The document defines and provides examples of different types of nouns: common nouns name persons, places, animals or things in general while proper nouns name specific persons, places, animals or things. Collective nouns name groups of people, places, animals or things and abstract nouns name qualities or states of mind. It then provides examples asking the reader to identify the type of noun in each sentence.

2. A noun is a word
that names a:
• Person
• Place
• Animal
• Thing

3. Kinds of Nouns
 Common Noun
 Proper Noun
 Abstract Noun
 Collective Noun

4. Common Noun
A noun that names
any:
• Person
• Place
• Animal
• Thing

5. Proper Noun
A noun that names
a specific:
• Person
• Place
•Animal
•Thing
Timmy
Happy Valley
Church
Mr. Gatti’s Pizza
Newton’s Theory of Gravity

6. Collective Noun
A noun that names a
group of:
• People
• Places
• Animals
• Things

7. Abstract Noun
A noun that is
the name of
A quality
A state of mind

8. Can you identify
the type of noun
in each of these
sentences?

9. Bobby walked to the
store late yesterday. What
type of noun is store?
Proper noun
Common noun

10. The committee met at
noon. What type of noun
is committee ?
Proper noun
Collective noun
Common noun

11. We went to North
Carolina. What type of
noun is North Carolina?
Proper noun
Plural noun
Common noun

12. Mr. Johnson carried in
the heavy boxes. What
type of noun is boxes?
Proper noun
Plural noun
Common noun

13. He read only one book
last week. What type of
noun is book ?
Proper noun
Common noun

14. Sherry book was very
interesting. What type of
noun is Sherry?
Proper
Common noun
Collective noun

15. The team has a game on
Saturday. What type of
noun is team?
Proper noun
Collective noun

16. Everyone liked the dog of
Mr. France. What type of
noun is Mr. France ?
Proper noun
Common noun
Collective noun