Nouns Grammar Lesson 1

1. Nouns Grammar Lesson 1 boy girl man woman teacher student principal cook Brother sister cousin uncle acrobat nurse lawyer clown What do these words have in common?

2. Activity 2 swamp beach street city St. Louis El Paso Denver Boise United States Africa Missouri China Oregon restaurant Europe Texas What do these words have in common?

3. Activity 3 house fence grass door mirror lamp toothbrush watch soap dish book desk shoe pencil bucket telephone What do these words have in common?

4. Activity 4 happiness sadness fear anger truth justice honesty beauty pride loyalty love hate jealousy envy courage peace What do these words have in common?

5. What do ALL of the words have in common? • THEY ARE NOUNS! • *Activity slides 1 through 3 are concrete nouns. • *Activity 4 is a list of abstract nouns.

6. A NOUN is a word that names a PERSON, a PLACE, or a THING. • CONCRETE nouns name things that we can touch, taste, hear, see, or smell. • ABSTRACT nouns name things that we CAN’T see, taste, touch, hear, or smell.

7. *Activity slides 1 through 3 are concrete nouns. • *Activity 4 is a list of abstract nouns.

8. Complete the following pattern with abstract and concrete nouns. • I can’t see love, but I can see a wedding ring. • I can’t see happiness, but I can see a smile. • I can’t see sadness, but I can see a ______. • I can’t see peace, but I can see _______. • I can’t see ______, but I can see _______.

9. Complete the following pattern with concrete nouns. • If anger were an animal, it would be a tiger. • If beauty were an animal, it would be a(n) ____. • If speed were an animal, it would be a(n) _____. • If playfulness were an animal, it would be a(n) ____.

10. Complete the following pattern with an abstract noun and an –ingphrase. • Fear is going into the basement alone at night. • Fear is seeing a pit bull charging you. • Love is _____ing ____________________. • Anger is _____ing ___________________.

11. What do these words have in common? Nouns Grammar Lesson 2 – Activity 1 flower country game food movie book group building plant city person animal They are all GENERAL nouns

12. What do these words have in common? Activity 2 rose Australia Monopoly tacos I Robot Hoot COLDPLAY Empire State Building ivy Houston Beyonce bullfrog They are all SPECIFIC nouns

13. Nouns come in two flavors: GENERAL and SPECIFIC C. General nouns name groups of things, like ice cream. D. Specific nouns name particular things, like rocky road.

14. Concrete nouns come in two flavors: GENERAL and SPECIFIC GENERALSPECIFIC music jazz, pop bird owl, eagle dog Doberman, mutt expression frown, grin

15. Now you try! Think of two specific nouns for each general noun: GENERALSPECIFIC city _____,_____ country _____,_____ book _____,_____ game _____,_____ clothing _____,_____

16. There are two other kinds of nouns: proper and common • E. Proper nouns are capitalized, common nouns are not. • Review the list of nouns that should be capitalized and then glue it into the grammar section of your spiral.

17. Count and Noncount Nouns • Count nouns are considered individual things. They have a singular and plural form. Most of the nouns that we use are count nouns. • Noncount nouns only use singular form. The articles “a” and “an” can’t be used with noncount nouns. • Example: I would like a rice with my vegetables. • They can be preceded by words like – alot of, a little, some, much, any