ABC Inglés

Definitions

Noun - A noun is a word that describes a person, place, object, event, idea or thing. Examples of nouns include: man, Dave, Canada, knife, evolution, party.

Gender - in some languages nouns are either masculine (male) or feminine (female). In English this concept does NOT exist. English nouns do not have a gender, and therefore the article used with the noun (for example: a dog) do not have a male or female form either.

Number - Nouns in English can be either singular or plural. For example: dog, dogs; house, houses; mouse, mice.

Verb - A verb is generally a word that indicates an action in a sentence. it can refer to mental actions as well as physical actions, conditions or states of being of people or things.

Adjective -An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. In English adjectives are classified as invarialbe, meaning they do not change form. They stay the same whether or not the noun is singular or plural.

Adverb - An adverb is a word that describes or modifies a verb, similar to the way an adjective describes or modifies a noun. The adverb can also be described as a word that completes the information communicated by the verb. Adverbs can also modify other adverbs or adjectives in the same sentence. Similar to adjectives, adverbs do not change form. It does not matter if the verb is singluar or plural.

Article - An article is a word placed before a noun to demonstrate if the noun refers to something specific or something general. For example: the glass referes to a specific glass in the sentence or conversation. A glass does not refer to a specific glass but refers to glasses in general.

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Count / non-count - In English nouns are "countable" or "non-countable" which helps determine what adjective can be used to describe the ,b.quantity. Nouns that are countable are generally things that are big and can be counted individually such as: apples, cans, oranges, cars and cookies. Examples of adjectives used with count nouns are: some, few and many.(There are too many apples and too few oranges.) Nouns that are non-countable are generally too small to count individually such as: rice, flour, sugar or ink. Examples of adjectives used to describe non-count nouns are: little, some, much (There is too little salt and too much sugar). Notice that the form of the verb "to be" changes if the noun is countable or non-countable.

Infinitive - The infinitive form of a verb is the unconjugated form (simple form) with "to" in front. For example: to eat, to run, to sing, to dance.