Unit 8: Nouns

Unit 8: Nouns

by Andrew Simangunsong

A word that names something.

It can be a person, place, thing, or idea.​

​Persons

1. ​sister

2. ​Mr. Trump

3. ​Lawyer

4. ​girl

Place

1. ​town

2. ​kitchen

3. ​Balikpapan

4. ​KiCS

Things

1. ​cake

2. ​baseball

3. ​book

4. ​car

5. ​eraser

ideas

1. ​love

2. ​joy

3. ​peace

4. ​honesty

Multiple Select

Choose each noun under its proper heading. (Person)

• doctor

• Mother

• Miss Pate

• village

• loneliness

Multiple Select

Choose each noun under its proper heading. (Places)

• library

• Japan

• doll

• lamp

• truth

Multiple Select

Choose each noun under its proper heading. (Things)

• magazine

• lamp

• parakeet

• doctor

• hope

Multiple Select

Choose each noun under its proper heading. (Ideas)

• courage

• truth

• fear

• village

• aquarium

Compund Nouns

​is two or more nouns joined together to make one name.

​Example

1. ​Statue of Liberty

2. ​Mississippi River

3. ​Policeman

4. ​Cupcake

5. ​Basketball

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​Note: The words a, an, and the, and my, your, our, and their give you a signal that a noun is coming.

Multiple Choice

What's this?

• foot ball

• football

• feetball

• footsballs

Multiple Choice

What's this?

• cakepan

• potsweet

• pancake

• pan cake

Multiple Choice

What's this?

• teeth paste

• tooth brush

• toothbrush

• tooth hair

Multiple Choice

Which compound noun can you form with BASE?

• clock
• stick
• ball
• brush

Common & Proper Nouns

• A common noun names a person, place, thing, or idea, but does not say which particular one.

• ​It does not begin with a capital letter unless it is the first word in a sentence.

​dog

Common & Proper Nouns

• A Proper noun names a special person, place, or thing and always begin with a capital letter.

​Prince

Multiple Choice

Are all proper nouns capitalized?

• Yes
• No

Multiple Choice

My school is the best school around. Is there a Proper Noun in this sentence?

• No
• Yes

Multiple Choice

What type of noun is the one in red?
Jordon helped the United States win a gold medal at the Olympics.

• common noun
• proper noun

Multiple Choice

What type of noun is the one in red?
When Michael was a baby, his family moved to North Carolina.

• common noun
• proper noun

Multiple Choice

What type of noun is the one in red?
The teen was cut from the team.

• common noun
• proper noun

Multiple Choice

What is a noun?

• A word describing things.
• A person, place or thing.
• An action.
• A word describing actions.

Multiple Choice

city

• Common Noun
• Proper Noun

Multiple Choice

Grand City Balikpapan

• Common Noun
• Proper Noun

Multiple Choice

Stacey

• Common Noun
• Proper Noun

​Simple Subject

​A sentence has two parts: subject and predicate.

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​The little red hen cooked herself a tasty dinner.

​Simple Subject

​A sentence has two parts: subject and predicate.

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​The little red hen | cooked herself a tasty dinner.

​complete subject

​complete predicate

verb

​Simple Subject

​The simpe subject is the main word in the complete subject that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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​Find the simple subject by first finding the verb.

​Then asking, who? or What? before the verb.

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​MOST SIMPLE SUBJECTS ARE NOUNS

​Simple Subject

​A sentence has two parts: subject and predicate.

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​The little red hen | cooked herself a tasty dinner.

​complete subject

​complete predicate

verb

​Simple Subject

​A sentence has two parts: subject and predicate.

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​The little red hen | cooked herself a tasty dinner.

simple subject

verb

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​Note: Words such as I, he, she, we, and they are not nouns, but the also may be used as subjects.

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​She cooked herself a tasty dinner.

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​Note: Words such as I, he, she, we, and they are not nouns, but the also may be used as subjects.

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​She | cooked herself a tasty dinner.

verb

simple subject

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

The boy rode his bike to the park.

• Park

• boy

• rode

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

My closet has lots of clothes in it.

