Nouns

NOUNS

Poll

What is a noun?

• an action word

• person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that describes another word

A noun is a person, place, thing or idea.

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boy, girl, man, woman,

Tommy, Samantha, Jade,

Mrs. Smith​, principal

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​Person

school, store, home,

Pleasant Valley Middle School​, Penn State University,

Shoprite, ​

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Place

cat, dog, picture, car, train, pizza, Spot, pencil, Star Wars,

Old Yeller​

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Thing

Multiple Choice

Identify the nouns in the following sentence.

Mr. Brown went to the store.

• Mr. Brown

• store

• Mr. Brown, store

• Mr. Brown, went, store

Fill in the Blanks

Something you can touch.

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Physical.

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Examples: Pandas, wood, pizza​

​​Concrete Noun

​Something you cannot touch.

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Not physical.

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-Examples: freedom, hunger, tiredness​

Abstract Noun

Multiple Choice

What type of noun is Billy?

• Concrete

• Abstract

Multiple Choice

What type of noun is happiness?

• Concrete

• Abstract

Multiple Choice

What type of noun is potato?

• Concrete

• Abstract

Multiple Choice

What type of noun is Scruffy?

• Concrete

• Abstract

Multiple Choice

What type of noun is friendship?

• Concrete

• Abstract

Multiple Choice

True or False? A Proper noun is the NAME of a person, place, or thing.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which is the abstract noun:

The boy felt fear when he saw the shark!

• fear

• shark

Multiple Choice

girl

Is girl a common noun or proper noun?

• Proper

• Common

Multiple Choice

Which is the abstract noun:

Honesty is best in the classroom.

• Honesty

• classroom

Explanation Slide...

"girl" is a common noun. It names a person but is not the name of a person.

Multiple Choice

Which is the abstract noun? Mike needed courage to attend the first day of school in a new town.

• courage
• attend
• school
• town

Multiple Choice

Oshe

Oshe is Sis Johnson's son. Is Oshe a common noun or proper noun?

• Common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

Which is the abstract noun? Cole's talent is the best the school has seen in years.

• Cole
• talent
• school
• seen

Explanation Slide...

Oshe is a proper noun because it is the specific name of a person.

Multiple Choice

Which verb best fits the sentence?
Yesterday she _____ to her friend on the phone.

• will talk
• talk
• talked

Multiple Choice

Chic-fil-A

Sis Lindsey enjoys eating at Chic-fil-A. Is Chic-fil-A a common noun or proper noun?

• Common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

Which tense is will jump?

• past
• future
• present

Explanation Slide...

Chic-fil-A is a proper noun because it is the name of a place.

Multiple Choice

Which verb best fits the sentence?
The family _____ last week.

• camped
• will camp
• camp

Multiple Choice

playground

Is playground a common noun or proper noun?

• Common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

Which verb best fits the sentence?
Tomorrow we _____ to different seats.

• moved
• will move
• move

Multiple Choice

Which word is a noun in the sentence?

Can you help me with my homework please?

• please

• help

• my

• homework

Multiple Choice

Which is the abstract noun:

Honesty is best in the classroom.

• Honesty

• classroom

Multiple Choice

Which is the abstract noun:

Best friends show loyalty to each other.

• friends

• loyalty