Common and Proper Nouns
What is a common noun?
type of noun names any person, place, thing, or idea
What is a singular noun?
Names one person, place, thing, or idea
What is a count noun?
Count nouns can be counted. You can use a, an, many, or a number in the front of it.
The principal asked all the students to think about the importance of friendship
What are the concrete nouns in the sentence?
principal, students
What is a collective noun?
a noun that names a group of things or people
My backpack is in the room.
What are the common nouns? Is there a compound noun? If so, what is it?
backpack and room
backpack is a compound noun
Scottsdale Country Day School students and staff are awesome.
What are the plural nouns? What is the collective noun?
staff and students
staff is a collective noun
There have been six storms this week.
What is the count noun?
storms
When I looked at the new mother, her love and joy for her newborn baby was obvious.
What are the abstract nouns in the sentence?
love and joy
A flock of geese.
What is the collective noun?
flock
What is a proper noun?
Names a specific person, place, thing, or idea
Names more than one person, place, thing, or idea
What is a non-count noun?
a noun that only can be in singular form.
He looked at the pile of money with greed in his eyes, and then he tried to grab it.
What are the concrete nouns in the sentence?
pile, money, eyes
What is a compound noun?
a noun that contains two or more words that are joined together to make a single noun.
My jansport backpack is in my brother's honda accord.
What are the proper nouns?
jansport, honda accord
My desk has a pink chair and has rhinestones around the edges.
What are the singular nouns?
desk and chair
Jen gave Mary advice about basketball.
What is the non-count noun?
advice
He patted his full stomach with satisfaction after he finished eating his dinner.
What are the abstract and concrete nouns in the sentence?
abstract: satisfaction
concrete: stomach, dinner
A platoon of soldiers.
What is the collective noun?
platoon
gary is a student at scottsdale country day school in a city in arizona
Identify the common AND proper nouns
Common: student and city
Proper: Gary, Scottsdale Country Day School, Arizona
In this class, the students are learning using their textbook and Chromebooks.
Identify the singular AND plural nouns.
Plural: students, Chromebooks
Singular: class, textbook
As the snow came down, the people watched snowflakes gracefully fall from the sky.
Identify the count AND noncount nouns. Is there a compound noun? If so, what is it?
Count: snowflakes
Noncount: snow, sky, people
Snowflakes is a compound noun
Her eyes were full of hope and love as she asked her mom to let her keep the puppy.
What are the concrete AND abstract nouns in the sentence?
Concrete: eyes, mom, puppy
Abstract: hope, love
A scurry of squirrels ran by me.
What is the collective noun?
scurry