Common or Proper
Give two examples of a proper noun.
Any name, country, city, state.
Give 5 examples of concrete nouns.
Pen, pencil, book, bag, laptop, Ipad?
What is a collective noun?
A group of people, places, animals and things considered as one.
What is a compound noun?
Two or more words combined to form a noun.
A word that shows a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
Identify the proper and common nouns in the sentence below. Tom wrote the letter and sent it to his teacher.
Tom - Proper; letter and teacher - common
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Tell which noun is abstract and which is concrete: knowledge, bone, success, thought
Knowledge-abstract; bone-concrete; success-abstract; thought-abstract
Give 3 examples of collective nouns.
Team, family, group, class, bunch...
Give an examples of compound nouns.
Firefly, post office, blackbird, teacup, lifeguard, milkman, postcard, six-pack, two-year-old, check-up.
Paper - what does is depict? What type of noun is it?
Thing, common, concrete.
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Give a common noun for each proper noun below. Christmas, Nile, Jamaica, Glendale, Ms. Kakosian
Holiday, river, island, city, teacher
Convert the following words to abstract nouns.
allow, decide, develop
Allowance, decision, development
Identify the collective nouns from the following: rice, class, board
Class, board.
Give an examples of 2 word compound nouns.
Satellite dish, solar system, Language Arts, Atlantic Ocean, Eiffel Tower, Cayman Islands, Bodden Town, Social Studies, lunar eclipse.
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Identify the noun in the sentence and specify what kind it is: Irma went out.
Irma - person, proper, concrete
Differentiate between a common and a proper noun.
A common noun is any one of a group of people, places, and things. A proper noun is the specific name given to a person, place, or thing.
Differentiate between abstract and concrete nouns.
What is abstract nouns cannot be seen or touched as they do not exist by themselves while concrete nouns can be seen or touched as they exist by themselves.
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Complete the following phrase:
A _________ of grapes
a. group
b. litter
c. bunch
Bunch
Give an example of hyphenated compound noun.
Vice-president, check-in, drive-through, well-being, half-time, merry-go-round, one-half, son-in-law, man-of-war.
Thing, common and concrete.
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Identify the common and proper nouns: Wednesday, dog, leg, Nickie
Wednesday - proper; dog - common; leg- common; Times Magazine - proper
Name 5 suffixes that can be added to words to form abstract nouns.
What is ment, ness, ion, ure, ity, ship, hood?
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Give the collective noun to complete the phrases.
a ________ of bread a_________of cards
Loaf, deck
Explain how compound nouns are formed.
What is by fusing two or more words to make one, using a hyphen or by using 2 or more words that represent one idea.
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Make a sentence using an example of a place, proper, abstract noun.
Glendale is a beautiful city.