Nouns and Noun Phrases

What is a noun?

• A potato

• A person, place or thing

• James Charles

• A person, place, thing or idea

Name the proper noun

• Toy

• Rock

• Dwight Schrute

• Dirt

What is a noun phrase

• Adjective, adjective, noun

• adjective, noun

• Noun adjective

• Noun, adjective, adjective

What is a common (concrete) noun

• everyday objects

• nouns of people and places

• feelings, things you can't see

• word that describes a noun

Houston is a proper noun

• True

• False

Library is a common (concrete) noun

• True

• False

Which one is not an abstract noun?

• Love

• Happiness

• Sad

• apple

What is an abstract noun?

• A feeling

• Something you can't touch

• A classroom

• Something that makes no sense

Find the proper noun:

Jasmine went to the shops with her family.

• Went

• Jasmine

• Shops

• Family

What describes a noun?

• verb

• adjective

• noun

• adverb