1. Parts of Speech Nouns Objectives:
To identify nouns, compound nouns, common and proper nouns, and collective nouns
To substitute specific nouns for vague, general nouns when writing and revising

2. Part Definition Example
Noun
A person, place, thing, or idea.
Under the clouds, we felt like fish swimming in suntan oil.

3. Hints to Identify Nouns
Place the article a,an, or the before a word. If it makes sense, then it is probably a noun. (This does not work with nouns that are ideas, I.e. freedom, some proper nouns, or dates).

4. Categories of Nouns People student, mother, friend, Jimmy Places
Concrete and Abstract
Concrete Nouns
People
student, mother, friend, Jimmy
Places
school, earth, Chicago, Main Street
Things
ocean, summer, car, lion, airplane
Abstract Nouns
Ideas and Qualities
love, hope, grief sorrow, dream, belief, beauty, happiness, honor

5. Categories of Nouns Common and Proper Common and Proper Nouns
Common Nouns
friend, city, spacecraft, holiday, month, store
Proper Nouns
Maria Rodriguez, Voyager, Houston, Memorial Day, August, Boston Store

6. Categories of Nouns Compound Some Compound Nouns Separate Words
first aid, coffee roll, sleeping bag
Hyphenated Words
ambassador-at-large, hole-in-the-wall, treasure-house
Combined Words
turtleneck, officeholder, onlooker, babysitter

7. Categories of Nouns Collective band flock orchestra class crew gang
Some Collective Nouns
band
congregation
flock
orchestra
class
crew
gang
swarm
colony
crowd
herd
team
committee
family
league
troop

8. List Nouns in the room