8. Compound Nouns
A noun made up
of two or more
words grouped
together!
HYPHENATED
light-year
mother-in-law
ONE WORD
basketball
grandmother
TWO WORDS
grand piano
jumping jack
peanut butter
9. Compound Noun
A single noun made up of more than
one word.
Common compound nouns can be
found in the dictionary.
10. Common or Proper
Nouns are either COMMON or PROPER.
COMMON nouns name
any one of a group of persons, places
things, or ideas.
PROPER nouns name
a particular person, place, thing, or idea.
Proper nouns always begin with a
CAPITAL LETTER.
11. Common or Proper
Common Nouns
boy
team
building
city
teacher
author
singer
Proper Nouns
Trevor
L.A. Lakers
Honda Center
Laguna Beach
Mrs. Cochren
Stephanie Meyers
Michael Jackson
12. Concrete Nouns
Nouns that you can experience with one
or more senses
sight
hearing
touch
taste
smell
13. Abstract Nouns
There are some nouns that you CANNOT
see, hear, taste, touch, or smell.
These are the nouns that are ideas. One
person’s idea of a particular noun may be
different than another person’s idea.
16. Collective Noun:
A word that names a group but is in the
singular form
Examples:
jury, team, class, council, herd,
swarm, family, crew, litter, batch,
committee, quartet, audience
18. How to Identify NOUNS
Begin with:
Look through the
sentence and check for
people, places, things,
ideas.
Often these words will
have articles preceding
them.
Sometimes these words
will follow possesives or
numbers!
Then, determine:
Common or Proper?
Concrete or Abstract?
Singular, Compound, or
Collective?