1. Parts of Speech

2. Proper nouns refer to a specific thing Proper Nouns are ALWAYS capitalized. Common nouns refer to a general thing. Common NounProper Noun motorcycleHarley Davidson teacherMrs. Peikert restaurantOlive Garden bookThe Hunger Games

3.  1. giraffe, leaves, tree, Africa  2. Imagine Dragons, concert  3. Freddy, Mrs. Peikert, M&Ms, day  4. Alyssa, lasagna, family  5. Julie, Jenna, Target, purse, jeans

4. Singular Nouns = Just one Ex: cat, Bob, pen Plural Nouns = More than one Ex: houses, hats, mice Possessive Nouns = Shows ownership Ex: cat’s, Bob’s, pen’s Add apostrophe and “s”, unless word ends in “s” …then just add apostrophe. Ex: students’, bass’

5. Concrete Noun: something that you can use one of your five senses with (smell, taste, hear, see, feel) Ex: desk, muscles, student Abstract Noun: an idea or nonphysical thing – something you can’t smell, taste, hear, see, or feel Ex: peace, strength, freedom

6.  Compound Noun: two or more words as a noun Combine into one word  Ex: restroom, baseball Separate  Ex: hot dog, high school Hyphen  Ex: mother-in-law

7. Nouns are people, places, and things. Nouns can be common or proper, AND Nouns can be concrete or abstract, AND Nouns can be plural, singular, or possessive AND Nouns can be compound

8. You will see a noun on each slide. You tell me if they are… common or proper, AND plural, singular, or possessive, AND concrete or abstract, AND compound

9. hats common or proper? plural, singular, or possessive? concrete or abstract? compound?

10. Mr. Fisher’s common or proper? plural, singular, or possessive? concrete or abstract? compound?

11. luck common or proper? plural, singular, or possessive? concrete or abstract? compound?

12. Chicago common or proper? plural, singular, or possessive? concrete or abstract? compound?

13. wolves’ common or proper? plural, singular, or possessive? concrete or abstract? compound?

14. intelligence common or proper? plural, singular, or possessive? concrete or abstract? compound?

15. Mall of America common or proper? plural, singular, or possessive? concrete or abstract? compound?

16. sailors’ common or proper? plural, singular, or possessive? concrete or abstract? compound?