NOUNS The Basic Building Blocks of Grammar What

NOUNS!!! The Basic Building Blocks of Grammar

What are Nouns? • A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Examples: Person: Mr. Fern, boy, girl, dad, doctor. Place: America, Europe, valley, mountain, school. Thing: dog, cat, notebook, computer. Idea: Freedom, gratitude, love, friendship.

Proper vs. Common Nouns Proper Noun • Names of particular people, places, things, or ideas. • Always capitalized!!! Examples: Morgan, Poppy, Flagstaff. Common Noun • Names people, places, thing, or ideas that are general. • Never capitalized!!! Examples: girl, dog, town.

Concrete vs. Abstract Nouns Concrete Noun • Nouns that you can experience with at least one of your five senses. • If you can touch or see it… it’s a concrete noun. Examples: table, pencil, window. Abstract Noun • Names of ideas and things that you cannot touch. Examples: thoughts, friendship.

Examples: CONCRETE tortilla wedding ring gorilla desk pencil rain money fart tooth car ABSTRACT conflict love goals thought dream jealousy fear greed admiration heaven

Compound Nouns • Compound nouns are nouns that consist of two or more words. They occur in three different ways: Multiple words that run together: cookbook, seaweed. Hyphenated words: ninety-one Words that are separated: North America, Nile River, sea urchin.

Possessive Noun • A possessive noun is a noun indicating ownership (or possession). • These words usually to have an apostrophe followed by an “s” at the end of the word if the noun is singular! Examples: The dog’s bone, Dave’s house. Plural possessives only have the apostrophe after the word. Example: The kittens’ bowl

Collective Noun • Names of groups of people, animals, or things. Examples: herd, family, flock, team. What does the collective noun “gaggle” refer to?

Collective vs. Plural They seem similar, but they are completely different. Plural nouns reference multiple nouns while a collective noun references an entire group of something. • The marines ran up the hill vs. The platoon ran up the hill. • The players were warming up for the game vs. the team was warming up for the game. • The birds were migrating south for the winter vs. the flock of birds were flying south for the winter.