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NOUNS. What do you think a noun is?. Can you name any types of nouns?.
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NOUNS What do you think a noun is? Can you name any types of nouns? There are many different types of nouns. They are common nouns, collective nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns, concrete nouns, pronouns, compound nouns, animate nouns, inanimate nouns, singular nouns, plural nouns and countable nouns.
Can you identify the nouns in this paragraph? How many did you find? Sally’s Sally’s cat cat meowed at the troupe troupe of they soldiers soldiers as they in passed was Her their tanks tanks Her curiosity their . curiosity by shared Sally Sally . 10
COMMON NOUNS Nouns name people, places or things. A common noun names general things such as a table, a book or a chair.
Can you identify the common nouns in this paragraph? How many did you find? Sally’s Sally’s cat cat meowed at the troupe cat of they soldiers as in soldiers passed was Her their tanks curiosity tanks . by shared Sally . 3
PROPER NOUNS Nouns name people, places or things. A proper noun is a word that describes a particular person, place or thing ie. Sarah, Brisbane
Can you identify the Proper nouns in this paragraph? How many did you find? Sally’s Sally’s cat cat meowed at the troupe of they soldiers as in passed was Her their tanks curiosity . by shared Sally Sally . 2
COLLECTIVE NOUNS Nouns name people, places or things. A collective noun describes a group of things. Ie army, troupe, school
Can you identify the Proper nouns in this paragraph? How many did you find? Sally’s Sally’s cat cat meowed at the troupe troupe of they soldiers as in passed was Her their tanks curiosity . by shared Sally . 1
PRONOUNS Nouns name people, places or things. A pronoun can be used in the place of a noun to avoid boring repetitions. In the sentence, “Jill picked up Jill’s bag.” We can replace the second “Jill” with her to make the sentence less repetitious.
Can you identify the Proper nouns in this paragraph? How many did you find? Sally’s Sally’s cat cat meowed at the troupe of they they soldiers as in passed was Her their tanks Her curiosity their . by shared Sally . 3
This is an exert from “Valley of the Bones.” Can you identify all the nouns is these paragraphs? How many did you find? 33