1. Parts of Speech
Chapter 12

2. 12a -- NOUN
A Word or word group that is used to name a person, a place, a thing, or an idea

3. Question Which sentences show the correct use of a noun? WHY?
I am going to run.
The charity run begins at 11:00.
We can camp here.
Where will we set up the camp?

4. Question Which sentences show the correct use of a noun? WHY?
I am going to run.
The charity run begins at 11:00.
We can camp here.
Where will we set up the camp?
Group 1 Member 2

5. Question Which sentences show the correct use of a noun? WHY?
I am going to run.
The charity run begins at 11:00.
We can camp here.
Where will we set up the camp?
Group 1 Member 2

6. Common and Proper Nouns
A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea and is CAPITALIZED. A common noun names any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas and is generally not capitalized.
Common Proper
scientist Marie Curie
woman Rita Moreno
city Kansas City
building Eiffel Tower
continent North America
day Monday

7. Do Practice #1

8. Concrete and Abstract Nouns
Concrete Noun = Person, place, thing that can be perceived by one or more of the following senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell. Cloud, poison ivy, thunder, silk, yogurt, Sarah
Abstract Noun = Names an idea, feeling, quality, or characteristic. Freedom, well-being, beauty, kindness, Buddhism

9. Practice #2

10. Compound Nouns
One Word
Firefighter, Iceland, newspaper
Separate Words
Prime minister, Red River Dam, fire drill
Hyphenated Word
Sister-in-law, Port-au-Prince, pull-up
A compound noun consists of two or more words used together as a single noun. The parts of a compound noun may be written as one word, as separate words, or as hyphenated word.

11. Practice #3

12. Collective Nouns A collective noun is a word that names a group.
People
Audience, chorus, committee, crew
Animals
Brood, flock, gaggle, herd
Things
Assortment, batch, bundle, cluster
A collective noun is a word that names a group.

13. Practice #4

14. Question Hour 7 Here
How many nouns are in the following sentence? Do not count anything except common and proper nouns. “Then my eyes fell on the bound and cast white mass point at me, and as it was always to do, it brought me down out of Finny’s world of invention, down again as I had fallen after awakening that morning, down to reality, to the facts.

15. Question
How many nouns are in the following sentence? Do not count anything except common and proper nouns. “Then my eyes fell on the bound and cast white mass point at me, and as it was always to do, it brought me down out of Finny’s world of invention, down again as I had fallen after awakening that morning, down to reality, to the facts. Group 3 Member 3

16. Question = 7
How many nouns are in the following sentence? Do not count anything except common and proper nouns. “Then my eyes fell on the bound and cast white mass point at me, and as it was always to do, it brought me down out of Finny’s world of invention, down again as I had fallen after awakening that morning, down to reality, to the facts. Group 3 Member 3

17. Practice #5