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Common, Proper, Abstract & Concrete Nouns
Lexis - Common and Proper Nouns
Lexis - Common and Proper Nouns
You may remember from your study of English at GCSE that nouns are people, places or things. But there are many different types of nouns, which are called sub-classes. Nouns are either specific or more general.
Common nouns
Common nouns
- Common nouns are general, like dogs, writers and feelings.
- These do not need capital letters unless they are starting a sentence.
Common nouns - examples
Common nouns - examples
- I really like that writer!
- Writer here acts as a common noun.
- My horse is so sweet.
- Horse here acts as a common noun.
- The teacher gave me a gold star.
- Both the teacher and star here act as common nouns.
Proper nouns
Proper nouns
- Proper nouns are specific objects, people or things.
- For example, Daniel, Shakespeare and English.
- These always need a capital letter.
Proper nouns - examples
Proper nouns - examples
- I really like Shakespeare!
- Shakespeare here acts a proper noun.
- London is my home.
- London here acts as a proper noun.
- I am very annoyed at James.
- James here acts as a proper noun.
Lexis - Abstract and Concrete Nouns
Lexis - Abstract and Concrete Nouns
You may remember from your study of English at GCSE that nouns are people, places or things. But there are many different types of nouns, which are called sub-classes. Nouns are either tangible (touchable) or not.
Concrete nouns
Concrete nouns
- Concrete nouns can be touched, like a plug, a phone and a tree.
Concrete nouns - examples
Concrete nouns - examples
- I put my pen on the table.
- Both pen and table are concrete nouns.
- The saddle is too big for the horse.
- Both saddle and horse are concrete nouns.
- He plays the guitar really badly.
- Guitar is a concrete noun.
Abstract nouns
Abstract nouns
- Nouns like love and pain are about feelings and states of being. We call these abstract nouns.
Abstract noun - examples
Abstract noun - examples
- I felt the anger burn me up.
- Anger here is the abstract noun.
- I felt sadness when he left.
- Sadness here is the abstract noun.
- Teaching is my passion.
- Passion here is the abstract noun.
1Language Levels
1.1Assessment Objectives
1.2Lexis
1.2.1Introduction
1.2.2Common, Proper, Abstract & Concrete Nouns
1.2.3Collective Nouns
1.2.4Adjectives
1.2.5Main, Auxiliary & Copular Verbs
1.2.6Dynamic & Stative Verbs
1.2.7Transitive, Intransitive, Active & Passive Verbs
1.2.8Mood of Verbs
1.2.9Adverbs
1.2.10Personal, Possessive & Reflexive Pronouns
1.2.11Relative & Demonstrative Pronouns
1.2.12Determiners
1.2.13Conjunctions
1.2.14Synonyms, Antonyms & Phonological Features
1.2.15End of Topic Test - Lexis
1.3Grammar
1.4Semantics & Pragmatics
1.5Discourse Structure, Graphology & Orthography
2Language, The Individual & Society
2.1Children’s Language Development
2.2Children's Language Development - Theories
2.3Literacy Development: Reading
3Language Diversity & Change
3.1The Importance of Gendered Language
3.2Social Groups
3.3Occupational Groups
3.4Accents & Dialects
3.5Language Change
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1Language Levels
1.1Assessment Objectives
1.2Lexis
1.2.1Introduction
1.2.2Common, Proper, Abstract & Concrete Nouns
1.2.3Collective Nouns
1.2.4Adjectives
1.2.5Main, Auxiliary & Copular Verbs
1.2.6Dynamic & Stative Verbs
1.2.7Transitive, Intransitive, Active & Passive Verbs
1.2.8Mood of Verbs
1.2.9Adverbs
1.2.10Personal, Possessive & Reflexive Pronouns
1.2.11Relative & Demonstrative Pronouns
1.2.12Determiners
1.2.13Conjunctions
1.2.14Synonyms, Antonyms & Phonological Features
1.2.15End of Topic Test - Lexis
1.3Grammar
1.4Semantics & Pragmatics
1.5Discourse Structure, Graphology & Orthography
2Language, The Individual & Society
2.1Children’s Language Development
2.2Children's Language Development - Theories
2.3Literacy Development: Reading
3Language Diversity & Change
3.1The Importance of Gendered Language
3.2Social Groups
3.3Occupational Groups
3.4Accents & Dialects
3.5Language Change
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