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.

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