1. Nothing but Nouns
Parts of Speech

2. Noun: person, place, thing, or idea/quality
Noun Types
Noun: person, place, thing, or idea/quality

3. Person
Place
Thing
Idea/Quality
girl
Greenville
X-Box
love
Ms. Poplin
City
tree
happiness
nurse
back yard
arm
freedom
Sam
San Francisco
couch
honesty
boy
Mountain
monster
commitment
team
Pilot Mountain
Big Foot
kindness
president
Hope Middle School
Apple Computer
democracy

4. Nouns can also be categorized as…
Concrete or abstract
Singular, plural, or possessive and
Common or proper

5. Concrete or Abstract
Concrete: a physical noun. You can experience it with one or more of your five senses
Ex: desks, cafeteria, candy bars
Abstract: an idea or quality that cannot be identified by the senses
Ex: happiness, speed, freedom

6. Find the concrete nouns in the following sentences.
I found the dog in the park next to school.
Katie showed Billy the picture of
his new computer.

7. Find the abstract nouns in the following sentences
The teacher had trust in her students.
There was a lot of excitement
the week before the Christmas holidays.
The trumpet player had great talent.

8. Singular, Plural, or Possessive
Nouns have different forms.
Singular: one noun
Ex: pencil, mess, Mike
Plural: more than one
Ex: pencils, messes, Mikes
Possessive: shows possession or ownership.
Ex: Mike’s, pencil’s, mess’s
*possession is shown with an apostrophe

9. Collective Nouns…
Collective means a group. Collective nouns are “groups of something.”
herd fleet colony tribe pack family team flock group
army mob class audience

10. Common and Proper Common Noun: a general person, place, or thing.
Use a lowercase letter unless the common noun is the first word of the sentence
Ex: doctor, store, book
Proper Noun: a specific person, place, thing, or brand name.
Use capital letters in each major word of the noun
Ex: Doctor Phil, Target, Hunger Games

11. Practice I’ll put a noun on the board. You will write whether it is…
Singular, plural, collective or possessive
Concrete or abstract
Common or proper
Example
schools = plural, concrete, common noun

12. Singular, plural, collective or possessive Concrete or abstract Common or proper1
dogs 2
Big Mac

13. Singular, plural, collective / possessive Concrete or abstract Common or proper3
family’s 4
Buddhism

14. Singular, plural, collective or possessive Concrete or abstract Common or proper5
beauty 6
Nintendo Wii

15. Singular, plural, collective / possessive Concrete or abstract Common or proper7
crime 8
Wednesday’s

16. Singular, plural, collective or possessive Concrete or abstract Common or proper9
pants 10
politeness