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Nouns. freedom, love, respect. A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. People Places Things Ideas woman New York shirt promise father university floor wisdom
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Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns Proper nouns are specific names of people, places, or things. Those nouns are always capitalized. Common nouns, on the other hand, name general items. CommonProper doctor Dr. Spock restaurant Milano’s river Amazon teacher Miss Jones girl Maddy state Georgia
Have you ever wondered whether to capitalize “mom,” “mother,” etc.? If you’re speaking of the relationship, it’s a common noun, & you don’t capitalize it: My mom is my best friend. My father has his own business. But if you’re using it as a name, you capitalize it: You know that Mom is my best friend. You know that Father has his own business. In these cases, you’re using it exactly as if it were the person’s name. Hint for identifying nouns: if it’s a common noun, you’ll be able to put “the” in front of it: the mop, the room, the food, the mother, the time, etc.
Now take this quiz. In each set of five words, choose the one that is NOT a noun. • ripe • child • stripe • type • pipe
Which is NOT a noun? • pane • lane • sane • mane • cane
Which is NOT a noun? • fast • trash • cast • past • mast
Which is NOT a noun? • play • Jason • hard • voice • answer
Which is NOT a noun? • crayon • itch • Spain • turkey • choose
Which is NOT a noun? • mate • late • rate • plate • date
Which is NOT a noun? • Greek • rain • cola • letter • swift
Which is NOT a noun? • fling • thing • wing • sing • ring
Which is NOT a noun? • book • hook • cook • took • look
Which is NOT a noun? • pal • funny • master • shoe • charm
I hope you found that exercise easy. If your eyes automatically looked for the word that wasn’t a noun, that was easier than if you’d looked for words that were nouns. The reason is that you might have thought that “look,” for example, is a verb rather than a noun. But it can be either: Tom gave his enemy a dirty look. -- noun I look at the pictures in the book. – verb In one group of words, you had book/took/look/hook/cook. All of those can be verbs, but only 4 can be nouns. See which ones can get “the” in front of them: The book, the look, the hook, the cook…but “the took”? No. “Took” is not a noun.
The next 10 MAY be harder. Then again, if you’re looking for what’s definitely NOT a noun, rather than trying all the words on for size, maybe they won’t be any harder. Which is NOT a noun? • leaves • position • surface • chosen • base
Which is NOT a noun? • torturous • baby • class • priest • point
Which is NOT a noun? • laughter • Jim • now • friend • sweetness
Which is NOT a noun? • business • clear • ranch • checker • Wyoming
Which is NOT a noun? • break • tore • razor • choice • word
