It’s grammar time! Nouns, nouns, and more nouns! Ms. Jacobsen, M.a. English 11 & 12

noun types…wait there’s different types of nouns?! Common Abstract Concrete Collective Compound Mass (noncount) Count Gender-specific Verbal Proper Gerund

Now introducing Common nouns Definition: person, place, or thing Examples: car, man, bridge, town, water, metal, ammonia, etc. Only capitalized when the noun starts a sentence Begins the classification of other nouns

The most commonly confused nouns: Abstract and concrete nouns Abstract Nouns Concrete Nouns Definition: nouns that you can’t see or touch Examples: bravery, joy, hatred, happiness, anger, jealousy Nouns that you can see or touch Examples: tree, cloud, house, husband, dog, cat

Four more noun types…yes there’s more! Always more! Collective Noun Definition: nouns that describe a type of group the number isn’t specific Examples: team, choir, jury, people, family, board members Compound Noun Definition: nouns made up of more than one word The two words can be any part of speech placed together and can with or without a hyphen Examples: court-martial, pickpocket, water bottle, classroom, mother-in-law Mass Noun (noncount noun) Definition: nouns that can’t be counted Examples: food, music, stars, ocean Count Noun Definition: nouns that can be counted, can be plural or singular, and used with articles or numbers Examples: a book, the books, 2 cats

The one noun every student should know: proper Proper Noun Definition: specific noun that names a person, place, or thing Always capitalized Examples: Person: Michael, Ms. Jacobsen, Grandpa John, Valencia Place: Winslow High School, Africa, Leupp, California Thing: Kleenex, Dayton Peace Accord, White House

Uncommon noun types: gender-specific, gerund, and verbal Gender-Specific Noun Definition: nouns which refer to a male or female Examples: actress, actor, men, women, soldier, gentleman, husband, wife, boyfriend, fiancé, fiancée, lady, dame Gerund Noun Definition: nouns that refer to action Typically have the –ing suffix Examples: running fast, guessing a number, mothering her son, thinking, baking Verbal Noun Definition: noun derived from verbs Examples: a building, an attack, a long jump, the firing pin

Let’s practice what we learned! Take out your composition notebook for notes and turn to a blank piece of paper. Write down today’s date. Write down each of the noun types that we have gone over in class followed with a colon Example: Common: Each noun type should be on its own line. Be sure to skip lines. Now provide an example of each of the noun types. You have 10-15 minutes to complete this exercise before we go over it as a class.