Common
True or False: Common Noun
I cannot believe you BROKE my favourite mug.
False
True or False:Proper noun
We got a new lamp from GIANT TIGER.
True
True or False, Abstract noun
She went on an ADVENTURE in the forest.
True
True or false: collective noun
The department has to FIRE someone today.
False
School, chair, student, teacher, mug
Give five examples of proper nouns
Spider-man, Ms.Priestap, McDonalds, Walkerton, Toronto
List five examples of abstract nouns.
anger, freedom, love, generosity, charity
List five concrete nouns
Ocean, dog, chair, pencil, flower
crowd, government, team, family, audience, committee, gang, staff, band, orchestra, choir
What is the definition of a common noun?
Any general, ordinary noun. A common noun’s first letter is always lowercase.
What is the definition of a proper noun?
The name of a specific/ one of a kind, person, place, thing, event, or idea. A proper noun is always capitalized, no matter where it is in a sentence.
Definition of abstract noun
A feeling, emotion, or idea. An abstract noun is something you cannot see, hear, taste, touch, smell.
Definition of concrete noun.
A noun that you can touch, hear, smell, see, or taste.
What is the definition of a collective noun?
A group of things; a group made up of individual nouns.
Name the common nouns:
'The teacher distributed tests to each student.'
Teacher, test, student
Re-write the sentence into proper nouns,
My cell phone rang in the mall.
My Iphone XR range in the Masonville Mall.
List the abstract nouns,
The intricate puzzle challenged my patience and problem-solving skills.
Patience and problem-solving strategies
List the concrete nouns,
Through the park, the puppy frolicked with wonder.
park, puppy
List the collective nouns
We went to the entertainment hall to see the orchestra perform.
Explain the difference between a common and proper noun.
What is a common noun is any one of a group of people, places , animal and things and proper noun is the specific name given to a person, place, animal or thing?
Identify the proper and common nouns in the sentence below. Tom wrote the letter and sent it to his teacher.
Tom proper and letter and teacher common
Tell which noun is abstract and which is concrete.
knowledge, bone, bird, success, light, thought, door, school, ability, pleasure
Abstract- knowledge, success, thought, ability, pleasure
concrete- bone, bird, light, door, school
Explain the difference between abstract and concrete nouns.
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.
Give the collective noun to complete the phrases.
a ________ of bread a_________ of soldiers
a ________ of cards a _________ of singers
a _________ of lions
batch/loaf, army, deck, choir, pride