1. Nouns

2. Nouns – name a
Person
Place
Thing
Idea

3. Person
doctor
welder
player
referee
leader
golfer

4. Place
ocean
mountain
city
lake
country
desert

5. Thing
apple
dog
bowl
ball
bone
sun
snowflake
book
chair
tree

6. Idea
commitment
friendship
freedom
neighborhood
love

7. Common or Proper Nouns are also COMMON or PROPER.
COMMON nouns name any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas.
PROPER nouns name a particular person, place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns always begin with a CAPITAL LETTER.

8. Common or Proper Common Nouns boy team building city teacher author
singer
Proper Nouns
Billy
Green Bay Packers
Empire State Building
Madison
Mrs. Shattuck
J.K. Rowling
Miley Cyrus

9. Compound Noun A single noun made up of more than one word.
Common compound nouns can be
found in the dictionary.

10. Compound Nouns can be: Single Word: grandmother, basketball
Hyphenated Word:
mother-in-law, jack-in-the-box
Two or more words:
ice cream, jumping jack

11. Concrete Nouns
Nouns that you can perceive with your senses (see, hear, touch, taste, smell) are called CONCRETE NOUNS.

12. Abstract Nouns
There are some nouns that you can NOT see, hear, taste, touch, or smell.
These are the nouns that are ideas. One person’s idea of a particular noun may be different than another person’s idea.

13. Concrete or Abstract
Concrete – a noun that you can see, hear, feel, taste or touch
Abstract – a noun that is a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic

14. Collective Nouns:
A group (but still in singular form)