Can someone define the following terms please? Verb, noun, adjective.?

Answer 1

The Function Of Phrases
A phrase may function as a verb, noun, an adverb, or an adjective.

Verb Phrases
A verb phrase consists of a verb, its direct and/or indirect objects, and any adverb, adverb phrases, or adverb clauses which happen to modify it. The predicate of a clause or sentence is always a verb phrase:

Corinne is trying to decide whether she wants to go to medical school or to go to law school.
He did not have all the ingredients the recipe called for; therefore, he decided to make something else.
After she had learned to drive, Alice felt more independent.
We will meet at the library at 3:30 p.m.
Noun Phrases
A noun phrase consists of a pronoun or noun with any associated modifiers, including adjectives, adjective phrases, adjective clauses, and other nouns in the possessive case.

Like a noun, a noun phrase can act as a subject, as the object of a verb or verbal, as a subject or object complement, or as the object of a preposition, as in the following examples:

subject
Small children often insist that they can do it by themselves.
object of a verb
To read quickly and accurately is Eugene's goal.
object of a preposition
The arctic explorers were caught unawares by the spring breakup.
subject complement
Frankenstein is the name of the scientist not the monster.
object complement
I consider Loki my favorite cat.
Noun Phrases using Verbals
(by David Megginson)
Since some verbals -- in particular, the gerund and the infinitive -- can act as nouns, these also can form the nucleus of a noun phrase:

Ice fishing is a popular winter pass-time.
However, since verbals are formed from verbs, they can also take direct objects and can be modified by adverbs. A gerund phrase or infinitive phrase, then, is a noun phrase consisting of a verbal, its modifiers (both adjectives and adverbs), and its objects:

Running a marathon in the Summer is thirsty work.
I am planning to buy a house next month.
Adjective Phrases
An adjective phrase is any phrase which modifies a noun or pronoun. You often construct adjective phrases using participles or prepositions together with their objects:

I was driven mad by the sound of my neighbour's constant piano practising.
In this sentence, the prepositional phrase "of my neighbour's constant piano practising" acts as an adjective modifying the noun "sound."

My father-in-law locked his keys in the trunk of a borrowed car.
Similarly in this sentence, the prepositional phrase "of a borrowed car" acts as an adjective modifying the noun "trunk."

We saw Peter dashing across the quadrangle.
Here the participle phrase "dashing across the quadrangle" acts as an adjective describing the proper noun "Peter."

We picked up the records broken in the scuffle.
In this sentence, the participle phrase "broken in the scuffle" modifies the noun phrase "the records."

Adverb Phrases
A prepositional phrase can also be an adverb phrase, functioning as an adverb, as in the following sentences.

She bought some spinach when she went to the corner store.
In this sentence, the prepositional phrase "to the corner store" acts as an adverb modifying the verb "went."

Lightning flashed brightly in the night sky.

In this sentence, the prepositional phrase "in the night sky" functions as a adverb modifying the verb "flashed."

In early October, Giselle planted twenty tulip bulbs; unfortunately, squirrels ate the bulbs and none bloomed.

In this sentence, the prepositional phrase "in early October" acts as an adverb modifying the entire sentence.

We will meet at the library at 3:30 P.M.

In this sentence, the prepositional phrase "at 3:30 P.M." acts as an adverb modifying the verb phrase "will meet."

The dogs were capering about the clown's feet.
In this sentence, the prepositional phrase "about the clown's feet" acts as an adverb modifying the verb phrase "were capering

Answer 2

VERB : a verb is a word which expresses an action or is one of the 23 helping words.

NOUN: a noun is a word that names a person, place, animal, thing, idea or a quality.

ADJECTIVE: an adjective is a word that qualifies or describes a noun or pronoun

Answer 3

Verb is and action noun is a person place or thing and a adjective is when you describe a noun simple answer you could understand

Answer 4

A noun is a person, place, thing or idea. it can be the subject, direct object, or indirect object of a sentence. an adjective is something that describes a noun i.e. the fast runner, in which fast is the adjective and runner is the noun. a verb is something a noun does, like the fast runner sprints, where sprint is the verb that describes the action of the runner (noun).

Answer 5

verb : A verb is a word that expresses action

noun : a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing

adjective : a word which modifies a noun, but which is not itself a noun

Answer 6

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A verb is an action word: For instance, jump, run, talk,ask, answer
Passive verbs (which means not doing any action)are:
is, are, was, has, have, etc.

A noun is: person, place or thing (teacher,zoo, cat)

Adjective: a word used to describe a noun. (NICE teacher)
Nice is the adjective.

Answer 7

Verb = Action word - run, write, drive...
Noun = Person, place or thing - Bob, New York, banana...
Adjective = Describing word - ugly, green, four...

Answer 8

verb- shows an action
noun- person, place or thing
adjective- used to describe a noun

Answer 9

Noun: 1 - A term referring to a person, a place, or a thing; essentially something that exists. Senator Kennedy Washington Monument Swimming pool 2 - A term also referring to sexual intercourse, as well as the word "verb" does too. "Go noun yourself." 3 - A word used right after someone says "word". You say it to make them look dumb! That movie was great huh? word! noun! 4 - The replacement for the term "word." "You hittin up that party tonight?" "Noun."

Answer 10

verb-- is what you do or are doing (run,jump,skip)

noun-- person, place, or thing, or idea (bob, school, book.)

adjective-- describes something else
(the food is hot ---- food-noun and hot- adjective