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    Person Place

    Types of Nouns

    English, Grammar Review

    Thing Idea
    Types of Nouns
    • Common/ Proper
    • Abstract/ Concrete
    • Collective
    • Human/ Non-Human
    • Plural/ Singular

    A noun will always be a person, place, thing or idea!


    Common/ Proper Nouns
    • A common noun is a general name for a
    person, place, thing or idea.
    Example- theater
    • A proper noun is a name of a specific person,
    place, thing or idea.
    Example- Palace Theater
    • Only proper nouns need to be capitalized, so a
    big clue is if the noun is capitalized.
    Concrete Nouns
    • These nouns are the ones we can visualize.
    Examples: Table, Rock, Flag, Hairdresser
    • …you can SEE
    • …you can TOUCH
    • …you can TASTE
    • …you can HEAR
    • … you can SMELL
    Concrete Nouns have
    Sight, Touch, Hear, Smell, Taste

    Leaves- Touch Disturbance- Hear

    Sour- Taste

    Stench- Smell
    Smoke- Sight
    Abstract Nouns
    • These nouns are usually ideas or concepts with no
    clear visual image.
    …Ideas
    …Thoughts
    …Feelings/ Emotions
    …Concepts

    • Examples- Sincerity, Anger, Happiness, Hope, Love,


    Intelligence
    Think of an image for HOPE

    Everyone has a different image in mind!

    These abstract nouns can only be described and


    imagined.

    This is why abstract nouns often have symbols to


    show meaning.
    Human/ Non-Human Nouns

    Human…boys
    …girls

    Non-human…
    …animals
    …nature
    …objects
    Choosing between human and non-human nouns is important
    when talking about a noun in a sentence.

     
    • The rock smiled.
    • WRONG!
    • The boy smiled.

    • Who is making that noise? (A person)


    • What is making that noise? (Something
    nonhuman!)
    Human/ Non-Human Nouns
    • A good test to decide if a noun is human or
    non-human is to ask…

    Is the noun alive?


    Could I do this?
    Could a rock do this?
    Collective Nouns
    Collective nouns name a group of people or
    things.
    Examples- crew, cast, audience, class, committee
    Plural/ Singular
    Singular Rule Plural
    boy, girls Add -s boys, girls
    echo, hero Add –s to a few -o endings echoes, heroes
    box, church Add –es to -s, -sh,-ch, -x, -z boxes, churches
    endings
    melody, fly Change –y to –i and add -es melodies, flies
    to –y endings.
    monkey, day If a vowel comes before monkeys, days
    the -y, add –s.
    thief, half Change –f to –v, add –es to thieves, halves
    most.
    roof, cuff Add –s to a few –f endings roofs, cuffs
    corn, tuna, fish Same spelling corn, tuna, fish
    woman, foot Irregular plural forms women, feet
    Nouns that fit who you are!

    common
    noun:
    teacher

    abstract
    Proper
    Plural noun:
    noun:
    opportunties
    creativity

    noun:Ms.
    Martin
    singular
    concrete
    noun:
    noun: female
    Oklahoman
    Make your own to describe you!

    common
    noun

    Plural abstract
    noun
    Proper noun

    Noun
    concrete singular
    noun noun

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