NOUNS

NOUNS

Nouns are words that represent a person, place, thing or, and idea.

• Person- Ms. Schadt, student, Lebron James, teacher

• Place- Eiffel Tower, beach, Bahamas, home

• Thing- pen, Band Aid, diamonds, Kleenex

• Idea- love, Christianity, religion, hate

PROPER VS. CONCRETE

Proper nouns are the specific name of nouns.

Proper nouns start with a capital letter.Ms. Schadt, Lebron James, Eiffel Tower, Bahamas, Band-aid, Kleenex, Christianity.

Common nouns are general items.Student, teacher, beach, home, pen, diamonds, love, religion, hate

ABSTRACT VS. CONCRETE

Concrete nouns are recognizable by the 5 senses (feel, hear, see, taste, smell)

Example: heat, songs, people, salt, aroma

Abstract nouns are ideas, or qualities.Example: love, dreams, wishes

NOUN USAGE IN SENTENCES

• All sentences must have a subject and a predicate.

• Subjects are who or what is doing the action.

• Noun phrases make up the subject of the sentences.