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• the most basic parts ofspeech

•A noun names a person,place, feeling, thing, or idea.

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A verb is a word that showsaction or state of being.

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•book as a noun:

She purchased a book about

dinosaurs.•book as a verb:

When did you book youright?

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•cook as a noun:

He is an ecellent cook.

•cook as a verb:

!f you cook rice for an hour, itwill not taste good.

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•"ertain endings usuallyindicate whether a word is a

noun or a #erb.

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•"ommon noun endingsinclude:

 –tion instruction –sionconclusion

 –ness happiness

 –shipfriendship

 –erteacher

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•"ommon verb endings include:

 –ate donate

 –i$e reali$e

 –en thicken

 –

ify clarify –ed worked

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•Some endings can be for nouns or verbs. %or eample, &s can

indicate a plural noun or a thirdperson singular #erb.

e. He books fights for a li#ing.

verb  noun

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• &ing can end a noun or verb.

e. Swimming is her hobby.

noun

e. She is swimming in the poolnow.

  verb

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Exercise(Nouns

and

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•!dentify each group of

words as ' (nouns), *(#erbs), or '+*(depending on

usage).

Instruction

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  -. writer, dri#er, ser#er

  . notify, rectify, beautify  /. redden, widen, sadden

  0. conclusion, persuasion,

confusion  1. goodness, illness, awareness

  2. friendship, championship,

scholarship

  3. died, cleaned, oated

  4. minimi$e, maimi$e, summari$e

  5. dedicate, educate, in6ltrate

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