Grammar class v

Grammar Class - VAgreement, Nouns and Pronouns

Bruno Otilio

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Subject/Verb agreement

She were going to the party

She was going to the party or

The United States are big.

The United States is big. or

Each of my classmates was there

Each of my classmates were there or

The correct options are in italic!!!

Let’s understand this

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People vs Peoples The word peoples is used referring to ethnic/national groups

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NOUNS

Nouns are the names of things, people, animals,

places, qualities, actions, and ideas.

compound nouns

- Cake - Watch - Desk - Cup - Car

single words

They can be formed with combinations of words as follows:

Noun + Noun -> toothpaste

Verb + Noun -> swimming pool

Preposition + Noun -> underground

Noun + Verb -> haircut

Adjective + Verb -> dry-cleaning

Preposition + Verb -> output

http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/nouncompound.html

1. Sometimes the two words are joined together.

tooth + paste = toothpaste

bed + room = bedroom

2. Sometimes they are joined using a hyphen.

check-in

3. Sometimes they appear as two separate words.

full moon

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What do you think about a review? It should be good. shouldn't it?

Plural Collective

musicians orchestra

players team

employees staff

Collective NounsA noun naming a group or collection is a collective noun. Collectives are not plural nouns. A collective noun is a different word for the group. Plurals tend to end in s, while collective nouns look and act like singular nouns.

Collective nouns have a unique property: they take singular verbs in American English and plural verbs in International (U.K.) English.

The team is late. (U.S.)The team are late. (U.K.)

http://www.tameri.com/edit/nouns.html

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Proper CommonJohn Milton writer

Fresno cityNewsweek magazine

Proper and Common NounsA proper noun is the name of a particular person or thing and is capitalized. Titles of books or other creative materials are considered proper nouns. Other nouns are referred to as common nouns.

Concrete and Abstract NounsA concrete noun names a thing that can be perceived by the basic senses. You can see, touch, or smell a concrete item. An abstract noun names a concept, such as an emotion or quality, that cannot be sensed.

concrete: woman, tree, house, cat, airplane, cliff, riverabstract: love, quality, greed, loyalty


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PRONOUNS

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a preceding noun or an understood subject. Pronouns are often used to avoid repeating a noun within a sentence or paragraph.

A pronoun subject takes the place of noun simple subjects in sentences. A pronoun object receives action

or is the object of a preposition.

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