1. NOUNS Parts of Speech

2. Noun Types Noun: a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns can also be… Common or proper Concrete or abstract Singular, plural, or possessive Collective or compound

3. Common and Proper Common Noun: a general person, place, thing, or idea. Ex: doctor, store, book Proper Noun: a specific person, place, thing, or brand name. * Proper nouns are ALWAYS capitalized. Ex: Miley Cyrus, K-Mart, The Hunger Games, Nike

4. Concrete or Abstract Concrete: a physical person, place, or thing. Ex: desks, Miss Cordova, candy bars Abstract: an idea or nonphysical thing. Ex: happiness, speed, freedom If you can touch it, its a concrete noun.

5. Singular, Plural, or Possessive Singular: just 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 (’) and “s”

6. Collective and Compound Collective Noun: groups of people or things Ex: crowd, family, team Compound Noun: made up of more than one word Ex: bubble bath, son-in-law, handstand

7. Practice I’ll show a noun. You tell whether it is… Common or proper Concrete or abstract Singular, plural, or possessive If applicable: Collective or compound Example schools = plural, concrete, common noun

8. 1 hats Common or proper? Concrete or abstract? Singular, plural, or possessive? If applicable: Collective or compound?

9. 2 Guam Common or proper? Concrete or abstract? Singular, plural, or possessive? If applicable: Collective or compound?

10. 3 weekends Common or proper? Concrete or abstract? Singular, plural, or possessive? If applicable: Collective or compound?

11. 4 wolves’ Common or proper? Concrete or abstract? Singular, plural, or possessive? If applicable: Collective or compound?

12. 5 school Common or proper? Concrete or abstract? Singular, plural, or possessive? If applicable: Collective or compound?

13. 6 student’s Common or proper? Concrete or abstract? Singular, plural, or possessive? If applicable: Collective or compound?

14. 7 Micronesia Mall Common or proper? Concrete or abstract? Singular, plural, or possessive? If applicable: Collective or compound?

15. 8 respect Common or proper? Concrete or abstract? Singular, plural, or possessive? If applicable: Collective or compound?

16. 9 Barrack Obama’s Common or proper? Concrete or abstract? Singular, plural, or possessive? If applicable: Collective or compound?

17. 10 iPhones Common or proper? Concrete or abstract? Singular, plural, or possessive? If applicable: Collective or compound?

18. Answers 1. common, plural, concrete 2. proper, singular, concrete 3. common, plural, abstract, compound 4. common, possessive, plural, concrete 5. common, singular, concrete, collective 6. common, possessive, singular, concrete 7. proper, singular, concrete, compound 8. common, singular, abstract 9. proper, possessive, concrete, compound* 10. proper, plural, concrete