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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Definition of a noun====== =====Nouns===== <html><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>We use a <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">noun</SPAN> to name a person, place, or thing.</STRONG></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN><STRONG>In a sentence, it can be a subject or an object. In English, <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">nouns</SPAN> do not have genders [masculine or feminine].</STRONG></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN><STRONG>Jenny is a <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">teacher</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">.</SPAN> She lives in <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">London</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> </SPAN>with her<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc"> <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">husband</SPAN></SPAN>, <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Bill</SPAN>, and their two <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">children</SPAN>. <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Bill</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> </SPAN>is a <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">musician</SPAN>. He plays the <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">guitar</SPAN> in a <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">band</SPAN>. Their <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">daughter</SPAN> goes to <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">school</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc"> </SPAN>and their <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">son</SPAN> is studying <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">medicine</SPAN> at <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">King's College</SPAN>.</STRONG></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"></SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></B> </SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"> </P></html> =====Common nouns and proper nouns===== <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We use <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">proper</SPAN> <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">nouns</SPAN> for </SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">specific</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> people, places, institutions or organisations. Proper </SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">nouns </SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">always start with a capital letter.</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Common </SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">nouns</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> are not the names of a specific or single person, place or thing. They do not start with a capital letter.</SPAN></B> </P> <P> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Examples</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN> </P> <P> <TABLE style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=1 Table> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 267.65pt" vAlign=top width=357> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Common nouns </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 194.45pt" vAlign=top width=259> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Proper nouns</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 267.65pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=357> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">continent</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">country</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">town/city</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">street</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">station</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">doctor</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">uncle</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">theatre</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">river</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">airport</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">building</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">woman</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">president</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 194.45pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=top width=259> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Europe</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">England</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Paris</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Oxford Street</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Victoria Station</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Doctor Smith</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Uncle James</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">the National Theatre</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">the River Seine </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Heathrow Airport</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Buckingham Palace</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">the Queen</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">the President</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P> </P></html> =====Concrete nouns and abstract nouns===== <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext" lang=EN-US>We use concrete </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc" lang=EN-US>nouns</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext" lang=EN-US> to name people or things which we can see, hear, touch, smell or taste - things which exist physically.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext" lang=EN-US>We use abstract </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc" lang=EN-US>nouns</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext" lang=EN-US> to name feelings, ideas and states - things which do not exist physically.</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US></SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang=EN-US>Examples</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 8pt"> </P> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" class=MsoTableLightListAccent1 border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR style="HEIGHT: 4.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #5b9bd5; HEIGHT: 4.35pt; BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-US>Concrete nouns</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #5b9bd5; HEIGHT: 4.35pt; BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-US>Abstract nouns</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>chair</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>computer</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>man</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>woman</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>house</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>dog</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>cheese</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>garden</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>pen</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 239.4pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #5b9bd5 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=319> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>love</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>sadness</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>hope</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>comfort</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>truth</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>confidence</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>fear</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>bravery</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; 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