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Nouns: A Person, Place or Thing

Nouns: A Person, Place or Thing. August 12, 2008. What is a noun?. A noun is the subject of a sentence A noun is a person, place or thing In the following sentence, what is the noun? Jack runs. ‘Jack’ is the noun.

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Nouns: A Person, Place or Thing

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  1. Nouns: A Person, Place or Thing August 12, 2008

  2. What is a noun? • A noun is the subject of a sentence • A noun is a person, place or thing • In the following sentence, what is the noun? • Jack runs. • ‘Jack’ is the noun. • An article (a, an, the) usually precedes a noun. Ex: The cat is hiding in the tree.

  3. Examples of Nouns • Brianna • cat • mall • Atlanta • Oxford Middle School • shoes • Judge

  4. Types of Nouns • Proper Nouns • Common Nouns • Plural Nouns • Possessive Nouns • Concrete Nouns • Abstract Nouns

  5. Proper Nouns • A proper noun is a specific person, place or thing • A proper noun usually begins with a capital letter • Examples are days of the week, holidays, religions, months, organizations, institutions and names • Oxford Middle School is a proper noun • Ally is a proper noun

  6. Common Nouns • A common noun refers to a person, place or thing in a general sense • Common nouns only begin with a capital letter when they are at the beginning of a sentence • Examples include: dog, house, car, sidewalk, school, work, book, newspaper, beach, towel

  7. Plural Nouns • Plural nouns indicate more than one person or thing • Plural nouns end in ‘s’ or ‘es’ • Examples include: boxes (plural for box), hats (plural for hat), pencils (plural for pencil)

  8. Possessive Nouns • A possessive noun is a noun that changes its form to show it owns something else • A possessive noun is formed by adding an apostrophe and an ‘s’ (for plural possessive you only add an apostrophe) • Examples: Sophie’s, teacher’s, tree’s

  9. Types of Nouns • A noun can be more than one type of noun • Mrs. Martin’s class is the best class • In this case, ‘Mrs. Martin’s’ is both a proper noun and a possessive noun. Mrs. Martin is also a concrete noun

  10. Concrete Nouns • A concrete noun is any object or person that can be experienced through your senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, smell • Example: judge, dog, beach, wave, book

  11. Abstract Nouns • An abstract noun cannot be experienced through the senses • Examples: thought, memory, childhood, daydream, justice, peace

  12. Practice! • In the following sentences, identify the noun(s): • TJ has pretty hair. • Tomorrow I am going to the beach. • I made an A on the math test today. • English is the best class!

  13. Your turn! • Give at least one example for each of the following: • Common noun • Proper noun • Possessive noun • Plural Noun • Concrete Noun

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