Learning to Classify Nouns By: Brittany Young
Starter! Quickly, with a partner review the definition of a noun and write it on a piece of paper! Then on your own write down 5 examples of nouns! Click the yellow button for noun definition! Click the green button for some noun examples!
Classification of Nouns Nouns can be classified into three categories: Person Place Thing
Click the yellow button for examples! Person A person is a a human being, whether man, woman, or child A human being as distinguished from an animal or a thing (from http://www.dictionary.com) Click the yellow button for examples!
Click the yellow button for examples! Place the specific portion of space normally occupied by anything (from http://www.dictionary.com) Click the yellow button for examples!
Click the yellow button for examples! Thing some entity, object, or creature that is not or cannot be specifically designated or precisely described (from http://www.dictionary.com) Click the yellow button for examples!
Quick Practice Try to identify which category the 5 nouns you wrote on your paper would fit in…
Let’s Practice!! Can you classify this noun? Is it a person, place or thing? Person Place Thing All clipart is from Microsoft Word
Let’s Practice!! Can you classify this noun? Is it a person, place or thing? Person Place Thing All clipart is from Microsoft Word
Let’s Practice!! Can you classify this noun? Is it a person, place or thing? Person Place Thing All clipart is from Microsoft Word
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