What's a Noun?
What is a noun?
A word that names a person, place, thing, or animal.
What is a proper noun?
A noun that names a specific person, place, or thing.
What does “plural” mean?
More than one.
What is the plural of child?
children
Find the subject noun: “The puppy barked.”
Which of these is a noun: run, happy, or cat?
cat
True or False: Proper nouns are always capitalized.
True
Change to plural: bus → ?
buses
What is the plural of man?
men
Can the word “play” be a noun or a verb?
Both!
Give 3 examples of nouns you can find in a classroom.
desk, book, teacher (any three correct examples)
Identify the proper noun: “Lucy went to school.”
Lucy
Change to plural: baby → ?
babies
What is a collective noun?
A word that names a group of people, animals, or things.
Identify if the bold word is a noun or a verb: “They dance beautifully.”
verb
Which noun names a place? park, jump, or red
park
Turn this common noun into a proper noun: city → ?
Pittsburgh (or any city)
What is a singular possessive noun? Give an example.
Shows one person owns something (the cat’s toy).
Fill in the blank: The ________ of birds flew away.
flock
What two words make up the compound word “toothbrush”?
tooth + brush
Identify all nouns in this sentence: “The teacher read a book to the class.”
teacher, book, class
Fix this sentence: “we went to target on sunday.”
We went to Target on Sunday.
Change to plural possessive: the toys of the dogs → ?
the dogs' toys
Which plural doesn’t change? deer, foot, woman
deer
Create a sentence using a noun that is also a verb.
Example: “We watch the play.” (answers vary)