The Eight Parts of Speech WOC 1.3 Parts of Speech Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections
Nouns What is a noun?
Noun A noun is a word or word group that is used to name a person, place, thing or idea such as…
Persons teacher President Obama chef Dr. Seuss
Places Grand Canyon city Madrid Middle School Paris, France
Things Great Wall of China pizza L.A. Lakers desk
Ideas Happiness Bravery liberty self-control
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea? London, England
Place
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea? Mrs. Tanaka
Person
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea? Capitalism
Idea
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea? monument
Thing
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea? Statue of Liberty
Thing
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea? Hogwarts School of Wizardry
Place
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea? mongoose
Thing
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea? Freedom
Idea
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea? Kobe Bryant
Person
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea? California
Place
Identify the nouns in the sentence. Pete ate peppers with pizza.
Pete peppers pizza
Identify the nouns in the sentence. Jonathan climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Jonathan Mt. Kilimanjaro
Identify the nouns in the sentence. When I was six, I went to Niagara Falls.
Niagara Falls (I is a pronoun)