, Inuit, committee, family, society, class, team. Part 1: Identify all the nouns in the following paragraph. We all stared at Miss Ralston. "Schools in." she announced over her shoulder, walking away. Hitting the ball into the ox pasture happened maybe once a year. That afternoon, toward the end of Red Cross, there was a big hush all over the room. "Next week," said Miss Ralston, closing the school register, tidying her books, "next week, Alma Miles and Joyce Shipley will go for the water. Part 2: When using nouns, be precise. Tell your reader something specific about your subject. Write a sentence using at least three different types of nouns. |
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Grammar Vitamin: Using Verbs A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being. There are four different types of verbs: 1. Action Verbs: Verbs that tell what the subject does. For example, "Raffi dived into the water. Raffi is the subject and dived is the action verb. 2. Linking Verbs: A verb that connects the subject to a word that renames or describes the subject. For example "The moon seems huge tonight." Moon is the subject and seems is the linking verb. 3. Helping Verbs: A helping verb helps the action or linking verb. For example, "I may take my pet gerbil to the vet." May is the helping verb and take is the main verb. 4. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs: a) Transitive Verbs: A verb is transitive if it needs a direct object to convey its meaning. For example, "Stanley kissed his lizard goodbye." Stanley is the subject and kissed is the transitive verb, and lizard is the direct object. b) Intransitive Verbs: These verbs do not need a direct object. For example, "Jasmine wilted," "Abel swooned." Part 1: Pick out all the verbs in the following paragraph. "Good, we must get going." At a distance Mr. McClean saw the lions fighting and clawing and then quieting down to feed in silence under the shady trees. He squinted at the lions with his hand up to his eyes. Now the lions were done feeding. They moved to the water hole to drink. A shadow flickered over Mr. McClean's hot face. Many shadows flickered. The vultures were dropping down the blazing sky. "A cup of tea" asked Wendy in the silence. Part 2: Write your own descriptive sentence. Use at least two different kinds of verbs. |
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