Friday, September 9, 2011

Weekly vocabulary

Proper nouns are words that name a specific person, place, thing or idea. Proper nouns are capitalized so the reader can tell them apart from common nouns.

Common nouns do not name a specific person, place, thing or idea. Common nouns are not capitalized unless they are at the beginning of a sentence or part of a title.

Possessive nouns show that something is owned or possessed. Possessive nouns most often are paired with nouns. The possessive form of a noun is formed by adding an apostrophe (') or an apostrophe and s ('s).

A concrete noun is something that can be perceived by one of the five senses. Fish, perfume, grapes, smoke, silk, velvet, finger, music, and coffee.

An abstract noun is something that cannot be perceived by any of the five senses.Jealousy, anger, friendship, habit, manners, sympathy, and promise.