Common Noun
Mr. Alex is a fun teacher.
teacher
Mr. Iosif is a music genius!
Mr. Iosif
A herd of bison ran through Ms. Diana's back yard!
herd
There was unspeakable joy on her face as the award was announced.
joy
Toronto Maple Leafs
Proper Noun
building
Iron Man
loyal
quickly
building
Lakeview Montessori School in Tecumseh, Ontario is a great place to learn!
Lakeview Montessori School
Tecumseh
Ontario
This year’s basketball team includes three players who are over six feet tall.
team
Love is a wonderful thing!
love
teacher
common
I love to eat Oreo's with a cold glass of milk! (2)
glass
milk
Chris Hadfield is the greatest Canadian astronaut of all time.
Chris Hadfield
Canadian
Mr. Alex read a stack of books over the summer break.
stack
His anger caused him to yell.
anger
school, as in, school of fish?
collective
Ms. Diana loves to teach math, history and especially zoology.
math
history
zoology
I went to Best Buy and bought a new Apple MacBook, PlayStation, and Samsung TV.
Best Buy, Apple MacBook, PlayStation, and Samsung.
Identify the collective noun(s).
Mr. Iosif conducted an orchestra of musicians during a musical recital.
orchestra
Which is an abstract noun?
dog
Baxter
trust
trust
What type of noun is the word in italics?
When Sarah jumped into the lake to rescue a cat, her bravery astonished onlookers.
bravery (abstract)
My dog Baxter lays on his bed in front of the window all day long.
dog
bed
window
day
Make the following common nouns into proper nouns-
city
country
book
Answers will very
The audience applauded loudly when Toby Keith appeared on stage.
audience
Bradley looked at the chocolate cake with delight and greed in his eyes
delight and greed
I’d like the freedom to travel all over the world with a group. I would make a stop in Spain, France and Italy.
freedom (abstract)
world (common)
group (collective)
Spain, France, Italy (proper)