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A noun names a person, place, or thing. Many nouns are common objects such as the following items:
guitar car tree street flower chair
Boise Mr. Jones Bob Nevada Canada Borah Peak
Verbs are action words. Here are some verbs:
run ran running runs hike hiked hiking hikes drink drank drinking drinks
Idioms
Idioms are expressions which have a meaning which is not the same as the meaning of its actual words. There are many common idioms which you have probably heard many times. Here are a few examples:
IDIOM MEANING grab a bite get something to eat catch some Zs sleep for a while or take a nap bent out of shape needlessly worried about something hit the hay go to bed or go to sleep threw in the towel to give up went out on a limb take a risk sleep on it take at least a day to think about something before making a decision