The document discusses different types of nouns: 1. Common nouns name any person, place, thing or idea and are not capitalized unless starting a sentence. Examples include teacher, city, car. 2. Proper nouns name a particular person, place, thing or idea and are always capitalized. Examples include Atlanta Braves, New York. 3. Concrete nouns can be experienced with senses like sight, sound, touch. Examples include gloves, pickle, desk. 4. Abstract nouns name qualities or ideas that cannot be experienced with senses, like love, laziness, fear.

1. NOUNS
adapted from Sandra Boyd

2. Common and Proper
Nouns
• A noun is a word that names a person,
place, thing, or idea.
• A common noun names any person, place,
thing or idea. Common nouns are not
capitalized, unless they come at the
beginning of a sentence.
• Examples:
•
• teacher baseball city

4. Common Nouns
car
dog
door
boat mother
love

5. Common Nouns
house car
dog
door
boat mother
love

6. Common Nouns
house car
dog
door
boat mother
love desk

7. ASSIGNMENT #1
1. Write six (6) common nouns.
2. Write a declarative sentence
with two of your nouns.
3. Write an interrogative
sentence with two of your
nouns.

8. • A proper noun names a particular person,
place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns are
always capitalized.
• Examples:
Atlanta Braves New York

9. Proper Nouns
• A proper noun names a particular person,
place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns are
always capitalized.
• Examples:
Atlanta Braves New York

11. Proper Nouns

12. Proper Nouns
Mr. Delbridge

13. Proper Nouns
Mr. Delbridge
George Washington

14. Proper Nouns
Mr. Delbridge
George Washington
Jeffrson Memorial

15. Proper Nouns
Mr. Delbridge
George Washington
Baptist Hospital
Jeffrson Memorial

16. Proper Nouns
Mr. Delbridge Mercury Boulevard
George Washington
Baptist Hospital
Jeffrson Memorial

17. ASSIGNMENT #2
1. Write six (6) proper nouns.
2. Write an exclamatory sentence
with two of your nouns.
3. Write an interrogative
sentence with two of your
nouns.

19. Concrete Nouns

20. Concrete Nouns
• One class of nouns is concrete. You can experience
this group of nouns with your five senses: you see
them, hear them, smell them, taste them, and feel
them. If you cannot see, hear, taste, touch, or smell
something, it is not a concrete noun.

21. Concrete Nouns
• One class of nouns is concrete. You can experience
this group of nouns with your five senses: you see
them, hear them, smell them, taste them, and feel
them. If you cannot see, hear, taste, touch, or smell
something, it is not a concrete noun.
• Concrete nouns can be common, proper, countable,
uncountable, collective, and appear in singular or
plural forms.

22. Concrete Nouns
• One class of nouns is concrete. You can experience
this group of nouns with your five senses: you see
them, hear them, smell them, taste them, and feel
them. If you cannot see, hear, taste, touch, or smell
something, it is not a concrete noun.
• Concrete nouns can be common, proper, countable,
uncountable, collective, and appear in singular or
plural forms.
• Examples:
gloves pickle desk

23. Concrete Nouns
• One class of nouns is concrete. You can experience
this group of nouns with your five senses: you see
them, hear them, smell them, taste them, and feel
them. If you cannot see, hear, taste, touch, or smell
something, it is not a concrete noun.
• Concrete nouns can be common, proper, countable,
uncountable, collective, and appear in singular or
plural forms.
• Examples:
gloves pickle desk

24. Concrete Nouns
• One class of nouns is concrete. You can experience
this group of nouns with your five senses: you see
them, hear them, smell them, taste them, and feel
them. If you cannot see, hear, taste, touch, or smell
something, it is not a concrete noun.
• Concrete nouns can be common, proper, countable,
uncountable, collective, and appear in singular or
plural forms.
• Examples:
gloves pickle desk

25. Concrete Nouns
• One class of nouns is concrete. You can experience
this group of nouns with your five senses: you see
them, hear them, smell them, taste them, and feel
them. If you cannot see, hear, taste, touch, or smell
something, it is not a concrete noun.
• Concrete nouns can be common, proper, countable,
uncountable, collective, and appear in singular or
plural forms.
• Examples:
gloves pickle desk

26. • Reliable, Diane's beagle,
licked strawberry ice cream
off her chin. Concrete Nouns
• Ice cream, for example, is a
concrete noun. You can see
the pink. You can taste the
berry flavor. You can feel
your tongue growing numb
from the cold. Any noun that
you can experience with at
least one of your five senses is
a concrete noun.
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27. ASSIGNMENT #3
1. Write four (4) concrete nouns.
2. Write a declarative sentence with
two of your nouns.
3. Write an imperative sentence with
two of your nouns.

