1. Nounsby Koereyelle DuBose

2. What are nouns?
Person
mom, girl, friend, boys
Place
city, zoo, Atlanta, park
Thing
book, chair, pencil, shoes
Animal
dog, cat, bear, monkey

3. Let’s sort nouns!
Friend shoes pencil house store park job
Dog telephone sister school kitchen teacher
Person Place Thing

4. Common & Proper Nouns
Common
team
phone
puppy
city
day
Proper
Chicago Bears
Samsung phone
Fuzzy the puppy
Conyers, GA
Monday

5. Is it common or proper?
Miss DuBose Joshua brother President
Teacher CJ Hicks Elementary swing park Mr. Wyatt
Common Proper

6. Singular & Plural
Singular
hat
box
sandwich
bunny
child
Plural
hats
boxes
sandwiches
bunnies
children
What’s
the
rule?

7. Is it singular or plural?
Houses ship boxes wishes children fox
Cars piece sisters women man geese
Singular Plural

8. Possessive Nouns
• A possessive noun shows ownership
My mother’s cake tasted delicious.
Have you seen my sister’s book?

9. More Possessive Nouns
• Here’s the rule:
If a noun is plural and ends with an s,
add the apostrophe after the s
My friends’ brother came outside.
The dogs’ bone was disgusting.

10. Let’s Practice!
Which word is a noun?
a. Friend
b. Happy
c. Around
d. orange
Which word is a noun?
a. angry
b. playground
c. two
d. read

11. Which word is a noun?
a. Run
b. Hop
c. Sad
d. mother
Which word is a noun?
a. Cry
b. Understand
c. Child
d. ready

12. Which is a singular noun?
a. Phone
b. Brushes
c. Dishes
d. scary
Which is a plural noun?
a. Ruler
b. President
c. Boxes
d. skip

13. Which noun is possessive?
a. Houses
b. Inside
c. Shoes
d. Sister’s
Which noun is possessive?
a. Phones
b. Wishes
c. Dad’s
d. unhappy

14. Which noun is possessive?
a. isn’t
b. She’s
c. Girl
d. Girls’
Which noun is possessive?
a. Computer
b. Glasses
c. Friends’
d. clean

15. Is the underlined word a
person, place or thing?
The girls went to the office.
a. Person
b. Place
c. Thing
d. None
Is the underlined word a
person, place or thing?
My mom and I cooked dinner.
a. Person
b. Place
c. Thing
d. None