WHAT I KNOW ABOUT NOUNS

NOUNS

• A noun names a person, place, thing or idea.
• Nouns are everywhere.
• Some nouns are abstract, concrete, common, proper, and compound.

ABSTRACT NOUNS

• Abstract nouns are ideas or concepts.
• Most abstract nouns end in ness, ship, tion, ty, and tude.
• You can not use your five senses to locate an abstract noun.
• Some abstract nouns are grace, shame, manners, jealousy, confusion, empowerment and embarrassment.

CONCRETE NOUNS

• Concrete nouns are "sense" nouns. Nouns that you can locate through your five senses.
• Most concrete nouns end in or, er, and ist.
• Some concrete nouns are soldier, judge, artist, and terror.

COMMON NOUNS

• Common nouns are a person, place, thing or idea that is only capatalized at the beginning of a sentence.
• Common nouns do not name a specific person, place or idea.
• Some common nouns are mom, dad, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandmother and grandfather

PROPER NOUNS

• Proper nouns are people, places, thing or idea that are always capitalized.
• Proper nouns name specific people, places, things, and ideas.
• Some proper nouns are Nico, Mitchell, Jack, Scott and Eliza.

COMPOUND NOUNS

• A compound noun is a person, place, thing or idea that is formed from 2 or more words that are nouns.
• Compound nouns can be hyphenated, separate or combined nouns.
• Some compound nouns are police officer, cooking oil, carwash, milkshake and haircut.

WHAT I KNOW ABOUT NOUNS