Noun Notes Parts of Speech Basics A noun
Noun Notes Parts of Speech
Basics ►A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing or idea. § Persons: brother, scientist, Rita, Governor Granholm § Places: porch, stadium, Chicago, Africa § Things: television, cactus, hurricane, Holland Tunnel § Ideas: truth, democracy, ability, safety
Common and Proper Nouns ►A common noun is a general name for a person, place, thing or idea. ► A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, thing or idea; these need to be capitalized. Common nouns Proper nouns man Albert Einstein, Michael Jordan, _______ holiday Earth Day, Labor Day, _______ city Miami, London, Dallas, Beijing, ________ language Spanish, English, Hebrew, _________ _
School subjects: common or proper nouns? ► It depends on the class! ► English is proper since “English” names a particular language. ► math is common because it names a general thing ► What other schools subjects are proper nouns? ► What about common nouns?
Singular, Plural & Collective Nouns ► Singular nouns name one person, place, thing or idea. ► Plural nouns name more than one. ► A collective noun names a group – people or things that are regarded as a unit. § Example: tribe, litter, flock, committee, ________
Abstract and Concrete Nouns A concrete noun names something perceptible to the senses – something that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted. ► An abstract noun names something that cannot be perceived through the senses such as an idea, quality, emotion or state. ► Concrete Nouns Abstract Nouns coin, hand, fire, computer, _____ jealousy, freedom, laziness, _____
Compound Nouns ►A compound noun consists of two or more words used together as a single noun. ► A compound noun may be written as one word, as two words, or as a hyphenated word. As one word As two words As hyphenated words bookcase, candelight, _____ ice cream, New York, ____ greatgrandmother, one-third, _____
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