• closet

• clothes

• has

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

The bus driver drove me to school.

• driver

• bus driver

• school

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

The barber cut the boy's hair.

• cut

• boy's

• barber

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

The buzzing bee looked for a flower.

• looked

• buzzing

• bee

Multiple Choice

True or False? The eye doctor checked my vision.

The simple subject of the sentence is doctor.

• True

• False

Subjects and Verbs​

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​Subjects & Verbs I

​Keep looking for subjects until you find the word that tells who or what.

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​During the flag salute Paul kept his hand over his heart.

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​After the calisthenics the boys were hot and tired.

​Subjects & Verbs I

​Keep looking for subjects until you find the word that tells who or what.

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​During the flag salute Paul kept his hand over his heart.

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​After the calisthenics the boys were hot and tired.

Multiple Choice

People come to the United States from many foreign lands.

• subject

• verb

Multiple Choice

After the long winter, robins returned to their old homes.

• subject

• verb

Multiple Choice

The lord loves a cheerful giver.

• subject

• verb

Multiple Choice

My brother's project won first place in the science fair.

• subject

• verb

Multiple Choice

The blooming flowers look pretty and bright along the roadside.

• subject

• verb

​Subjects & Verbs II

The subject of an imperative sentence is always the word you.

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​(You) Close the door, please.

​(You) Please buy some milk at the store.

​Subjects & Verbs II

The subject of an imperative sentence is always the word you.

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​(You) Close the door, please.

​(You) Please buy some milk at the store.

​Subjects & Verbs II

The subject of any interrogative sentence is usually between the parts of a verb phrase.​

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Will he go with us?

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​Change the sentence to a statement (declarative) sentence, you will easily spot the subject.

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​He will go with us.

​Subjects & Verbs II

The subject of any interrogative sentence is usually between the parts of a verb phrase.​

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Will he go with us?

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​Change the sentence to a statement (declarative) sentence, you will easily spot the subject.

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​He will go with us.

​Subjects & Verbs II

The subject of a sentence is sometimes made up of tow or more words, but it is still considered to be one subject.

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​Robert E. Lee was a famous Confederate leader.

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​Five Little Peppers and How They Grew is a favorite children's book.

​Subjects & Verbs II

The subject of a sentence is sometimes made up of tow or more words, but it is still considered to be one subject.

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​Robert E. Lee was a famous Confederate leader.

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​Five Little Peppers and How They Grew is a favorite children's book.

Fill in the Blanks

Type down the subject for the sentence below.

The world Book Encyclopedia has helpful information on that topic.

Fill in the Blanks

Type down the subject for the sentence below.

Look that up for us, please.

Fill in the Blanks

Type down the subject for the sentence below.

Why did Justin go home?

Fill in the Blanks

Type down the subject for the sentence below.

Serve the Lord with gladness.

Compound Subjects​

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A Compound Subject

​A compound subject is two or more connected subjects that have the same verb.

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​e.g.

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​New York, Atlanta, and Boston are large American cities.

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Jenna and Morgan made a cake for their mom's birthday.

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​Tusita, Albern, and Alain have their birthdays in November.

A Compound Subject

​A compound subject is two or more connected subjects that have the same verb.

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​The most common connecting words....

• ​and

• or

A Compound Subject

​​e.g.

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​New York, Atlanta, and Boston are large American cities.

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Jenna and Morgan made a cake for their mom's birthday.

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​Tusita, Albern, and Alain have their birthdays in November.

Multiple Choice

_{What is the compound subject in the sentence below?}
John and Kate walked to the park.

• John
• John and
• John and Kate
• Kate

Multiple Choice

_{What is the compound subject?
The dog or the bird were bought.}

• The dog or the bird
• were bought
• The dog
• The dog or the

Multiple Choice

The chocolate ice cream and the strawberry ice cream melted in the sun.

• chocolate ice cream
• melted in the sun
• The chocolate ice cream and the strawberry ice cream
• strawberry ice cream

Multiple Choice

The Smiths' dogs and cats tracked mud all over the floor.

• tracked mud all over the floor
• dogs and cats
• cats tracked mud
• The Smiths' dogs and cats