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2. Nouns are… A person A place A thing An idea

3. PEOPLE Students family family friends friends teacher teacher Girl Girl athlete athlete brother brother judge judge

4. PLACES Home house house space space school school city city neighborhood neighborhood county county east east

5. THINGS shoe shoe cough cough oxygen oxygen pencil pencil book book flower flower

6. IDEAS happiness Love truth skill success fear

7. Noun or not? small NOT

8. Noun or Not? ocean NOUN

9. Noun or Not? George Washington NOUN

10. Noun or Not? school NOUN

11. Noun or Not? abruptly NOT

12. Noun or Not? and NOT

13. Noun or Not? laughter NOUN

14. Common Nouns ANY person, place, thing, or ideas

15. Proper Nouns Specific person, place, thing, or idea ALWAYS capitalize If more than ONE word- Capitalize 1 st word AND all other important words

16. Common and Proper COMMONPROPER Peopleactor singer Athlete Placesbuilding city river Thingsbook movie song Change each common noun in each category to a proper noun.

17. Common or Proper? U.S. Congress Proper

18. Common or Proper? President Obama Proper

19. Common or Proper? president Common

20. Common or Proper? France Proper

21. Common or Proper? Dr. Lee Proper

22. Common or Proper? Doctor Common

23. Common or Proper? Kenston Middle School Proper

24. Singular vs. Plural SINGULARPLURAL Names ONE person, place, thing or idea Names more than ONE You add –s to most plural nouns Example: students, photos, sports

25. Unusual Plural Endings busbuses (es) boxboxes (es) citycities (ies) potatoPotatoes (es) Lifelives (ves)

26. Collective Noun Names a group of people or things Plural Each member of the group acts seperately Singular All members of groups act as single unit EXAMPLE: The team shares the field with its opponent. Singular The team share their jokes with each other. Plural Examples players  team student  class Fish  school Teachers  staff