Nouns & Adjectives

Nouns & Adjectives

Proper and Common Nouns

• Common nouns name any person, place, thing, or idea. They are not capitalized unless they come at the beginning of a sentence

• Proper nouns are the names of specific people, places, things, or ideas. THE FIRST LETTER NEEDS A CAPITAL

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a proper noun?

• Museum

• Park

• New York City

• Swimming pool

Multiple Select

2. Which of the following is a common noun?

• Edmonton

• Teacher

• Apple

• Snowboard

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a proper noun?

• Coffee cup

• Airplane

• Cell phone

• Carson

Multiple Select

2. Which of the following is a common noun?

• Purple

• Tim Hortons

• Artist

• Slippers

Open Ended

Type an example of a common noun

Open Ended

Type an example of a proper noun

Adjectives

• a word that describes a noun or pronoun

• Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns

Multiple Choice

Find the adjective in the sentence:

"I have a smart dog"

• smart

• dog

• have

• the

Multiple Choice

Find the adjective in the sentence:

"My house has ten windows."

• house

• ten

• my

• windows

Multiple Choice

Find the adjective in the sentence:

"I swam in the sparkling water."

• swam

• water

• in the

• sparkling

In the next slide, you are going to write a sentence with a noun and an adjective describing this image.

Open Ended

Pick an aspect of the image and write a sentence with a noun and an adjective describing this image.

In the next slide, you are going to write a sentence with a noun and an adjective describing this image.

Open Ended

Pick an aspect of the image and write a sentence with a noun and an adjective describing this image.