1. ABSTRACT COMMON PROPER POSSESSIVE COMPOUND COLLECTIVE
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A person, place, thing, or idea
Nouns can be: CONCRETE
ABSTRACT COMMON PROPER POSSESSIVE COMPOUND COLLECTIVE
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2. COMMON NOUNS: Everyday, ordinary objects
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COMMON NOUNS:
Everyday, ordinary objects
They are never capitalized unless they begin a sentence or are part of a title of something.
The dog ran into the door.
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3. PROPER NOUNS: Names a specific person, place, thing, idea
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PROPER NOUNS:
Names a specific person, place, thing, idea
ALWAYS capitalized no matter where it appears in the sentence.
Ms. Lehrer went to the Cheesecake Factory for dessert.
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4. CONCRETE NOUNS: You can scientifically prove that it exists.
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CONCRETE NOUNS:
You can scientifically prove that it exists.
A ghost or imaginary object is concrete because if it were real, it would be concrete.
The dog bit the alien in my house.
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5. ABSTRACT NOUNS: You cannot prove that it exists You cannot see it
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ABSTRACT NOUNS:
You cannot prove that it exists
You cannot see it
You cannot shake the hand of “Love”
Faith is what keeps us alive.
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6. POSSESSIVE NOUNS: Nouns that show ownership of something
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POSSESSIVE NOUNS:
Nouns that show ownership of something
Act like adjectives
Usually has an ‘s or s’ as a suffix (but not always)
That is Ms. Lehrer’s pet tiger.
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7. COMPOUND NOUNS: Two nouns put together to form a new noun
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COMPOUND NOUNS:
Two nouns put together to form a new noun
Dog + house = doghouse
Sometimes there is a space - Fighting Illini
I love to eat cheesecake.
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COLLECTIVE NOUNS:
A noun that means more than one person, place, thing, or idea
Do not confuse with plural nouns
EX: jury, class, Illini, Bears, team, equipment
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