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Nouns

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Multiple Choice

Which word is a noun?

• red

• walk

• fish

• sad

Multiple Choice

Which word is a noun?

• sing

• loud

• fun

• song

Multiple Choice

Which word is a noun?

• sleeping

• snore

• bed

• comfy

Multiple Choice

Which word is a noun?

• dinner

• cook

• boiling

• hungry

Nouns

by Cikgu Zaharudin

What are 'nouns'?

Names of people, animals, places and things

Nouns can be divided into two groups

Common Nouns & Proper Nouns

Common Nouns

Names of people, animals, places and things in general

students, cats, fields, stadiums, books

Proper Nouns

Names of particular people, places, titles, songs, movies, brands, etc.

Gary, Garfield, Bukit Jalil National Stadium, The Prisoner of Azkaban

There are 'singular' and 'plural' nouns

Plural nouns

• add 's' to the nouns (boys,cows,bears,bottles,chairs

• add 'es' to nouns ending in -s,-ch,-sh and -x (glasses,watches,bushes,boxes,dishes,foxes)

• add 'es' to some nouns ending in -o (mangoes,potatoes,tomatoes,buffaloes)

• some change completely (child - children, ox - oxen, man - men, woman - women, foot - feet, tooth - teeth, mouse - mice, goose - geese)

• change -y into -ies (fly - flies, lady - ladies, baby - babies, lorry - lorries, city - cities, story - stories)

• change -f or -fe into -ves (leaf - leaves, calf - calves, knife - knives, shelf - shelves)

• some nouns do not change at all either in singular or plural forms (deer, sheep, equipment, furniture)

• some nouns are used only in the plural forms (shorts, scissors, spectacles, pyjamas, trousers, jeans)

• some nouns are meant to be in plural form (mathematics, draughts, athletics, physics, news)

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Multiple Choice

Singular nouns refer to one object

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Choose singular nouns in the list below

• children

• apple

• oxen

• paper

Multiple Select

Choose proper nouns in the list below

• Encik Nasir

• Sanjay Dutt

• Taman Scientex

• chicken chop

Multiple Choice

Mr Richard has 4 good ___________

• sons in law

• son ins law

• son in laws

What is a noun?

​A Noun Is...

A person - doctor, Marcus

A place - hospital, SWJH

A thing - pencil, car

An idea​ - love, friendship

​How do you know if it is a noun?

​1. Is it a person, place, thing, or idea?​

2. Can it belong to someone​ - could you own it or could you have it?

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Candy, running, banana, singing, friend, love​

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​Nouns

I love to eat hamburgers.​

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Sometimes I go to McDonald's to get them.​

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​Nouns

I love to eat hamburgers.​

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Sometimes I go to McDonald's to get them.​

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​Nouns

I love to eat hamburgers.​

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Sometimes I go to McDonald's to get them.​

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Choose which word in the sentence is a noun.

Mr A's Proper Nouns.

by Dennis Alexander

​Learning Intention

​To be able to identify proper nouns and punctuate them correctly.

​Success Criteria

​You show your knowledge by getting a good quiz score.

​Definition

​A nouns is the name of a person place or thing.

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​A proper noun is a person place or thing that has been given its own name.

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​A oy is a noun snd John is a proper noun.

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​A shop is a noun. Woolworths is a proper noun.

​Rule

​Proper nouns have capitals common nouns do not.

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​So:

​The boy Named Daniel went to the closest shop which was Woolworths.

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​Watch the video

• Watch the video to know the difference between proper nouns and common nouns.

Multiple Choice

What is a proper noun?

• Any person, place, or thing.

• A specific person, place, or thing.

Multiple Choice

What does a proper noun always start with?

• the letter p

• a capital letter

Multiple Choice

Why is the pink word capitalized?

We are going to Burger King.

• it is a proper noun

• it is the first word in the sentence

Multiple Choice

Find the proper noun.

Sarah went for a walk.

• walk

• Sarah

• went

Multiple Choice

Find the proper noun.

Have you been to Glacier National Park?

• you

• been

• Glacier National Park

Multiple Choice

Find the proper noun.

Sally left her dog at home.

• Sally

• dog

• home

Multiple Choice

Find the proper noun.

Dr. Smith is going to help you.

• help

• Dr. Smith

• you

Multiple Choice

Find the proper noun.

Do you know my teacher, Joe?

• teacher

• you

• Joe

Multiple Choice

school

• common
• proper

Multiple Choice

pencil

• common
• proper