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Nouns
Proper Nouns
Common Nouns
Concrete Nouns
Abstract Nouns
Collective Nouns
Compound Nouns
Nouns
• A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing or idea.
– Persons: Mrs. Platinsky, teacher, student
– Places: Lazar Middle School, classroom
– Things: desk, football
– Ideas: happiness, self-control, democracy
Common and Proper Nouns• A proper noun names a particular person,
place, thing or idea.
• A proper noun is always capitalized.
• A common noun names any one of a group of persons, places, things or ideas.– It generally is not capitalized.
Common and Proper Nouns
Common Nouns Proper Nouns
Girl Shari Platinsky
Writer Gary Paulsen
Country England
Monument Statue of Liberty
Team NY Giants
Book The Hunger Games
Religion Buddhism
Concrete and Abstract Nouns
• A concrete noun names something that can be recognized through any of the five senses (taste, touch, smell, sight, and hear)
• An abstract noun names something that cannot be recognized through the senses.
• An abstract noun names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic.
Concrete nouns poster, music, beans, heat, Florida
Abstract nouns love, fun, freedom, pride, beauty
Collective Nouns
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Club Herd Army
Troop Orchestra Committee
class team group
• A collective noun names a group of people or things.
Compound Nouns• A compound noun is one noun made by
joining two or more words.
• Sometimes it is one combined word – cheerleader
• Sometimes it is two or more words – Robert R. Lazar Middle School
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