1. What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.

2. Tell if the underlined word in each sentence is a noun
Tell if the underlined word in each sentence is a noun. If so, tell if it names a person, place, thing, or idea.
The sky was a canvas of blues and whites.
My teacher was glad to see me this morning.
The team practices every night at 5:00 p.m.
How did the glass get broken?
The United States was founded in 1776.
My friend Janice lives next door to me.
The happiness of the group is very important.

3. Common and Proper Nouns
A COMMON NOUN names a general person, place, thing, or idea. Common nouns begin with a lowercase letter, unless found at the beginning of a sentence or part of a title.
A PROPER NOUN names a specific person, place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns begin with a capital letter.

4. Common and Proper Nouns

5. Common and Proper Noun Examples
Common Nouns Proper Nouns
boy Timothy
girl Sarah
city Nashville
game Monopoly
company Nike
country Japan
school Towne Acres

6. Common and Proper Nouns
Tell if each of the following nouns is a common noun or a proper noun.
shirt paper Fairmont China
baseball Atlanta car Ford
college shoe Adidas candy
McDonald’s movie Delta friend

7. For each common noun, give an example of a proper noun.
Common Proper
drink Gatorade
state
teacher
team
school
song

8. For each proper noun, give an example of a common noun.
Common Proper
Food City
Spiderman
Rachel
Dollywood
Science Hill High
O’Hare International

9. Online Games for Common and Proper Nouns
Noun Dunk
Proper Noun or Common Noun Quiz
Common Or Proper Nouns Super Hitter Baseball Review Game
Common Or Proper Nouns Games

10. What is a concrete or abstract noun?
Concrete Noun
Names a thing that is tangible (seen, touched, heard, smelled, or tasted).
Can either be common or proper.
Abstract Noun
Names an idea, a condition, or a feeling.
Simply said, something that can not be eaten, seen, heard, or smelled

11. Examples of Concrete nouns
I kicked the dog.
The monkey ate my little sister’s banana.
Temulak drank my smoothies!

12. Examples of Abstract Nouns
Kino felt sadness because he lost his hard-earned money.
Ning was overcome with happiness when her husband gave her an ipad 2.

13. Identify the Common Nouns in the following sentences.
1. We arrived early at Teacher Training Institute.
We arrived early at Teacher Training Institute.
2. There are different types of people.
There are different types of people.
3. The man was trying to steal his superbike.
The man was trying to steal his superbike.
4. They have gone to the polyclinic.
They have gone to the polyclinic.
5. The baby is crying.
The baby is crying.
Norsarihan Ahmad

14. Identify the Common Nouns in the following sentences.
6. My lecturer is in the classroom.
My lecturer is in the classroom.
7. He threw some nuts to the monkeys.
He threw some nuts to the monkeys.
8. The children are playing in the field.
The children are playing in the field.
9. That temple was built before I was born.
That temple was built before I was born.
10. He has bought a new ipad.
He has bought a new ipad.
Norsarihan Ahmad

15. FORMING NOUNS FROM NOUNS
Fill in the blanks with abstract nouns from the nouns in brackets.
1. I had a very happy ______ (child).
I had a very happy childhood.
2. I forgot to renew my _____ (member) in the sailing club.
I forgot to renew my membership in the sailing club.
3. We formed a deep and lasting _____ (friend).
We formed a deep and lasting friendship.
4. He hopes to take over the _____ (leader) of the party.
He hopes to take over the leadership of the party.
Norsarihan Ahmad

16. FORMING NOUNS FROM NOUNS
Fill in the blanks with abstract nouns from the nouns in brackets.
5. There are lots of nice people in the _____ (neighbor).
There are lots of nice people in the neighborhood.
6. In the _____ (king) of Thailand, the king commands the respect of every citizen.
In the kingdom of Thailand, the king commands the respect of every citizen.
7. She seems to be enjoying _____ (mother).
She seems to be enjoying motherhood.
8. He had barely reached _____ (man) when he married.
He had barely reached manhood when he married.
Norsarihan Ahmad

17. Compound nouns One word: grandmother, basketball
Hyphenated words: mother-in-law- light-year
Two words: grand piano, jumping jack

18. Compound Nouns
Compound nouns are formed by joining two simple nouns together.
Examples:
boy + friend= boyfriend
ice + land= Iceland
brother + in + law= brother-in-law
grass + hopper= grasshopper
_______________ (your example)

19. Collective Nouns
Collective nouns name a group or collection of people, places, things or ideas. They are considered one unit and so they are singular.
Examples:
The crowd sounds like a herd of elephants.
The staff includes professionals and nonprofessionals.
The group of students is standing in line.

20. A flock of birds

21. A herd of elephants

22. A pack of wolves

23. A shoal of fishes

24. A fleet of ships

25. A leap of Leopard

26. Singular and Plural Nouns
A singular noun names ONE person, place, thing, or idea.
A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

27. Plural Nouns Watch the Brainpop Jr. Video BrainPOP Jr. Search
View this helpful website with examples
Plural Nouns

28. Ways to Make a Noun Plural
Ending
Rule
Add –s
Most words will only require adding an s to the end (add –s to words that end in a vowel-y, such as monkeys)
Add -es
Add –es to words than end in –s, -x, -ch, -z (double z), and –sh. Some words that end in –o, will also add –es
Change –y to –i and add -es
For words that end in a consonant-y, drop the –y and add
-ies, such as cities, berries, duties, etc.
Change –f or –fe to -ves
For some words that end in –f or –fe…examples include calves, knives, halves, etc.
Irregular (word can stay same or change)
Stay the same= deer, sheep, moose, etc.
Change= children, men, mice, geese

29. Determine the plural form of each noun
day fairy glass
knife mouse box
beach brush toy
woman person patch
tray school child
fantasy author teacher
ruby gummy shelf

30. What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun
It was a cold and snowy day in Milwaukee.
Adjectives help you see, feel, taste, hear, and smell all the experiences that you read about.

31. Watch how the sentence below changes when you add adjectives
Adjectives help you see, feel, taste, hear, and smell the experiences you read about
Watch how the sentence below changes when you add adjectives
The students copied the notes.
The noisy students copied the long notes.

32. Adjectives answer the questions:
What kind?
Blue jeans
Which one?
Last cupcake
How many/how much?
Two pumpkins

33. Describe this picture using as many adjectives as you can think of!!

34. Proper Adjectives
One type of descriptive adjective is called the proper adjective.
Proper adjectives are derived from, or come from, proper nouns. This means that they must always be capitalized.
Proper adjectives sometimes are formed by adding a suffix to the proper noun.

35. Examples of Proper Adjectives
Proper Noun Proper Adjective
America American
France French
China Chinese
Pennsylvania Pennsylvanian

36. Proper Adjectives
Sometime proper nouns don’t change in form at all when they become proper adjectives.
Ex. President Kennedy was a good leader. (In this sentence President Kennedy is a person; therefore, he is a noun.)
Ex. The Kennedy Library is very large. (in this sentence Kennedy is describing the library; therefore, it is an adjective.)

37. The Chinese food I ate yesterday
made my stomach hurt.
adjective
noun
Chinese comes from the
proper noun China.

38. My teacher played the Mexican hat dance song during our party.
We learned about American
cowboys in Social Living.

39. The archeologist uncovered an egyptian mummy. Egyptian
When we were at the market, we saw
beautiful indian rugs.
Indian
Some people love to eat cuban food
because it is so spicy.
Cuban