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Page 1: NOUNS What is a noun? A NOUN is a word or group of words used to name a person, place, thing or idea

NOUNS

Page 2: NOUNS What is a noun? A NOUN is a word or group of words used to name a person, place, thing or idea

What is a noun? A NOUN is a word or

group of words used to name a person, place,

thing or idea.

Page 3: NOUNS What is a noun? A NOUN is a word or group of words used to name a person, place, thing or idea

Examples:

• Persons: Sidney Crosby, doctor, friend

• Places: Grand Canyon, Pittsburgh, kitchen

• Things: lamp, Eiffel Tower, Nobel Prize

• Ideas: happiness, liberty, bravery, patriotism

Page 4: NOUNS What is a noun? A NOUN is a word or group of words used to name a person, place, thing or idea

CHALLENGECan you write a sentence

that uses all 4 types of nouns? (person, place,

thing, idea)

Page 5: NOUNS What is a noun? A NOUN is a word or group of words used to name a person, place, thing or idea

What is the difference between

common and proper nouns?

Page 6: NOUNS What is a noun? A NOUN is a word or group of words used to name a person, place, thing or idea

A common noun is any one of a group of persons,

places, things or ideas and is not capitalized.

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Examples of Common Nouns

girl pumpkin

monument building

book school

teacher house

street bear

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A proper noun is a particular person, place, thing or idea

and begins with a capital letter.

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Examples of Proper Nouns

Sidney Crosby Aunt Shirley

Eiffel Tower Halloween

A Long Way From Chicago

Mrs. Hannan English

Trent

Mellon Middle School

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WHAT IS A CONCRETE

NOUN?

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A concrete noun names a person, place, or thing

that can be perceived by at least one of our senses

(sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell)

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Examples of concrete nouns:

• Photograph, music, apples, rose

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What is an abstract noun?

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An abstract noun names an idea, a feeling, a

quality, or a characteristic. You can’t experience it with your

senses.

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Examples of abstract nouns:

• Idea – fun, freedom

• Feeling – love, happiness

• Quality – beauty, wisdom

• Characteristic – self-esteem