Nouns
What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, or thing.
What is a verb?
A verb is an action word.
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun.
What is a common noun?
A common noun is any noun that is not specific.
Which of these words is a noun?
A. Ms. Zheng
B. Eat
C. Soft
A. Ms. Zheng
Ms. Zheng is a noun. She is a person!
Which of these words is a verb?
A. Night
B. Bed
C. Sleep
A. Sleep
Sleep is a verb. It is an action.
Which of these words is an adjective?
A. Red
B. Snow
C. Jump
A. Red
Red is an adjective. It describes how a noun looks!
Which of these words is a pronoun?
A. Mom
B. Boy
C. Him
C. Him is a pronoun. It replaces a boy.
What is a proper noun?
A proper noun is a name of a noun.
Which of these words is a noun?
A. Frog
B. Reading
C. Funny
A. Frog
Frog is a noun. It is an animal!
Which of these words is a verb?
A. Ship
B. Skip
C. Slimy
Skip is a verb. It is an action!
Which of these words is an adjective?
A. Shoe
B. Loud
C. Throw
B. Loud
Loud is an adjective. It describes how a noun sounds!
Which of these words is a pronoun?
A. They
B. Children
C. Mice
A. They
They replaces more than one person or things.
Is school a common or proper noun?
common noun
Which of these words is not a noun?
A. Sunny
B. Sun
C. Sunglasses
A. Sunny is NOT a noun.
Sunny is an adjective. The sun and sunglasses are nouns (things).
Which of these words is NOT a verb?
A. Smiling
B. Giggling
C. Mouth
C. Mouth
Mouth is not a verb. Mouth is a noun!
Which of these words is NOT an adjective?
A. Smelly
B. Sweet
C. Candy
C. Candy
Candy is a noun. It is a thing.
Replace the underlined noun with a pronoun.
Mom went shopping with her friends.
She
She went shopping with her friends.
Is Mrs. Berg a common or proper noun?
Proper noun.
Mrs. Berg is the name of a person.
A. Hot
B. Skip
C. Play
C. Play can be a noun and a verb.
Example:
Verb - I like to play in the park.
Noun - We will watch a play tonight.
Which word could be both a noun and a verb?
A. Ring
B. Look
C. Two
A. Ring
Ring can be a verb and a noun.
Verb - The phone rings.
Noun - Her ring has a big diamond on it.
Find the adjectives in the sentence:
The little girl ran to the park on a hot day.
Little (describing how the girl looks)
Hot (describing how the day feels)
Replace the underlined nouns with a pronoun.
Mom, Charlie, and I went to see the baseball game.
We
We went to see the baseball game.
Candy is a common noun.
What is a proper noun for candy?
Various responses: Starburst, Jolly Rancher, Dumdums, Air Heads, Pop Rocks, etc.