Common & Proper Nouns
These are generic words for people, places, things, or ideas.
What are common nouns?
A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea that can be seen, touched, smelled, heard, etc.
What is a concrete noun?
A word that describes or modifies a noun.
What is an adjective?
This is one way to correctly end a sentence.
What is a period, question mark, or exclamation mark?
The definition of a noun.
What is a person, place, thing, or idea?
These are specific (or named) people, places, things, or ideas.
What are proper nouns?
A person, place, thing, or idea that cannot be seen, heard, or accessed with your senses.
What is an abstract noun?
A word that describes or modifies a verb.
What is an adverb?
Examples of this part of speech include his, hers, my, we, they, and I.
What are pronouns?
A word that represents an action or state of being.
What is a verb?
Do this to every proper noun.
What is capitalize?
Ball, table, baby, and cookie are examples of this type of noun.
What is concrete?
Examples of this part of speech include quickly, slowly, and loudly.
What is an adverb?
The missing piece here:
letter, word, ______, clause, sentence
What is a phrase?
A word that stands in for a noun.
What is a pronoun?
The proper nouns in this sentence:
Frank, who was a doctor, lived in an apartment near Central Park.
What are "Frank" and "Central Park"?
Happiness, idea, loyalty, and confusion are examples of this type of noun.
What is abstract?
These parts of speech answer questions like "How many?" or "What kind?"
What are adjectives?
All sentences need at least one ____, at least one ____, and ending __________.
What is/are noun, verb, and punctuation?
The massive, green dragon soared over the castle.
The words MASSIVE and GREEN in this sentence.
What are adjectives?
The common nouns in this sentence:
Dr. Florin worked in a huge laboratory with top-of-the-line equipment.
What are "laboratory" and "equipment"?
Identify an abstract noun in this sentence:
The thought of going to Disney World fills me with excitement!
What is excitement or thought?
These parts of speech answer questions like "How/In what manner?" or "To what extent?"
What are adverbs?
The three different types are declarative, interrogative, and imperative.
What are sentences?
The very fast ninja moved so quickly, I almost didn't see him!
The words VERY and QUICKLY in this sentence.
What are adverbs?