Common Nouns
What is a common noun?
A common noun is any general or ordinary noun. Common nouns have a lower case letter. Examples can be; woman, city, tree
What is a proper noun?
What is a proper noun? A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing. It begins with a capital letter. Examples are Mrs. Smith, Brendan, New York
What is a concrete noun?
A concrete noun names things you can touch, see, hear, smell, or taste. Examples are apple, dog, fork, book, and computer.
What is an abstract noun?
An abstract noun names a feeling, emotion, or idea. Examples are bravery, wickedness, and goodness.
What is a collective noun?
A collective noun names a group of persons or things. Examples are a school of fish, a crowd of people, a family, United States of America.
Tommy is friends with Darrel who lives in California. In this sentence, name all the proper nouns.
Answer(s): Tommy, Darrel, California
Sam left the radio on the table. In this sentence, name all the concrete nouns.
Answer(s): radio, table
The local militia showed mercy to the survivors. Name all the abstract nouns in this sentence.
Answer(s): mercy
Complete this:
a ___________ of players
a ___________ of dogs
a __________ of salt
team
kennel
pinch
Change each proper noun into a common noun.
Grenada
Mercedes Benz
Port of Spain
Her Excellency, Paula Mae Weekes
Answer(s):
Grenada - country
Mercedes Benz - car
Port of Spain - city/town
Her Excellency, Paula Mae Weekes - president
Change each common noun into proper nouns. city, country, car, holiday
Example Answers: city= Roanoke, country= USA, car= Lexus, holiday= President's Day
List a group of concrete nouns. You have 30 seconds. List at least five.
Example answer(s): towel, bird, truck, bracelet, album
List a group of abstract nouns. You have 30 seconds. List at least five.
Example Answer(s): humor, kindness, danger, fear, happiness, sorrow, independence, courage
List a group of collective nouns. You have 30 seconds. List at least five.
Any possible answer with collective nouns
Port of Spain is a city and capital of the country Trinidad and Tobago. Name all the common nouns.
There are only three common nouns; city, capital and country.
Jake likes to fence. Name all the proper nouns.
Answer(s): Brendan Pence
He took the banana from the table and ran away.
Answer(s): banana, table
Sam's bravery caused the President to recognize him at the assembly. Name all the abstract nouns in this sentence.
Answer(s): bravery
His family was disappointed with him. Name all the collective nouns in this sentence.
Answer(s): family
In thirty seconds write down all the common nouns you can think of.
Example Answers: car, town, country, city, man, woman, person, plane, cave, bunk, scho, pencil, eraser, calculator, binder, desk, chair
In 30 seconds write all the proper nouns you can think of.
Correct once it's more than 5 Proper Nouns
Name all the concrete nouns listed below. club, photograph, banana, table, dog, cat, kindness, United States of America
Answers: photograph, banana, table, dog, cat
Name all the abstract nouns listed below. sorrow, committee, towel, bird, fear, independence, goodness, classroom, patience, field.
Answer(s): sorrow, fear, independence, goodness, patience
Name all the collective nouns listed below. humor, danger, army, radio, banana, clown, club, group, mercy, coyote, society, family, truck, honesty.
Answer(s): army, club, group, society, family