Nouns Collective Proper Common Abstract and Concrete Part

Nouns (Collective, Proper, Common, Abstract and Concrete)

Part I: What does each separate group have in common? 1. ______ 2. _______ 3. _______4. _______ _ The mall Hot dog Jealousy Batman Phoenix, Textbook Assiduousnes Cell phones President AZ Obama Taj Mahal Toenail Ambition Remote Peace Aunt kitchen control Jackie D-27 Alienation Backpack My sister Outer Hope have What do ALL these groups Boys space common?

Part II: Nouns (n. ) • Def: Persons, places, things, or ideas/concepts • Common n. : plain nouns you hear all the time • house • Proper n. : nouns with specific names (capitalized) • The White House • Create a column. List all the proper nouns you can think of that start with the letter I assign you. Use a dictionary! (CAPITALIZE THESE) • Now, for each proper noun, give the corresponding common noun! (Don’t capitalize these) • E. g. White House house, place, capital,

Part III: Abstract vs. Concrete • Concrete n. : A noun you can touch/feel/see (person, place, thing) • Hugs, kisses, caresses, food • Abstract n. : A noun you CAN’T touch/feel/etc. (ideas, concepts, topics) • Love • List as many abstract nouns as possible • For each abstract noun, list as many CONCRETE nouns that you think of when you think of that topic. • E. g. Love hugs, kisses, caresses, food

Part IV: Collective nouns • Collective n. : singular nouns that refer to groups • Even though they refer to many things, a collective noun is only considered one thing. • E. g. The singular word “team” refers to many players, “Hawaii” refers to several islands, “committee” refers to several people who make a decision, etc. • List as many individual animals as you possibly can think of… • Can you think of the collective noun for each animal? • E. g. , cat clowder (group of cats)

Exit Questions • Name three things/terms you learned today… or that you were reminded about.