This document provides an introduction to nouns for students. It defines a noun as a person, place, thing, or idea and gives examples of common nouns that fall into each category, such as pumpkin, chef, and South Carolina. It also lists words that are not nouns, like kick, pretty, and quickly. Students are then prompted to practice identifying nouns, such as teacher, Greer Middle School, and tall, versus non-nouns like round.

1. Nouns Mrs. Smith

2. What is a noun? Person Place Thing Idea A noun is a…

3. Examples Pumpkin is a noun. THING

4. Examples Chef is a noun. PERSON

5. Examples South Carolina is a noun. PLACE

6. Examples Freedom is a noun. IDEA

7. Nonexamples Kick is not a noun. X X X X

8. Nonexamples Pretty is not a noun. X X X X

9. Nonexamples Quickly is not a noun. X X X X

10. Practice Is teacher a noun?

11. Practice Is tall a noun?

12. Practice Is Greer Middle School a noun?

13. Practice Is round a noun?