What is a noun?

What is a noun?

A noun identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.
You are a noun, I am a noun, Your backpack is a noun, Willard is a noun.
Nouns surround us.

Specific
Always capitalized

​Proper Nouns

Generic
Only capitalized at the beginning of a sentence or in a title

​Common Nouns

Two Types of Nouns

Types of common nouns

• Intangible or cannot be perceived by the senses

• You know it exists, but cannot see it

Ex: courage or friendship

​Abstract nouns

• Something that is physical or real

• Perceived by the senses

Ex: the bell or the keyboard

​Concrete nouns

Types of common nouns

• Describes a group or collection of people or things

Ex: a class of students or a pride of lions

​Collective nouns

Pronouns

​Words that stand in for a noun

The noun must have already been established.
Ex: Ms. Able works in the library, she helps students pick out books.
Ex: he, she, it, they, I, we, you etc

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