1. Nouns

2. What is a Noun? A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.

3. Nouns There are two main classes of nouns: common and proper nouns. *A noun is common OR proper—NOT BOTH!

4. Common Noun A common noun names any general person, place, thing or idea. Ex: woman, boy, city, tree

5. Proper Noun A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun begins with a capital letter. Ex: Atlanta, Mrs. Schellenberg, Language Arts, Inman Middle School, Virginia Avenue

6. Common or Proper? football church Thomas mall Burger King Statue of Liberty

7. Concrete and Abstract Another category that a noun falls into is concrete or abstract. A noun is either concrete OR abstract—NOT BOTH!

8. Concrete Noun A concrete noun names things you can see and touch. Ex: television, chair, car, desk, sidewalk

9. Abstract Noun An abstract noun names an idea, quality, action, or feeling. Ex: bravery, goodness, love

10. Collective Noun A collective noun names a group of persons or things. Ex: crowd, team, squad

11. Let’s Practice: Discuss if these are common or proper, concrete or abstract or collective. air team NFL table computer ignorance

12. Try It Yourself Write one example for each of the following noun types on a sepertate sheet of paper: collective proper abstract common concrete