SECTION 1 – PARTS OF SPEECH I.
NOUNS
A word that is the name of something (person, place, thing, idea, etc.) A. Types of nouns: 1. Common Nouns: name a class of people, places, things, or idea. Ex: hospital, doctor, clinic 2. Proper Nouns: give the name or title of a particular person, place, thing or idea (must be capitalized). Ex: Cedar Sinai Medical Hospital, Dr. Julianne Lee, TheAngelesClinic 3. Compound Nouns: consist of words used together to form a single noun. Ex: painkiller, thermometer, chickenpox 4. Concrete Nouns: refer to material things, to people, or to places. Ex: computer, bed sheets, stethoscope 5. Abstract Nouns: name ideas, quality, emotions or attitudes. Ex: intelligence, depression, sickness B. Noun identifiers: 1. Noun endings: cleanliness
examination alcoholism
dentist
denture
attitude
equipment
ambulance
conference
assister
laboratory
volunteer
motherhood
community
2. Following a noun marker (NM): NM
N
NM
The clinic is white.
N
The white small clinic is packed with patients.
3. Plural form: “patients” or “doctors” 4. Possessive form: “patient’s doctor” or “patients’ doctor” 5. Following a preposition: NM
N
ADV
V
NM
Prep
NM
N
The doctor slowly examined the patient according to their illness. C. Functions (How nouns are used) 1. Subject (comes before the verb) S
V
Dr. Julianne Lee confidently said to Mackenzie that she would get sick. 1