29. Abstract Nouns

30. Abstract Nouns
• An abstract noun names a quality or an
idea that cannot be recognized by the
senses.

31. Abstract Nouns
• An abstract noun names a quality or an
idea that cannot be recognized by the
senses.

32. Abstract Nouns
• An abstract noun names a quality or an
idea that cannot be recognized by the
senses.
• Examples:

33. Abstract Nouns
• An abstract noun names a quality or an
idea that cannot be recognized by the
senses.
• Examples:

34. Abstract Nouns
• An abstract noun names a quality or an
idea that cannot be recognized by the
senses.
• Examples:
love laziness fear

35. Abstract Nouns
• An abstract noun names a quality or an
idea that cannot be recognized by the
senses.
• Examples:
love laziness fear

36. Abstract Nouns
• An abstract noun names a quality or an
idea that cannot be recognized by the
senses.
• Examples:
love laziness fear

37. Abstract Nouns
• An abstract noun names a quality or an
idea that cannot be recognized by the
senses.
• Examples:
love laziness fear

38. • Abstract nouns are like the opposite of concrete
nouns. These are nouns that name things you
cannot see, smell, taste, hear, or touch. They refer
to emotions, ideas, concepts, tenets, beliefs, or your
state of being.
• Examples include: love, hate, bigotry, acceptance,
tyranny, democracy, freedom, power, happiness,
curiosity, peace, maturity, deceit, trust, integrity,
culture, patience, rage, calm, anticipation,
education, stupidity, safety, evil, progress,
shopping, and virtue.
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39. Abstract
Noun
• Diane pushed Reliable off her lap to
register her disapproval.
• Disapproval is an example of an
abstract noun. What color is
disapproval? You don't know
because you cannot see it. What
texture is disapproval? Who knows?
You cannot touch it. What flavor is
disapproval? No clue! You cannot
taste it! Does it make a sound? Of
course not! Does it smell? Not a bit!
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40. ASSIGNMENT #4
1. Write four (4) abstract nouns.
2. Write an exclamatory sentence
with two of your nouns.
3. Write an imperative sentence with
two of your nouns.

41. Compound nouns are nouns that are
made up of two or more words.
Compound nouns can be written as
one word- hometown -or as more than
one word- ice cream . Other
compound words are written as two or
more words joined by
hyphens- mother-in-law .

42. Compound Nouns
Compound nouns are nouns that are
made up of two or more words.
Compound nouns can be written as
one word- hometown -or as more than
one word- ice cream . Other
compound words are written as two or
more words joined by
hyphens- mother-in-law .

43. bookmark
doorknob
strongbox
necklace
highchair

44. One Word Compound Nouns
bookmark
doorknob
strongbox
necklace
highchair

45. ASSIGNMENT #5
1. Write two (2) one word compound
nouns.
2. Write a declarative sentence with one
of your nouns.

46. age-group
great-grandmother
runner-up
go-cart

47. Hyphenated Nouns
age-group
great-grandmother
runner-up
go-cart

48. ASSIGNMENT #6
1. Write two (2) hyphenated nouns.

50. Collective Nouns Name a group of
individuals or things.
class
family
team herd
crowd
club

51. Collective Nouns Name a group of
individuals or things.
class
family committee
team herd
crowd
club

52. Collective Nouns Name a group of
individuals or things.
class
family committee
team herd
crowd
audience
club

53. ASSIGNMENT #7
1. Write five (5) collective nouns.

54. A possessive noun names who
or what owns or has something.
Possessive nouns can be common
or proper nouns. They can also be
singular or plural. The following
pairs of sentences show possessive
nouns are formed.

55. Possessive Nouns
A possessive noun names who
or what owns or has something.
Possessive nouns can be common
or proper nouns. They can also be
singular or plural. The following
pairs of sentences show possessive
nouns are formed.

56. Possessive Nouns
Mike owns a book about
inventions.
Several books have indexes.

57. Possessive Nouns
Mike owns a book about
inventions.
Mike's book is about inventions.
Several books have indexes.

58. Possessive Nouns
Mike owns a book about
inventions.
Mike's book is about inventions.
Several books have indexes.
Check several books' indexes.

59. Most Singular Nouns add an
apostrophe and an –s (‘s).
Examples: a girl -- a girl’s coat
Wichita – Wichita’s population
Singular Nouns ending in –s add an
apostrophe and –s (‘s).
Ex.: Joseph Ives – Joseph Ives’s clock
Alexis – Alexis’s book

60. Forming Possessive Nouns
Most Singular Nouns add an
apostrophe and an –s (‘s).
Examples: a girl -- a girl’s coat
Wichita – Wichita’s population
Singular Nouns ending in –s add an
apostrophe and –s (‘s).
Ex.: Joseph Ives – Joseph Ives’s clock
Alexis – Alexis’s book

61. Plural Nouns ending in -s add an
apostrophe (‘).
Examples: boys –boys’
The Wrights – the Wrights’ plane
Plural Nouns not ending in –s add an
apostrophe and –s (‘s).
Ex.: children – children’s toys
women – women’s organization

62. Forming Possessive Nouns
Plural Nouns ending in -s add an
apostrophe (‘).
Examples: boys –boys’
The Wrights – the Wrights’ plane
Plural Nouns not ending in –s add an
apostrophe and –s (‘s).
Ex.: children – children’s toys
women – women’s organization

63. Forming Possessive Nouns
Plural Nouns ending in -s add an
apostrophe (‘).
Examples: boys –boys’
The Wrights – the Wrights’ plane
Plural Nouns not ending in –s add an
apostrophe and –s (‘s).
Ex.: children – children’s toys
women – women’s organization

64. Forming Possessive Nouns
Plural Nouns ending in -s add an
apostrophe (‘).
Examples: boys –boys’
The Wrights – the Wrights’ plane
Plural Nouns not ending in –s add an
apostrophe and –s (‘s).
Ex.: children – children’s toys
women – women’s organization

65. ASSIGNMENT #8
1. Write four (4) possessive
noun phrases.
Example:
-Maria’s toy
-All the dads’ cars