Nouns

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Nouns
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Nouns name a

• Person
• Place
• Thing
• Idea

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Person
doctor
welder
player
referee
leader
golfer
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Place
ocean
mountain
city
lake
country
desert
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Thing
apple
dog
ball
bowl
bone
sun
snowflake
book
chair
tree
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Idea
commitment
friendship
freedom
neighborhood
love
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Common or Proper

• Nouns are also COMMON or PROPER.
• COMMON nouns name any one of a group of persons,
  places, things, or ideas.
• PROPER nouns name a particular person, place,
  thing, or idea. Proper nouns always begin with a
  CAPITAL LETTER.

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Common or Proper

• Common Nouns
• boy
• team
• building
• city
• teacher
• author
• singer

• Proper Nouns
• Billy
• Green Bay Packers
• Empire State Building
• Madison
• Mrs. Shattuck
• J.K. Rowling
• Miley Cyrus

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Compound Noun

• A single noun made up of more than
• one word.
• Common compound nouns can be
• found in the dictionary.

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Compound Nouns can be

• Single Word
• grandmother, basketball
• Hyphenated Word
• mother-in-law, jack-in-the-box
• Two or more words
• ice cream, jumping jack

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Concrete Nouns

• Nouns that you can perceive with your senses
  (see, hear, touch, taste, smell) are called
  CONCRETE NOUNS.

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Abstract Nouns

• There are some nouns that you can NOT see, hear,
  taste, touch, or smell.
• These are the nouns that are ideas. One persons
  idea of a particular noun may be different than
  another persons idea.

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Concrete or Abstract

• Concrete a noun that you can see, hear, feel,
  taste or touch
• Abstract a noun that is a feeling, a quality,
  or a characteristic

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Collective Nouns

• A group (but still in singular form)