1. Nouns

2. A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.
A common noun is a general name for a person, place, thing, or idea. Common nouns are not capitalized.
A proper noun is the name of a particular or specific person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun is always capitalized.

3. Common or proper?
Nile, Kenya, Charles Lindbergh
river, country, pilot

4. Correct or incorrect? I go to Albemarle high school.
Incorrect. Since you are stating your specific high school, you must capitalize the entire title.
Correction: I go to Albemarle High School.
I am a high school student.
Correct. You are not listing your specific high school; you are generally stating you go to high school.

5. A concrete noun names an object that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted.
An abstract noun names an idea, quality, or characteristic. These things cannot be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted.

6. Noun
Concrete or Abstract?
shoe
freedom
perfume
simplicity

7. Correct Answers Noun Concrete or Abstract? shoe concrete freedom
perfume
simplicity

8. A noun may either be singular (if it names a single thing) or plural (if it names more than one thing)
Singular: map, berry, deer, mouse
Plural: maps, berries, deer, mice

9. Every noun is either common or proper, concrete or abstract, and singular or plural.
For example, desert is:
common or proper?
concrete or abstract?
singular or plural?
Desert is common, concrete, and singular

10. Great Lakes is proper, concrete, and plural.
common or proper?
concrete or abstract?
singular or plural?
Great Lakes is proper, concrete, and plural.

11. A collective noun refers to a group of people or things
A collective noun refers to a group of people or things. Even when a collective noun is singular, it is used to refer to a number of individuals.
Examples:
Ms. Little’s 3rd period class
Albemarle High School’s football team
The herd of sheep

12. A compound noun is formed from two or more words
A compound noun is formed from two or more words. Some compound nouns are written as single words, some as hyphenated words, and some as separate words.
One word: toothbrush, backpack, watermelon
Hyphenated: sister-in-law, self-knowledge
Separate words: duffel bag, South Carolina

13. A possessive noun shows ownership or relationship
A possessive noun shows ownership or relationship. Possessive nouns are spelled with apostrophes.
Ownership: the tourist’s passport
Relationship: the tourist’s companion

14. Practice
Fill in the provided chart using page 8 in the SMALL BLUE GRAMMAR BOOK.