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Nouns

2. What are they?
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea (democracy, creativity, etc.)
Each noun has three classifications

3. Common vs. Proper
Common nouns refer to general people, places, things, or ideas
Not capitalized (lake, museum month, etc)
Exception-Beginning of a sentence
Guitarists love to play in the park
Proper nouns refer to particular people, places, things, or ideas
Always capitalized

4. Concrete vs. Abstract
Concrete nouns are an object that can be touched, seen, smelled, heard, or tasted
Ex. book, flower, sand, etc
Abstract nouns describe an idea, quality, or state
Ex. curiosity, pride, sadness, etc.

5. Singular vs. Plural Singular nouns refer to one thing
Plural nouns refer to many things
There are several ways to make words plural we will discuss several later

6. Collective Nouns Refers to a group of people or things with one word
Ex. audience, family, crowd, team, jury

7. Compound Nouns
Two or more words put together to make one word. There are three ways to make compound nouns.
One Word: airplane, skateboard, & keyboard
Separate Words: rain forest, parking lot, City Hall
Hyphenated Words: mother-in-law, fade-out

8. Practice Tim creativity orange juice crew Proper, Singular, & Concrete
Common, Singular, & Abstract
Compound
Collective