1. Common, Proper, Concrete, Abstract, Possessive
Nouns
Common, Proper, Concrete, Abstract, Possessive

2. Definition A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea Mr. Johnson beach
book
knowledge

3. Example Maria and her cat are very nice. “Maria” is a person
“cat” is a living object

4. Find the nouns! Mrs. Clapper loves her students.
If you do your homework, you will receive a good grade.
Don’t rush your work; take your time.
A good effort will give you successful results.

5. Common Nouns -general names for non-specific nouns
-words that should be in the dictionary
-do NOT begin with capital letters
Examples: city, car, boat, horse, chalk, desk

6. Proper Nouns special names for specific nouns
-ALWAYS begin with a capital letter
-a name that has been given to the person, place, or thing
Example: Mrs. Clapper, Megan, New York City, Cleveland Cavaliers, Jackson Middle School

7. Common or Proper? christmas ohio bird cleveland browns rocket trevor
softball

8. What is the pattern? A B table dog telephone pizza Mrs. Clapper dreams
love
anger
courage
peace

9. Which column would these words fit in?
trust, dentist, yard A B
beach
dog
telephone
pizza
Mrs. Clapper
dreams
love
anger
courage
peace

10. Concrete vs Abstract Nouns

11. Concrete Nouns
-“regular” nouns that can be experienced with the five senses (touch, see, taste, smell, hear)
Examples: desk, clouds, spaghetti, perfume, Mrs. Clapper

12. Abstract Nouns -ideas or concepts
-cannot be detected or experienced with the five senses
Examples: love, happiness, fear, talent

13. Concrete or Abstract?
pizza
freedom
puppy
luck
October
Mrs. Gilbert

14. Possessive Nouns -Nouns that show ownership. -have an apostrophe.
Example: Mrs. Clapper’s students are the best!
Gabrielle’s love of books warms my heart!
The dog’s bone was hidden in the couch.

15. How to Punctuate Possessive Nouns
BrainPop!

16. Singular Nouns - Most Nouns
-add an ’s even if the singular noun ends with an s, such as Arkansas or James
ex: dog’s, James’s, flower’s

17. Singular - Two Nouns Share
-add an ’s after the second noun only if they share one thing
ex: Simba and Nala’s, Lilo and Stitch’s

18. Plural - Most Nouns
-add an ’ after an existing s to make boys’ trucks’, etc
ex: cats’, cars’

19. Plural - Don’t End in -s
-add ’s
ex: women’s, children’s, geese’s

20. Plural - Two Nouns Do Not Share
-add ’s after each noun
ex: Lisa’s and Molly’s dogs

21. Common or Proper? Possessive or not?
My dog, Chief, loves to play with sticks in the backyard.
Chief’s favorite snack is the muffins my grandmother makes for him.
Chief thinks he is big and bad when he tries to herd the horses.
The look on the horses’ faces show that they aren’t scared.

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