PJH Types of Nouns

Types of Nouns

Common & Proper Nouns

• Common nouns name any person, place, thing, or idea. They are not capitalized unless they come at the beginning of a sentence. 

• Proper nouns are the names of specific people, places, things, or ideas. 

• Proper nouns should always be capitalized.

Multiple Choice

Identify the common noun(s) in the following sentence: The teacher placed the books on the table near the window

• The

• teacher, books, table, window

• the, on

• near

Multiple Choice

"Stranger Things" is a...

• proper noun

• common noun

Concrete & Abstract Nouns

• A concrete noun refers to a physical object in the real world, such as a dog, a ball, or an ice cream cone. 

• An abstract noun refers to an idea or concept that does not exist physically in the real world and cannot be touched, like freedom, sadness, or permission.

  
  

Multiple Choice

Identify the abstract noun(s) in the following sentence: Her courage and kindness helped the team during the game.

• Her

• team

• courage, kindness

• helped

Plural Nouns

• A plural noun indicates that there is more than one of that noun (while a singular noun indicates that there is just one of the noun).

• Most plural forms are created by simply adding an -s or –es to the end of the singular word.

• For example, there's one dog (singular), but three dogs (plural).

• Irregular plural nouns are nouns that do not become plural by adding -s or -es, as most nouns in the English language do.

• Irregular Word examples --->

  
  

Multiple Choice

Identify the plural nouns: The children played with the cats in the yard.

• children, cats

• yard

• in, the

• played

Multiple Choice

Identify the plural nouns: The men carried boxes into the houses

• carried

• into

• the

• men, boxes

Collective Nouns

• A collective noun is the word used to represent a group of people, animals, or things.

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Multiple Choice

Identify the collective noun(s) in the following sentence: The class listened quietly as the choir sang a song for the audience

• sang, song

• class, choir, audience

• The, for, as

Compound Nouns

• a noun made from two or more words that function together as a single noun

Multiple Choice

Identify the compound noun in the sentence: Can you please pick me up some toothpaste at the store?

• pick

• toothpaste

• store

Possessive Noun Rules

• Rule 1: for singular nouns, add 's

• examples: dog's, girl's, school's

• Rule 2: for name's ending in s, either add 's or just an apostrophe

• example: Silas's OR Silas'

• Rule 3: for plural nouns that end in s, add an apostrophe

• examples: boys', tables', wolves'

  

Possessive Nouns

• A possessive noun is a noun that possesses something—i.e., it has something.

• In most cases, a possessive noun is formed by adding an apostrophe +s to the noun, or if the noun is plural and already ends in s, only an apostrophe needs to be added.

• When a noun ends in the letter s or an s sound, the same format applies.

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Multiple Choice

Identify the possessive noun: Sarah’s book was left on the desk.

• was

• book

• Sarah's

• desk

Multiple Choice

What is the possessive form of families?

• families

• family's

• families'

• families's

Multiple Choice

What is the possessive form of family?

• families

• familys'

• family's

Appositives

• Appositives are nouns or noun phrases that follow or come before a noun, and give more information about it.

• For example, "The puppy, a goldendoodle, is my newest pet."

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Multiple Choice

Identify the appositive in the following sentence: A kind woman, Miss Kinnian cried when she read about Joe and Frank treating Charlie poorly.

• a kind woman

• Miss Kinnian

• Charlie

• Joe and Frank

Multiple Choice

Identify the appositive in the following sentence: Charlie Gordon, the main character, was glad he had the surgery.

• the main character

• Charlie Gordon

• surgery

• glad

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Multiple Choice

Leonora has ten ___________ in her closet.

• scarfs

• scarfes

• scarves

• scarve's

Multiple Choice

Identify the collective noun in the following sentence: Burt, is in charge of the experimental animals in the group.

• animals

• group

• experimental

• Burt

Multiple Choice

Identify the proper noun in the following sentence: Charlie is one of my favorite characters.

• favorite

• Charlie

• my

• characters

Multiple Choice

Identify the proper noun(s) in the following sentence: Milan Middle School is located on North Street.

• Milan Middle School

• North Street

• Milan Middle School, North Street

• located

Multiple Choice

Write the plural noun form of the noun.

deer

• deers

• deer

• deers'

Multiple Choice

There are three ______________ in my class.

• Reginas

• Regina

• Reginaes

• Regina's

Multiple Choice

"automobile" is both...

• concrete and collective

• concrete and abstract

• concrete and common

• abstract and proper

Multiple Choice

Adrian and Trina like to draw _______________.

• mouses

• mice

• mices

• mice's

Multiple Choice

What is the name for the kind of noun that is made up of two or more words?

• comparative

• complex

• comma

• compound

Multiple Choice

"Mr. Olshan" is both...

• concrete and proper

• common and concrete

• proper and abstract

• a friend and companion to penguins

Multiple Choice

"clock" is a(n)...

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

Multiple Choice

"time" is a(n)...

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

Multiple Choice

"fish" is a...

• proper noun

• common noun