Grammar Skills

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Grammar Skills

• Common Nouns

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Common Nouns

• teacher
• tree
• park
• These words all have something in common.
• They are naming words or nouns.

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Common Nouns

• Naming words are nouns.
• Nouns name people, places, and things.

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Common Nouns

• teacher
• Does it name a person, place, or thing?
• person

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Common Nouns

• tree
• Does it name a person, place, or thing?
• thing

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Common Nouns

• park
• Does it name a person, place, or thing?
• place

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Common Nouns

• I go to the park.
• What is the noun?
• park
• Does it name a person, place, or thing?
• place

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Common Nouns

• Children are playing.
• What is the noun?
• children
• Does it name a person, place, or thing?
• person

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Common Nouns

• The friends laugh.
• What is the noun?
• friends
• Does it name a person, place, or thing?
• person

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Common Nouns

• I picked a rose.
• What is the noun?
• rose
• Does it name a person, place, or thing?
• thing

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Common Nouns

• This flower smells sweet.
• What is the noun?
• flower
• Does it name a person, place, or thing?
• thing

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Common Nouns

• The grass is soft and green.
• What is the noun?
• grass
• Does it name a person, place, or thing?
• thing

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Common Nouns

• The sun is bright and hot.
• What is the noun?
• sun
• Does it name a person, place, or thing?
• thing

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Common Nouns

• I hear barking dogs.
• What is the noun?
• dogs
• Does it name a person, place, or thing?
• thing

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Common Nouns

• They play in the water.
• What is the noun?
• water
• Does it name a person, place, or thing?
• thing

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Common Nouns

• Can you see the ducks.
• What is the noun?
• ducks
• Does it name a person, place, or thing?
• think

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Common Nouns

• Name some people, places, or things.
• The words tee, house, sun, fish, and kitten are
  nouns that name things.
• Notice that I separated the items with commas to
  make the meaning of the sentence clear.