ABSTRACT COMMON PROPER POSSESSIVE COMPOUND COLLECTIVE NOUNS - SECTION #6 A person, place, thing, or idea Nouns can be: CONCRETE ABSTRACT COMMON PROPER POSSESSIVE COMPOUND COLLECTIVE NOUNS NOUNS - SECTION #6

COMMON NOUNS: Everyday, ordinary objects NOUNS - SECTION #6 COMMON NOUNS: Everyday, ordinary objects They are never capitalized unless they begin a sentence or are part of a title of something. The dog ran into the door. NOUNS - SECTION #6

PROPER NOUNS: Names a specific person, place, thing, idea NOUNS - SECTION #6 PROPER NOUNS: Names a specific person, place, thing, idea ALWAYS capitalized no matter where it appears in the sentence. Ms. Lehrer went to the Cheesecake Factory for dessert. NOUNS - SECTION #6

CONCRETE NOUNS: You can scientifically prove that it exists. NOUNS - SECTION #6 CONCRETE NOUNS: You can scientifically prove that it exists. A ghost or imaginary object is concrete because if it were real, it would be concrete. The dog bit the alien in my house. NOUNS - SECTION #6

ABSTRACT NOUNS: You cannot prove that it exists You cannot see it NOUNS - SECTION #6 ABSTRACT NOUNS: You cannot prove that it exists You cannot see it You cannot shake the hand of “Love” Faith is what keeps us alive. NOUNS - SECTION #6

POSSESSIVE NOUNS: Nouns that show ownership of something NOUNS - SECTION #6 POSSESSIVE NOUNS: Nouns that show ownership of something Act like adjectives Usually has an ‘s or s’ as a suffix (but not always) That is Ms. Lehrer’s pet tiger. NOUNS - SECTION #6

COMPOUND NOUNS: Two nouns put together to form a new noun NOUNS - SECTION #6 COMPOUND NOUNS: Two nouns put together to form a new noun Dog + house = doghouse Sometimes there is a space - Fighting Illini I love to eat cheesecake. NOUNS - SECTION #6

NOUNS - SECTION #6 COLLECTIVE NOUNS: A noun that means more than one person, place, thing, or idea Do not confuse with plural nouns EX: jury, class, Illini, Bears, team, equipment NOUNS - SECTION #6