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Four Types of Nouns

Four Types of Nouns. concrete abstract collective compoun d. Concrete Nouns. You can experience this group of nouns with at least one your five senses: see them, hear them, smell them , taste them, or fee l them. Concrete Noun. Cow. You can see the cow.

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Four Types of Nouns

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  1. Four Types of Nouns • concrete • abstract • collective • compound

  2. Concrete Nouns You can experience this group of nouns with at least one your five senses: seethem, hearthem, smellthem, tastethem, or feelthem.

  3. Concrete Noun Cow

  4. You can see the cow.

  5. You can touch the cow.

  6. You can hear the cow.

  7. You can taste the cow.

  8. Another Concrete Noun Car Can You... • hear the engine? • smell the exhaust? • feel the fabric covering the seat? • See the car?

  9. Abstract Nouns-nouns that cannot be experienced by at least one of the five senses. Happiness Love We cannot see, hear, smell, taste, or touch this. We can only see the physical actions and circumstances that we associate with it. We cannot see, hear, smell, taste, or touch this. We can only see the physical manifestations of it.

  10. Where’s the love? There is nothing here except a silhouette of two faces touching.

  11. Is this bravery or just a man going into a burning building?

  12. Compare Concrete Abstract intelligence bravery loyalty happiness convenience • student • fire fighter • dog • pencil • computer

  13. Collective Nouns-the name of a number or collection of people or things taken together and spoken of as one whole gaggle of geese society

  14. More Collective Nouns clan of hyenas murder of crows

  15. and a few more because I think they are fun! herd of goats army of ants

  16. And Finally... clutch of chicks colony of beavers

  17. Compound Nouns-A noun that is made with two or more words. Each compound noun acts as a single unit and can be modified by adjectives and other nouns Compound Nouns come in three forms. • open or spaced - space between words (tennis shoe) • hyphenated - hyphen between words (six-pack) • closed or solid - no space or hyphen between words (bedroom)

  18. Noun + Noun Compounds football bus stop

  19. Adjective + Nouns Compounds software white board

  20. Verb + Noun Compounds breakfast swimming pool

  21. Noun + Verb Compounds sunrise haircut

  22. Verb + Preposition Compounds checkout to do

  23. Noun + Prepositional Phrase Compounds mother-in-law lady in waiting

  24. Preposition + Noun Compounds underworld overachiever

  25. Noun + Adjective Compounds teaspoonful truckfuls

  26. Don’t forget to study

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