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EXERCISE 1 : Name things that belong to each category. Make a list. Compare your list with
your classmates' lists. AU of the words you use in this exercise are called "nouns."
1. Name clothing you see in this room. (shirt)
2. Name kinds of fruit. (apple)
3. Name things you drink. (coffee)
4. Name parts of the body. (head)
5. Name kinds of animals. (horse)
6. Name cities in the United States and Canada. (new York, Montreal. . . )
NOTE: The names of cities begin with capital letters.
7. Name languages. (English) NOTE: The names of languages begin with capital letters.
8. Name school subjects. (history)
NOUN
(a) I Birds I fly. I
subject verb
NOUN
NOUN
(b) Uohn I is holding ( a pen. 1
subject verb object
NOUN
NOUN
(c) IBirds I fly I in I thesky. I
subject verb prep. object of prep.
NOUN NOUN NOUN
(c) 1 Job I is holding I a pen I in I his hand. I
subject verb object prep. object of prep.
A NOUN is used as the subject of a sentence. A
NOUN is used as the object of a verb.*
In (a): Birds is a NOUN. It is used as the subject
of the sentence.
In (b): pen is a NOUN. It has the article a in
front of it; a pen is used as the object of the verb
is holding.
A NOUN is also used as the object of a
preposition.
In (c): in is a preposition (prep.). The noun
sky (with the article the in front) is the OBJECT of
the preposition in.
Examples of some common prepositions: about,
across, at, between, by, for,fmm, in, of, on, to, with.
*Some verbs are followed by an object. These verbs are called transitive verbs (v.t. in a dictionary). Some verbs are not
followed by an object. These verbs are called intransitive verbs (vi in a dictionary).
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