NOUNS What is a noun? A NOUN is a word or group of words used to name a person, place, thing or idea

NOUNS

What is a noun? A NOUN is a word or

group of words used to name a person, place,

thing or idea.

Examples:

• Persons: Sidney Crosby, doctor, friend

• Places: Grand Canyon, Pittsburgh, kitchen

• Things: lamp, Eiffel Tower, Nobel Prize

• Ideas: happiness, liberty, bravery, patriotism

CHALLENGECan you write a sentence

that uses all 4 types of nouns? (person, place,

thing, idea)

What is the difference between

common and proper nouns?

A common noun is any one of a group of persons,

places, things or ideas and is not capitalized.

Examples of Common Nouns

girl pumpkin

monument building

book school

teacher house

street bear

A proper noun is a particular person, place, thing or idea

and begins with a capital letter.

Examples of Proper Nouns

Sidney Crosby Aunt Shirley

Eiffel Tower Halloween

A Long Way From Chicago

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WHAT IS A CONCRETE

NOUN?

A concrete noun names a person, place, or thing

that can be perceived by at least one of our senses

(sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell)

Examples of concrete nouns:

• Photograph, music, apples, rose

What is an abstract noun?

An abstract noun names an idea, a feeling, a

quality, or a characteristic. You can’t experience it with your

senses.

Examples of abstract nouns:

• Idea – fun, freedom

• Feeling – love, happiness

• Quality – beauty, wisdom

• Characteristic – self-esteem