Parts of Speech. Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs

Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs A noun is a word that names a person, place, a thing, or an idea. Personwoman, man, Juanita Brown, great grandfather Placeplanet, Texas, farm, high school Thing dolphin, parrot, ivy, bookmark Idea success, affection, freedom, courage A concrete noun names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses. Concrete nouns are things you can see, hear, taste, touch, smell, or feel. Thorn stars thunder gas …showed first 75 words of 1279 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1279 total…all its forms-am, is, are, was, were, will be, has been, was being. I am a musician. That singer is an artist. The days were hot. Those are mosquitoes. Several verbs other than the forms of be can also act as linking verbs. Other Linking Verbs appear become feelgrow look remainseem sound smellstay taste The cake tastes good. He grew taller over the summer She felt good about the election results. He seems better today.