🐣Nouns and Adjectives Overview

What is a noun?

A noun is a person, place, thing, idea, or animal.

What are the two types of nouns?

Common nouns and proper nouns.

What do common nouns name?

An entire class or type of person, place, thing, idea, or animal.

What do proper nouns name?

A specific person, place, thing, idea, or animal.

How can you determine if a noun is common or proper?

By asking, Does the noun answer the question 'What is it?' or 'What is its name?'.

Are common nouns capitalized?

No, common nouns are not capitalized.

Are proper nouns capitalized?

Yes, proper nouns are always capitalized.

What is a compound noun?

A compound noun is comprised of two or more words that work together to create a new noun with its own definition.

What are the three types of compound nouns?

Closed, open, and hyphenated.

Give an example of a closed compound noun.

butterfly/butterflies.

Give an example of an open compound noun.

ice cream.

Give an example of a hyphenated compound noun.

mother-in-law/mothers-in-law.

What are determiners?

Determiners are a special type of adjective that identify common nouns without modifying them.

What are the types of determiners?

Articles, demonstratives, quantifiers, and possessive adjectives.

What is the purpose of articles?

Articles precede common nouns to indicate whether they are specific or unspecific.

What are definite articles?

Definite articles precede specific singular nouns.

What are indefinite articles?

Indefinite articles precede unspecific/general singular nouns.

What are demonstratives?

Demonstratives precede common nouns to indicate their positions.

What are the singular demonstratives for near and far?

Near: This; Far: That.

What are quantifiers?

Quantifiers identify the number or quantity of something.

What is the function of possessive adjectives?

Possessive adjectives precede common nouns to identify to whom something belongs.

What is a noun phrase?

A noun phrase is formed when a determiner precedes a noun.

What do adjectives do?

Adjectives describe or modify a noun or pronoun.

What questions do adjectives answer?

What kind? Which one? How many? Whose?

What is the order of adjectives?

1. Quantity, 2. Opinion/Quality, 3. Size, 4. Age/Condition, 5. Length/Shape, 6. Color, 7. Origin/Nationality/Religion, 8. Material, 9. Purpose.

What are coordinate adjectives?

Coordinate adjectives come from the same category and modify a noun equally.

What are cumulative adjectives?

Cumulative adjectives come from different categories and build upon one another.

How do you punctuate coordinate adjectives?

Coordinate adjectives require commas and/or conjunctions.

How do you punctuate cumulative adjectives?

Cumulative adjectives do not require punctuation.

What is an example of using commas with coordinate adjectives?

I love our long, rectangular yard.

What is an example of using cumulative adjectives?

I love our huge rectangular green yard.