Let’s look at the chart we used last week when we began to talk about nouns NOUNS A Noun are people, places or things You can see and touch most nouns PEOPLE I, YOU, SHE, HE PEOPLE MY MOTHER JOHN THE LITTLE GIRL THE DOCTOR PLACES THE CLASSROOM THE SCHOOL PARKS HARTFORD ENGLAND A DEPARTMENT STORE THINGS A PENCIL A CAR DOOR HOUSE THE FLOOR THE MARKER AN ERASER

A noun can also name an idea- something that is abstract Abstract – hard to see, feel, touch or smell Abstract nouns can be: Beauty Bravery Brilliance Brutality Calm Charity Coldness Compassion Confidence Contentment Courage Curiosity Dedication Determination Ego Elegance Enthusiasm Envy Evil Fear Generosity Goodness Hatred Honesty Honor Hope Humility Humor Insanity

Tonight, we will learn more about Nouns Nouns are the key words in the English Language. Tonight we will learn what nouns are and what kind of things they can name. We will discover a number of different types of nouns: Nouns that give a general name for a thing Nouns that name something specific Nouns that make up more than one word. You’ll also learn the difference between singular and plural nouns, and between concrete and abstract nouns. The world revolves around nouns!

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Proper Nouns A proper noun gets more specific. It gives us the actual name of the person, place, thing, or idea. Washington Street Bushnell Park Mr. Jones Yahoo B.J.s Wholesale Club Rashmi Debora Ms. Mann Dr. Oz

One of the easiest ways to fully grasp the meaning of proper nouns is to compare them with common nouns. A common noun refers to the general names of things. Look around you and name the items you see. A desk, a chair, a lamp, a window, a door. When you go shopping, who do you see? A man, a child, a salesperson, an attendant, a toddler, a policeman. These are all general, common nouns. Now lets compare common nouns to proper nouns.

Look at the difference between a proper and a common noun woman/Julie state/California company/IBM, Macy’s, Nordstroms restaurant/Applebee’s mountains/Mckinley, White Mountains countries/Ireland, France, America waitress/Betty chair/La-Z-Boy

Can you pick out the proper nouns below? They need to be capitalized! man julie applebee’s restaurant ireland america lieutenant mark davis connecticut river trinity college

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Here are some example sentences to further show the difference Every man was dressed in uniform but James was by far the most dashing We loved every state on the western coast but California was my favorite. Lieutenant Mark Davis is a soldier in the United States Army. When we go to our favorite restaurant, Applebee’s, we always ask for Betty, our favorite waitress

To make things a little clearer for you, here is a list of proper nouns categories. Holidays: Christmas, New Year’s Day, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving Geographical areas: San Francisco, Europe, Spain, the Nile River People and pets: Mrs. Caroline Jones, Rip Van Winkle, Snoopy Newspapers, Magazines: Wuthering Heights, Atlanta Journal, Southern Living Companies and organizations: Google, ChildFund International, General Electric

More lists of Proper Noun Categories Religious terms: Christian, Methodist, Hindu, God, Allah Places, buildings: Yellowstone National Park, Empire State Building, Ritz-Carlton Titles: President Bush, King George, Queen Elizabeth Languages: English, French, Italian Brand names: Coach, Pepsi, Lucky

Compound Nouns No capitalization here Just two words put together that help you to better know the understanding armchair childhood wastebasket driveway suntan airplane headphones landlady songwriter textbook shoplifter bellman thunderstorm checkbook haircut toothpaste mockingbird dry-cleaning swimming pool

Verbs Verbs describe action Jumping, skiing, snowing, raining Sneeze give want get hug Is am are feel scare paint sit Walk wave

Adjectives Adjectives describe or modify nouns The little boy The sad girl Adverbs help to describe verbs She ran quickly The dog barked loudly