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1. What are nouns? Nouns are words that name persons, places, or things.
2. Nouns answer two questions. Who?
What?
3. Eight kinds of nouns Proper
Common
Abstract
Concrete
Count
Noncount
Collective
Compound
4. Proper nouns name a specific person, place or thing and always begin with a capital letter.
The Cleveland Indians
Pepsi
Men in Black
5. Common nouns name a general category of person, place or thing.
gemstones
ice cream
the movies
6. An abstract noun names something not physically perceived by our senses.
joy
mercy
democracy
freedom
7. Concrete nouns name things we can physically perceive with our senses.
glove
book
computer
car
8. Count nouns refer to things that can be counted
twenty-nine cents
three cookies
billions of stars
9. Noncount nouns refer to masses or quantities that cannot be counted.
Pepper
snow
air
iodine
10. A collective noun names a group acting as a unit.
jury
class
team
community
11. Collective nouns Are often singular
The herd stampedes whenever thunder claps.
Sometimes are plural
The herd scatter in all directions.
The family sits on the couch in the living room.
The family sit on the chairs in the living room.
12. A compound noun is made up of more than one word.
It may be written as separate words, a single word, or hyphenated.
Attorney general
Plural: attorney generals
Grandfather
Plural: grandfathers
brother-in-law
Plural: brothers-in-law