Noun

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Noun

• p. 6 - 8

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Noun

• A word that names a person, place, thing, or
  idea.
• Hint If you can place a, an, or the in front of
  a word, its a noun.

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Common vs. Proper

• A common noun is a general name for a person,
  place, thing, or idea and is not capitalized.
• A proper noun is the specific name of a
  particular person, place, thing, or idea and is
  always capitalized.
• List some common and proper nouns.

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Concrete vs. Abstract

• A concrete noun names an object that can be seen,
  heard, smelled, touched, or tasted.
• Name common nouns in the classroom.
• An abstract noun names an idea, quality, or
  state. (Cant be touched).
• Beauty, wealth, liberty, peace, etc.

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Singular vs. Plural

• Singular nouns refer to one person, place, thing,
  or idea.
• Plural nouns refer to more than one person,
  place, thing, or idea.
• Give plural nouns for the following
• fish pony child

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Collective

• A collective noun refers to a group of people or
  things and is singular.
• crowd audience staff
• Can you think of any more collective nouns?

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Compound

• A compound noun is made up of two or more words
  and it may be written as one word, separate
  words, or as hyphenated words.
• son-in-law playground

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In your notes write

• A person, place, thing, idea, quality or state of
  mind (-age, -tion, -ment, -ness, -ship, -dom)
• Can be made plural (animal animals)
• Can become possessive with s (the students bag)
  
• when its possessive, it becomes an ADJ.
• Can become an ADJ if you put another NOUN after
  it (dog fight, couch potato)
• - Can put the in front of it and it will make
  sense.