Wonders Unit 2 Week 1 Grammar ~ Kinds of Nouns

Wonders Unit 2 Week 1 Grammar ~ Kinds of Nouns

Kinds of Nouns

Singular and Plural Nouns

A NOUN is a word that names a person, place, or thing.

• teacher

• schoolhouse

• chalk

A PROPER NOUN names a special person, place, or thing. It begins with a capital letter.

• people's names (George Washington)

• towns (Los Angeles)

• states (Pennsylvania)

• holidays (New Year's Day)

• days (Saturday)

• months (July)

• streets (Constitution Boulevard)

A PROPER NOUN names a special person, place, or thing. It begins with a capital letter.

• special events (Olympics)

• geographical names (Mt. Rushmore)

• historical periods (the Middle Ages)

Multiple Choice

Which names a common noun?

• Michael

• Dallas

• apple

• Thanksgiving

Multiple Choice

Which names a proper noun?

• library

• chair

• mother

• Main St.

Multiple Choice

Is it a common or proper noun? William raked the leaves for Mr. Ames.

• common

• proper

Multiple Choice

Is it a common or proper noun? A storm blew down a huge tree on Second St.

• common

• proper

Multiple Choice

Is it a common or proper noun? Jess planted trees in Gable Park.

• common

• proper

Multiple Choice

Is it a common or proper noun? Sasha bought a large pumpkin at the Janesville Fall Festival.

• common

• proper

A CONCRETE NOUN names a person, place, or thing that can be seen or identified with any of the five senses:

• star

• flower

• music

• sign

• horn

• wind

• salt

An ABSTRACT NOUN names something that cannot be seen with the five senses. Abstract nouns usually name ideas:

• peace

• honor

• courage

• friendship

• honesty

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Capitalize Proper Nouns

• Proper nouns -- names, holidays, days of the week, brands, company names, product names, titles of books, historical periods, events, official titles of people, initials, geographic names, and places -- begin with capital letters.

• Capitalize the IMPORTANT words in proper nouns. Short words, such as of and and, are usually not capitalized.

• holidays (Independence Day)

• titles of books (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

• special events (Olympics)

• geographic names (Pacific Ocean)

Get out your white boards and write these sentences correctly.

• We went to the park on saturday.

• Later we walked to oakville market.

• The owner is mr. simpson.

• the store only closes on new year's day.

• What time does hill street library close?

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Now correct the errors in these sentences.

• the Firefighters showed a lot of courage

• brian visited the american museum of natural history

• ellen handed in her essay on thursday.

• Pioneers left missouri and traveled west along the oregon trail.

• (Now complete practice page 64.)