All about Nouns

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All about Nouns

• Colleen McQueen
• Professor Bartling
• EDUC 295
• February 5, 2007

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Please follow these directions.

• Take out a sheet of paper and list three people
  that are important in your life.
• On that same sheet of paper, write down three
  places that you enjoy visiting.
• 3. Now, please open your desk and pull out
  three items of your choice. Set them on top of
  your desk and wait quietly for more directions.

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Lets list some of the items that you chose under
three categories on the chalkboard.

• People Places Things
• All of the items that you listed in this chart
  are called NOUNS.

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Noun Practice

• A noun is a word that names a person, place, or
  thing.
• Do each of these words represent a person, place,
  or thing?
• 1. police officer 6. the gas station
• 2. McDonalds 7. grandma
• 3. skateboard 8. pencil
• 4. desk 9. Toys R Us
• 5. President Bush 10. volleyball

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Now, lets pick out the nouns in the following
sentences.

• We have a basketball in our classroom.
• I ate at Hardees yesterday.
• Today, I will play volleyball with my grandpa.
• I lost my pencil in my desk.
• Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Smith are teachers.
• I bought Monopoly at Wal-Mart.
• Where are my favorite shoes?
• Do you see the bank?

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Schoolhouse Rock

• Click on the following link to see the words to a
  song that will help you remember the definition
  of nouns.

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We will listen to the song on CD as you read the
words on the computer screen.
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Common and Proper Nouns

• There are two different types of nouns.
• A common noun is a noun that names a general
  class of people, places, or things.
• Example pen, chair, table, the park, grandpa
• Common nouns start with lower case letters.
• A proper noun is a noun that names a particular
  person, place, or thing.
• Example Mrs. Smith, Toys R Us, Hardees,
  Illinois, Berkots Food Store
• Proper nouns start with upper case letters.

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Are the following nouns common or proper?

• school 8. Brookfield Zoo
• fireplace 9. Mrs. Creek
• Mr. Robinson 10. grandpa
• Nike 11. Charlie Smith
• folder 12. Manteno
• Applebees 13. computer
• pencil 14. President Bush

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Common and Proper Nouns

• To practice learning the difference between
  common and proper nouns, click on the picture
  below!

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Homework

• Classify each noun as a person, place, or thing.
• Mrs. Johnson 5. the park
• Applebees 6. dog
• the gas station 7. Principal Brown
• couch 8. computer
• Indicate whether the following nouns are common
  or proper.
• Wal-Mart 5. lamp
• Uncle Mark 6. President Bush
• fish 7. whale
• Toys R Us 8. Applebees