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Nouns

Nouns. Parts of Speech. Nouns- Person, place, thing or idea. Examples: John F. Kennedy High School Lady Gaga Textbook Freedom. Proper and Common Nouns. Proper nouns are specific. Proper nouns are always capitalized. Common nouns are general. Singular, Plural & Possessive Nouns.

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Nouns

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  1. Nouns Parts of Speech

  2. Nouns- Person, place, thing or idea • Examples: John F. Kennedy High School Lady Gaga Textbook Freedom

  3. Proper and Common Nouns • Proper nouns are specific. • Proper nouns are always capitalized. • Common nouns are general.

  4. Singular, Plural & Possessive Nouns Singular Nouns = Just one. Ex. dog, Gloria, marker Plural Nouns = More than one. Ex. cars, sweaters, kids Possessive Nouns = Show ownership, have an apostrophe and “s”, unless word ends in “Z” sound. In that case an apostrophe is simply added at the end. Ex. Gloria’s, child’s, students’

  5. Concrete or Abstract Concrete Noun: a person, place, or thing that occupies the physical world. It is tangible, which means you should be able to physically touch it. Ex. television, child, couch Abstract Noun: an idea. It is a nonphysical thing; therefore you cannot touch it. Ex. justice, peace, strength, theory of evolution

  6. In Summary Nouns are people, places, things or ideas. AND Nouns can be either common or proper. Nouns can be either singular, plural or possessive. Nouns can be either concrete or abstract.

  7. Practice: • shoes Common or proper? Plural, singular or possessive? Concrete or abstract?

  8. wolves’ Common or proper? Plural, singular or possessive? Concrete or abstract?

  9. San Antonio Common or proper? Plural, singular or possessive? Concrete or abstract?

  10. William Shakespeare’s Common or proper? Plural, singular or possessive? Concrete or abstract?

  11. Ingram Park Mall Common or proper? Plural, singular or possessive? Concrete or abstract?

  12. intelligence Common or proper? Plural, singular or possessive? Concrete or abstract?

  13. DVDs Common or proper? Plural, singular or possessive? Concrete or abstract?

  14. Answers • common, plural, concrete • common, possessive & plural, concrete • proper, singular, concrete • proper, possessive, concrete • proper, singular, concrete • common, singular, abstract • common, plural, concrete

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