1. 8 Parts of Speech Noun Adjective Pronoun Preposition Verb Conjunction
Adverb Interjection

2. NOUNS--Names a person, place, thing, or idea.
People--girl, men, president, Ms. Hill
Places--building, stadium, park, Denver, Atlantic Ocean
Things--shoes, book, drums, history, hunger, health, life, pain
Ideas--love, friendship, kindness, courage, faith, ambition

3. Kinds of Nouns:
Proper--Names a particular person, place, or thing. Spelled with a capital letter.
Ex: New York City, Babe Ruth, Empire State Building, Baton Rouge
Common--Do not name particular persons, places, or things. Do not need capital letters. Ex: city, athlete, nurse, building

4. Concrete Nouns--Can be seen or touched. Ex: bridge, shell, car
More Kinds of Nouns
Concrete Nouns--Can be seen or touched.
Ex: bridge, shell, car
Abstract Nouns--Cannot be seen or touched.
Ex: liberty, intelligence, happiness

5. More Nouns...
Collective Nouns--Names a group of people or things.
When a collective noun refers to a group or unit, it is considered singular.
Ex: The family went on vacation.
The flock headed on its northern course.

6. When a collective noun refers
to the individual members of the
group who are acting separately,
the noun is considered plural.
Ex: The audience are returning from their cars.
The class brought their pets to show and tell.

7. Compound Noun--When two or more nouns come together to make one noun.
Ex: vice-president; living room; toothbrush

8. Appositive-- A noun that is used to give additional information about another noun in a sentence.
Ex: The bald eagle, a majestic bird, has a wingspan of fourteen feet.
Don’t place commas around most appositives that are proper nouns:
My sister Lisa is a teacher.