Nouns

• Person

• Place

• Thing

Common Nouns

• A common noun is a noun that is not specific. It names a general person, place, or thing. It is not capitalized.

Proper Nouns

• A proper noun is a noun that is specific. It names a person, place, or thing. It is capitalized.

Singular nouns

• A singular noun names one person, place or thing.

• boy, school, pizza,

• man, woman, child

Plural nouns

• A plural noun names more than one person, place or thing.

• girls, buildings, sandwiches

• men, women, children

Concrete nouns

• A concrete noun names a thing that can be seen or touched

• mountains, pickles,

• Disneyland

Abstract nouns

• An abstract noun names a thing that can be thought about and talked about but cannot be seen or touched

• hope, fear, opinion,

• beliefs

Identify the common and proper nouns

• 1. The doctor saved the sick girl.

• 2. Billy went to Texas .

• 3. My dog is a German Shepherd.

• 4. The greatest state in the country is New Jersey.

• 5. Mary's dad is a professor at Rutgers.

• 6. It’s a fact that Justin Beiber is a singer, but it’s my opinion that he stinks!