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3 NOUN Categories

3 NOUN Categories. A noun is a person, place, or thing. There are Common and Proper Nouns. Common nouns don’t have to be capitalized because they are general. Apples – state-person- teacher-balloon. Proper nouns need to be capitalized because they name specific people, places, and things.

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3 NOUN Categories

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  1. 3 NOUN Categories A noun is a person, place, or thing.

  2. There are Common and Proper Nouns.

  3. Common nouns don’t have to be capitalized because they are general. Apples – state-person- teacher-balloon

  4. Proper nouns need to be capitalized because they name specific people, places, and things. Mrs. BullingtonGeorgiaStatue of LibertyMrs. Johnson

  5. What 3 categories can nouns be grouped into? *Singular (1)*Plural (more than 1)*Possessive(ownership)

  6. Singular nouns are 1 person, place, thing. TruckAppleSchoolTelevisionTree

  7. Plural nouns are more than 1 person, place, thing. TrucksTreesSchoolsTVs

  8. Sometimes there are special plural nouns. They don’t end in S. *geese *children*deer *people*fish *sheep

  9. The last category is possessive. These show OWNERSHIP. Look for an apostrophe. *Matthew’s book*Tree’s branches*Chad’s guitar

  10. See if you can determine whether these words are plural, singular, or possessive.

  11. Boy’s possessive

  12. apple singular

  13. children plural

  14. house singular

  15. singer singular

  16. teacher’s possessive

  17. dog’s possessive

  18. dogs plural

  19. presidents plural

  20. president’s possessive

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