How is a noun used in a sentence and examples?

Answer 1

A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing.A noun can function as the subject of the sentence or a clause and the object of the verb or a preposition.

Example sentences:

Noun subject of sentence: Aunt Jane made cookies for Jack and Jill.

Noun subject of clause: The cookies that Aunt Jane made are for Jack and Jill.

Noun object of verb: Aunt Jane made cookies for Jack and Jill.

Noun object of preposition: Aunt Jane made cookies for Jack and Jill.

More Examples:

• A subject is the thing(s) that the sentence is about. 'Jesus wept.' is the shortest sentence in The Bible. Jesus is the subject.
• A transitive verb passes its action onto an object. "Jesus wept tears." 'Jesus' remains the subject, wept becomes a transitive verb passing its action onto the object 'tears.'
• "Jesus wept tears for Mary." 'Jesus' is the subject, 'wept' is a transitive verb passing its action onto the object 'tears.' 'Mary' is the indirect object. But if you want to know more then go to Google.com
• Subject: the person doing the action. "John waited for the bus." (Who waited? John.)
• Object: the person who received the action. "Mother hugged her baby." (Who received the hug? The baby.)
• A prepositional phrase: a phrase with words like to, in, on, up, down, with, for, over. "He looked in the mirror." ("In" is a preposition, so the noun object is mirror.)
• subject of a sentence: My brother will pick us up.
• subject of a clause: The singer who opened the show was very good.
• object of a verb: The boy ate an apple.
• object of a preposition: I sent an email to my sister.

Answer 2

In English, a noun is a part of speech that normally refers to a person, place, thing, or idea. Structurally, nouns can be the subjects and objects of verbs and prepositions, and they can be modified by adjectives and relative clauses.

Answer 3

A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing.

A noun functions as the subject of a sentence or a clause and the object of a verb or a preposition.

EXAMPLES

Noun subject of a sentence: Aunt Jane made cookies for Jack and Jill.

Subject of a clause: The cookies that Aunt Jane made are for Jack and Jill.

Noun object of verb: Aunt Jane made cookies for Jack and Jill.

Noun object of preposition: Aunt Jane made cookies forJack and Jill.

Other functions of a noun are:

A predicate nominative (also called a subject complement) is a noun following a linking verb that restates or stands for the subject.

Example: Mr. Snyder is my neighbor.

A noun of direct address is a noun for the person who is being directly spoken to, such as Jane, Mr. Snyder, sir, ma'am, miss, manager, etc.

Example: Excuse me, miss, you forgot your change.

An attributive noun (also called a noun adjunct) is a noun used to describe another noun.

Example: This dish is restaurant quality.

A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way.

Examples:

A crew of workers

a herd of sheep

a bouquet of flowers

Answer 4

Six uses of a noun are:

1. the subject of a sentence or a clause;
2. the object of a verb or a preposition;
3. a predicate noun (a subject complement) is the noun or a pronoun following a linking verb that restates or stands for the subject;
4. an object complement follows and modifies a direct object;
5. a noun of direct address is the name of the person spoken to, set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma or commas;
6. a collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way.

Additional uses of a noun are:

• a possessive noun is used to indicate ownership, possession, origin or purpose;
• an attributive noun (also called a noun adjunct) is a noun used to modify another noun and function as an adjective;
• a partitive noun (also called a noun counter) is a noun to count or quantify an uncountable noun.

Answer 5

A noun is a person, place, or thing. Nouns act as the subject of a sentence. Without the subject, the sentence is not complete:

For example...

Sarah walked towards the house. (Sarah is our noun)

Walked towards the house. (If we remove the noun, the sentence is not complete)

Answer 6

A noun is used as the subject of a sentence or a clause and the object of a verb or a preposition. A noun can also function as an adjective to describe another noun, called an attributive noun.

EXAMPLES

Subject of a sentence: The cookies were baked this morning.

Subject of a clause: The snack, cookies I made myself, will be passed out after recess.

Object of a verb: Would you like some cookies?

Object of a preposition: Yes, I have room for some cookies.

Noun as adjective: They're almondcookies.

Answer 7

A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing.

A noun functions as the subject of a sentence or a clause and the object of a verb or a preposition.

EXAMPLES

1. Noun subject of a sentence: Aunt Jane made cookies for Jack and Jill.

2. Subject of a clause: The cookies that Aunt Jane made are for Jack and Jill.

3. Noun object of verb: Aunt Jane made cookies for Jack and Jill.

4. Noun object of preposition: Aunt Jane made cookies forJack and Jill.

Other functions of a noun are:

5. A predicate nominative (also called a subject complement) is a noun following a linking verb that restates or stands for the subject.

Example: Mr. Snyder is my neighbor.

6. A noun of direct address is a noun for the person who is being directly spoken to, such as Jane, Mr. Snyder, sir, ma'am, miss, manager, etc.

Example: Excuse me, miss, you forgot your change.

7. An attributive noun (also called a noun adjunct) is a noun used to describe another noun.

Example: This dish is restaurant quality.

8. A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way.

Examples:

A crew of workers

a herd of sheep

a bouquet of flowers

Answer 8

A noun functions as the subject of a sentence or a clause, and as the object of a verb or a preposition.

Some specialized functions of nouns are:

• A predicate noun (a subject complement) is the noun or a pronoun following a linking verb that restates or stands for the subject.
• An object complement follows and modifies a direct object.
• A noun of direct address is the name of the person spoken to, set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma or commas.
• A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive way.
• A partitive noun (also called a noun counter) is a noun used to quantify an uncountable noun.
• An attributive noun (also called a noun adjunct) is a noun used to modify another noun and function as an adjective.
• A possessive noun used to indicate ownership, possession, origin or purpose.

Answer 9

Boy is a noun.

The boy ate the cake.

Mathematics is a noun.

Mathematics is very hard.