Common Nouns
What is a noun that names general people, places, or things?
What is a common noun?
What type of noun names a specific person, place, or thing?
What is a proper noun?
What type of noun names an idea, feeling, or quality?
What is an abstract noun?
What type of noun names a group of people or things?
What is a collective noun?
What type of noun names something you can see or touch?
What is a concrete noun?
Is “school” a common noun or proper noun?
What is a common noun?
Is “Latanya” a proper noun or common noun?
What is a proper noun?
: Is “happiness” a concrete or abstract noun?
What is abstract?
Is “team” a collective noun or abstract noun?
What is a collective noun?
Is “book” a concrete or abstract noun?
What is concrete?
Give one example of a common noun.
Answer: What is “teacher” / “book” / “city”, etc.?
What is the proper noun in this sentence: “Jamaica is a beautiful island.
What is Jamaica?
Name one abstract noun.
What is love / courage / freedom, etc.?
Name a collective noun for birds.
What is flock?
Name one concrete noun.
What is pencil / apple / desk, etc.?
Which of these is a common noun: Jamaica, pencil, Mr. Brown?
What is pencil?
True or False: Proper nouns always begin with a capital letter.
What is True?
Which of these is abstract: desk, bravery, pencil?
What is bravery?
Which of these is a collective noun: class, chair, courage?
What is class?
Which of these is concrete: love, pencil, happiness?
What is pencil?
Change this proper noun into a common noun: “Kingston.”
What is city?
Turn this common noun into a proper noun: “country.”
What is Jamaica / Canada / etc.?
Explain why “friendship” is an abstract noun.
Because it’s a feeling or idea you can’t touch.
Create a sentence using a collective noun.
“The crowd cheered loudly.”
Write a sentence using two concrete nouns.
“The student placed the book on the desk.”