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Nouns
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What is a Noun?
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.
EX: The boy went to the park.
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Common Noun
A Common Noun is any person, place, thing, or idea.
EX: Jenna went to the store.
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Proper Noun
Proper Nouns are specific people, places, things, or ideas. Proper nouns are always capitalized.
EX: Charles Darwin loved Blackjack Pizza.
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Plural Nouns
Plural Nouns mean that there are more than one noun. ● We usually add an “S” or an “ES” to make
nouns plural.
EX: The dogs liked to run in the park.
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Possessive Nouns
Possessive Nouns belong to someone. ● Usually, we add an apostrophe ( ‘ ) and an
“S” to make it possessive.
EX: John’s cat loved to eat lasagna.
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What if it’s plural AND possessive?
If it is both plural and possessive, we put the apostrophe AFTER the s.
EX: The girls’ dresses were ugly.
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Collective Noun
Collective Nouns name groups of people or things as one unit.
EX: My family is insane.
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Compound Noun
Compound Nouns are made of two or more words.
EX: In social studies, we learned the history of the merry-go-round.
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Concrete Nouns
Concrete Nouns are people or things that can be perceived with our senses.● Sight, taste, touch, smell, hear
EX: Lincoln’s hat was filled with water.
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Abstract Nouns
Abstract Nouns are used to name ideas, feelings, qualities, or characteristics that we can NOT perceive.
EX:Jane never got over her shyness.
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Count vs. Non Count Nouns
A noun is a person, place, thing or idea. You can add a number before and an s behind a count noun and it will still make sense and be grammatically correct.
EX: I have two bags.
Non count nouns only exist in their singular form.
EX: I have some baggage to get.
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Compound Nouns
Compound Nouns contain two or more words joined together to make a single noun. Compound nouns can be one word, hyphenated, or two words.
EX: Firefighter, doghouse, over-the-counter
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Collective Nouns
A collective noun is a single noun in a singular form that names a collective group.
EX: Team, group, family, squad
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Pronouns & Antecedents
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Pronoun
A pronoun takes the place of a noun.
EX: He went to the store.
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Antecedent
The antecedent is the noun that the pronoun is filling in for.
EX: Roberto thought that he would win the race.
Roberto is the antecedent and he is the pronoun.