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Nouns. What is a noun?. A person, place, thing, or idea. Common noun. Begins with a lower case letter c at, hat, bat, dog, kid, shoe. Proper noun. Begins with a capital letter Specific people, places, or things Atlanta, Katie, Snoop, The Thrashers, Kleenex.
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What is a noun? • A person, place, thing, or idea
Common noun • Begins with a lower case letter • cat, hat, bat, dog, kid, shoe
Proper noun • Begins with a capital letter • Specific people, places, or things • Atlanta, Katie, Snoop, • The Thrashers, Kleenex
This is my first visit to Florida. Joe bought those tickets. Is that my backpack? I love the Steelers! These are my friends Joe and Lucy. Will you hand me those Skittles?
In the book by Mark Twain, Tom is like almost every boy you have met. Who hasn’t woken up on a Monday morning and dreaded going to school? Tom decides that he can stay home if he makes himself sick.
First, he imagines a pain in his stomach, but that goes away. One of his teeth is loose, but Tom knows Aunt Polly would just pull it out. Tom wakes up his half brother, Sid, and convinces him that Tom’s sore toes will lead to death.
Possessive noun • A noun that shows ownership • has an apostrophe • girl’s, school’s, chef’s
Collective noun • Noun that names a group of things • class, committee, army, family