Discover New Nouns

One forgets words as one forgets names. One s vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die. 

With this Lesson, you Ll begin to explore many paths to building your word power. You Ll start with nouns, one of the four basic parts of speech, to acquire new words and methods for enriching your vocabulary. 

AS YOU KNOW, every sentence must have at least a noun and a verb. The noun is the person, place, or thing doing the action in the sentence the verb, of course, describes that action. There are common nouns, like boy, girl, dog, city, or mountain. And there are proper nouns that describe a specific person, place, or thing, like Harry Potter, Chicago, or Mt. Rushmore. 

Nouns are easy enough, right Well, they can get more complicated, and much more interesting, when your vocabulary expands to include less common nouns. Real word power lies in the ability to use lots of different words, but particularly the exactly right nouns, as subjects of your sentences. 

TIP Remember that it s often easy to figure out the meaning of a new word by its context. 

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