NOUNS Created by Amanda Harkins September 2008

NOUNS: A noun names a person, place, animal, or thing.

Person boy

Place lake

Animal dog

Thing airplane

Now, let’s practice identifying nouns.

*Names for people, places, animals, and things are called nouns. The park was covered in snow. Does this sentence name a person, place or thing? Yes! A park is a place. Snow is a thing

*Names for people, places, animals, and things are called nouns. The ducks and geese had no food. Does this sentence name a person, place or thing? Yes! Ducks and geese are animals. Food is a thing.

*Names for people, places, animals, and things are called nouns. Two children lived across the street. Does this sentence name a person, place or thing? Yes! Children are people Street is a place.

*Names for people, places, animals, and things are called nouns. The girl and the boy brought bread to the birds. Does this sentence name a person, place or thing? Yes! Girl and boy name a person Bread is a thing Birds are animals

GREAT JOB!!! You’re flying high! Way to go.