Nouns

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Nouns

• Proper Nouns
• Common Nouns
• Concrete Nouns
• Abstract Nouns
• Collective Nouns
• Compound Nouns

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Nouns

• A noun is a word that names a person, place,
  thing or idea.
• Persons Mrs. Platinsky, teacher, student
• Places Lazar Middle School, classroom
• Things desk, football
• Ideas happiness, self-control, democracy

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Common and Proper Nouns

• A proper noun names a particular person, place,
  thing or idea.
• A proper noun is always capitalized.
• A common noun names any one of a group of
  persons, places, things or ideas.
• It generally is not capitalized.

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Common and Proper Nouns
Common Nouns Proper Nouns
Girl Shari Platinsky
Writer Gary Paulsen
Country England
Monument Statue of Liberty
Team NY Giants
Book The Hunger Games
Religion Buddhism
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Concrete and Abstract Nouns

• A concrete noun names something that can be
  recognized through any of the five senses (taste,
  touch, smell, sight, and hear)
• An abstract noun names something that cannot be
  recognized through the senses.
• An abstract noun names an idea, a feeling, a
  quality, or a characteristic.

Concrete nouns poster, music, beans, heat, Florida
Abstract nouns love, fun, freedom, pride, beauty
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Collective Nouns

• A collective noun names a group of people or
  things.

COLLECTIVE NOUNS COLLECTIVE NOUNS COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Club Herd Army
Troop Orchestra Committee
class team group
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Compound Nouns

• A compound noun is one noun made by joining two
  or more words.
• Sometimes it is one combined word cheerleader
• Sometimes it is two or more words Robert R.
  Lazar Middle School