1. NOUNS

2. Definition:
A noun is a word or word group that is used to name a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
There are six types of nouns: common, proper, compound, concrete, abstract, and collective

3. For Example. . . Persons: President Bush, teacher, chef, Dr. Smith
Places: Grand Canyon, city, Chicago, kitchen
Things: lamp, granite, Nobel Prize, Golden Gate Bridge
Ideas: happiness, self-control, liberty, bravery

4. Proper Nouns:
A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea and begins with a capital letter:
Hillary Duff
United States
Lincoln Memorial
The Eagles Greatest Hits
The Outsiders
Catholicism

5. Common Nouns:
A common noun names any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas and is not capitalized:
girl
country
monument
compact disc
book
religion

6. Compound Nouns:
A compound noun is a single noun made up of two or more words used together. The compound noun may be written as one word, as a hyphenated word, or as two or more words.

7. Types of compound nouns:
One Word:
grandmother, basketball, cowboy
Hyphenated Word:
mother-in-law, light-year
Two or More Words:
grand piano, jumping jack, University of Iowa

8. Nouns are multiple types:
University of Iowa:
proper, compound, concrete
self-control:
common, compound, abstract
girl:
common, concrete