Person, Place, Thing, or Idea
Mr. Smith
What is a person?
dog
What is common?
A group of kids walked into class.
What is a group?
Olives
What is count?
One of these doesn't belong: Mike, dream, school, run, Paris.
What is run?
beach
What is a place?
Love
The team of players sat on the bench.
What is team?
Slices of bread
What is count?
One of these doesn't belong: frog, sweet, beep, brave, soft. What category is the one that doesn't belong?
What is brave? What is abstract?
Honesty
What is an idea?
New Jersey
What is common?
A crowd of people gathered at the concession stand.
What is crowd?
Apple Juice
What is non-count?
One of these does not belong: apples, building, sky, planet, ant. Why doesn't it belong?
What is sky? What is non-count?
What is a thing?
hatred
What is abstract?
A zoo of wild animals stampeded the cub.
What is zoo?
Water
What is non-count?
One of these doesn't belong: pride of lions, birds, school of fish, a batch of cookies. What category is the one that doesn't belong?
Definition of a common noun.
What is a person, place, thing, or idea?
Definition of abstract noun
An abstract noun can not be sensed by the 5 senses. They can be ideas, feelings, or qualities.
A basket of fruit sat on the counter.
What is basket?
Cheese, bread, butter, and nuts. One doesn't belong in the list. Which one? What category is the one that doesn't belong?
Nuts is count.
One of these does not belong: coffee, flour, herd, tea, soda. What category is the one that does not belong?
What is herd? What is collective?