Nouns

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Nouns

• Person
• Place
• Thing

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Common Nouns

• A common noun is a noun that is not specific. It
  names a general person, place, or thing. It is
  not capitalized.

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Proper Nouns

• A proper noun is a noun that is specific. It
  names a person, place, or thing. It is
  capitalized.

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Singular nouns

• A singular noun names one person, place or thing.
  
• boy, school, pizza,
• man, woman, child

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Plural nouns

• A plural noun names more than one person, place
  or thing.
• girls, buildings, sandwiches
• men, women, children

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Concrete nouns

• A concrete noun names a thing that can be seen or
  touched
• mountains, pickles,
• Disneyland

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Abstract nouns

• An abstract noun names a thing that can be
  thought about and talked about but cannot be seen
  or touched
• hope, fear, opinion,
• beliefs

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Identify the common and proper nouns

• 1. The doctor saved the sick girl.
• 2. Billy went to Texas .
• 3. My dog is a German Shepherd.
• 4. The greatest state in the country is New
  Jersey.
• 5. Mary's dad is a professor at Rutgers.
• 6. Its a fact that Justin Beiber is a singer,
  but its my opinion that he stinks!