This type of noun just describes a general group of people, animals, things, or ideas and is not capitalized unless it starts a sentence. Ex: dogs, babies, trees, freedom.
What is a common noun?
100
Who or what the sentence is talking about; the noun that does something.
What is a simple subject?
100
Add detail by telling when something happened. Ex: The other morning...
What is the time or day of an event?
200
They are foxes and boxes.
What are the plurals of fox and box?
200
This kind of sentence needs an answer and poses a problem or riddle.
What is a question?
200
The actual name of a specific person, place, or thing and always capitalized. Ex: Captain Underpants, Cinderella, Washington D.C., or the United States of America.
What is a proper noun?
200
One word that tells what happens in the sentence, usually the verb.
What is the simple predicate?
200
Where something in your sentence or story happens.
What is the setting?
300
You need to add "es" so that there aren't too many "s"s in a row.
What is the way to make a noun ending in "s" or "ss" plural?
300
Tell me what you think this sentence is. Do it now! Do not wait! I can end with either a period or an exclamation mark. I have an implied subject which is "you"! (You) Get going!
What is a command?
300
This kind of noun is something you can touch, see, take a picture of, or throw a rock at. It is not stone, but it is called something like a stone.
What is a concrete noun?
300
The simple subject and all of the words that describe indicate it. Ex: The extra shiny, blue, striped snail
What is the complete subject?
300
What you tell in your writing or speaking so that your audience understands the details.
What is description?
400
Watches and dishes both have this in common when there is more than one of them.
What is the way to make a word ending in "ch" or "sh" plural?
400
Ouch! Hurry up! Start now! Quickly! Faster! What am I?
What is an exclamation?
400
This kind of noun cannot be touched or held or seen. Like truth, beauty, opinions, thoughts, dreams, and hopes, it is an idea, not tangible.
What is an abstract noun?
400
This includes the simple predicate and everything that goes with it. Ex. climbs slowly across the garden gate in the sunlight.
What is the complete predicate?
400
Just like you, your writing can be happy, sad, angry, or thoughtful.
What is mood?
500
Lives, wives, and leaves do not follow this rule, but change "f" to "v" before adding "s" or "es".
What is life, wife, and leaf?
500
This includes a subject (who or what), a predicate (thing that happens), and some details.
What is a full sentence?
500
Most nouns get lonely without lots of words telling about them, ex: big, funny, hungry, loud. Descriptive words make an interesting and informative sentence.
What is a detailed answer?
500
You have to have both a complete subject and a complete predicate to have this - and details help make it interesting!
What is a complete sentence?
500
Using details, including the answer in the question, and telling the audience something they might not already know will let you do this.