Nouns&pronouns

Scarecrow names a thing, so it is a noun, and it is made up of two words, scare and crow, acting as a single unit

Commander-in-chief names a person, so it is a noun, and it is made up of three words—commander, in, and chief—acting as a single unit

Field trip is made up of two words, field and trip, acting as a single unit to name a thing—the activity in which the students engaged

Choir names a group of people.

Staff names a group of people.

Flock names a group of things—in this case, animals.

Band names a group of people and refers to them as a whole.

Curtains is not a collective noun, since it does not name a group of people or things. It is simply a plural noun.

      A common noun names any one of a class of people, places, things, or ideas.

A proper noun names a specific person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun may be one word (e.g., Friday, Texas, Saturn, Logan) or more than one word (e.g., Ice Age, Uncle Matt, Ohio River, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). Proper nouns begin with capital letters.