Nouns and Adjectives 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageNouns and AdjectivesA2/A-levelAQA Created by: paige-muirCreated on: 13-05-19 10:16 Common noun Words used to name general items (school, man, country, book, pen) 1 of 15 Proper noun A name used for an individual person, place or organization (Dubai English Speaking College, John) 2 of 15 Concrete noun Things that you can experience through your five senses (table, chair, man) 3 of 15 Abstract noun Things you can’t see or touch (peace, love, hope) 4 of 15 Countable noun Are individual people, animals, places, things, or ideas which can be counted (books, people, men, schools) 5 of 15 Uncountable noun Are not individual objects (money, sheep, bread) 6 of 15 Collective noun Names for a collection or a number of people or things (choir, team, jury, crowd) 7 of 15 Open form Step brother, step sister, step mother 8 of 15 Hyphenated form Brother-in-law, mother-in-law 9 of 15 Closed Form Toothpaste, bathroom 10 of 15 Gerund (verbal noun) I love shopping, no parking 11 of 15 Qualitative The quality of something in size, appearance and value (caring, beautiful, luxurious, blue) 12 of 15 Quantitative How much or little of something there is (many, much, more, few, couple, three) 13 of 15 Pre-modifying The adjective comes BEFORE the noun it describes (the TALL man). 14 of 15 Post-modifying The adjective comes AFTER the noun it describes (the man was TALL). 15 of 15
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