Singular, Plural, Common, and Proper Nouns

What is a noun?

• person, place, thing, idea
• subject, predicate
• suffix, prefix, affix
• main, helping

What are the nouns in this sentence?
Jeff lives on an island.

• lives, island
• an, island
• Jeff, lives
• Jeff, island

What are the nouns in this sentence?
Katie took many pictures with her new camera.

• took, many, new
• Katie, pictures, new
• took, pictures, camera
• Katie, pictures, camera

What is a common noun?

• noun that names any person, place, thing, or idea
• noun that names a specific person, place, thing, or idea
• noun that names more than one
• noun that names only one

What is a proper noun?

• noun that names more than one
• noun that names a specific person, place, thing, or idea
• noun that names only one
• noun that names any person, place, thing, or idea

What is/are the common noun(s) in this sentence?
On Tuesday, Timmy brought in a book about famous explorers.

• book
• Timmy, explorers
• Tuesday
• book, explorers

What is/are the proper noun(s) in this sentence?
Do the alligators in Everglades National Park look scary?

• alligators
• Everglades National Park
• scary
• look

What is a singular noun?

• a noun that names more than one person, place, thing, idea
• a noun that shows ownership
• a specific person, place, thing, or idea
• a noun that names one person, place, thing, idea

What is a plural noun?

• a noun that names only one person, place, thing, or idea
• a noun that names any person, place, thing, or idea
• a noun that names more than one person, place, thing, or idea
• a noun that names a specific person, place, thing, or idea

What is the noun (person) in the following sentence?
Martha gave me a high five for being awesome.

• Martha
• me
• five
• awesome