Nouns
What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a verb?
A verb is an action or a state of being.
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
What is an adverb?
An adverb describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of an established noun.
Identify the noun(s) in the sentence below.
The students ran to the park.
students
park
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Mrs. Taylor cooked a terrible dinner.
cooked
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The grey elephant ate tree bark in the morning.
gray - describing "elephant"
tree - describing "bark"
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Sam ran quickly to catch up with her friends.
quickly - describing "ran"
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Ms. Beggs drove to the movies in her car.
her - replacing "Ms. Beggs"
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Tommy painted the fence with green paint.
Tommy
fence
paint
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The chef placed the egg on the counter and pulled a bowl out of the cabinet.
placed
pulled
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Emilio's old backpack broke in the middle of Math class.
old - describing "backpack"
Math - describing "class"
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My dad waters the grass weekly.
weekly - describing "waters"
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Tarbosh ate Mrs. Taylor's entire couch before she got home from work.
she - replacing "Mrs. Taylor"
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I always buy strawberry ice cream at the store.
ice cream
store
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The 7th grade scholars are exceptionally smart.
are
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A hairy, angry squirrel attacked the sleepy dog.
hairy - describing "squirrel"
angry - describing "squirrel"
sleepy - describing "dog"
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He was a very happy kid once his teacher gave him a sticker.
very - describing "happy"
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The students decided that they wanted to give a gift to every teacher.
they - replacing "students"
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I had a dream about a monster who eats shoes for breakfast.
dream
monster
shoes
breakfast
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I wish that Mrs. Taylor would bake me cookies.
bake
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I attended a soccer game at the neighborhood park.
soccer - describing "game"
neighborhood - describing "park"
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Morton recklessly drove his bike into a tree.
recklessly - describing "drove"
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Gru and the minions developed a laser beam to help them defeat Balthasar Brat.
them - replacing "Gru and the minions"