Common/Proper Nouns
Proper nouns always begin with a what?
What is a capital letter?
The mysterious stranger peered through the window.
Which of these words is used as a noun in the sentence. A). peered B). window C.) through
What is window.
A ______ _______ names more than one person, place, or thing.
What is plural noun.
Define concrete noun.
A person, place, or thing that you can perceive with any of your senses.
A collective noun names a _______.
What is group
A _________ _______ is a noun that names any of person, place, thing, or idea and is not a name or title.
What is a common noun.
What happiness there was at my house because the Vikings won!
Which of these words is used as a noun in the sentence? A.) there B.) what C.) happiness
What is happiness.
Which of these is plural? A.) boy's B.) boy C.) boys
Is the noun regular or irregular?
What is boys; regular
Which is abstract: beauty or woman
beauty
Give an example of a collective noun
Answers vary
Ex: team, flock, herd, committee, army, crowd
Which of these words is used as a proper noun in the sentence?
The letter brought good news from Alice.
What is Alice.
Mrs. Hanson likes to hang out with friends on the weekend.
Which of these words is used as noun in the sentence? A.) Mrs. Hanson B.) likes C.) hang out
What is Mrs. Hanson.
Media is the irregular plural form of what singular noun?
What is medium
Identify the concrete nouns:
I finished in front of all the other runners and celebrated my success with my friends.
What is: runners, friends
Identify collective noun(s): the team won the game
team
March is my favorite month in spring because of its temperature.
List the common nouns.
month; spring; temperature
(seasons and directions are not considered proper nouns)
List all the nouns in this sentence.
My stepfather bought me blue slacks and a red jacket.
What is stepfather, slacks, jacket.
What is the plural form of city?
Is it regular or irregular?
cities; irregular
Identify and label the nouns as concrete or abstract: I sailed the boat to freedom.
Concrete = boat
Abstract = freedom
Name collective noun(s):
The choir sang when the army marched onstage.
choir; army
List the proper nouns used in the sentence:
Muslims pray to Allah, but the ancient Greeks prayed to many gods.
Muslims, Allah, Greeks
Sara wrote a letter to the teacher explaining her math question.
What are the nouns in this sentence?
What is Sara, letter, teacher, question.
What is the plural form of fish? Is it regular or irregular?
fish; irregular
Identify and label the nouns as concrete or abstract:
I felt the shadow of death creeping behind me on the sidewalk.
Concrete = shadow; sidewalk
Abstract = death
identify collective noun(s):
The members of our club are collecting bags of chips for lunch.
club