All About Nouns

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All About Nouns

• Lisa Ibarra
• EED 616

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Noun

• A noun is a person, place, or thing.

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Nouns can name people.
teacher
President Bush
boy
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Nouns can name places.
park
Hawaii
desert
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Nouns can name things.
scissors
cake
car
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There are two types of nouns.

• common nouns
• proper nouns

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Common Nouns

• A common noun names any person, place or
  thing.

shoe
teacher
city
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Proper Nouns

• A proper noun names a particular person, place
  or thing.

Mrs. Ibarra
Oreo
McDonalds

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A proper noun is always capitalized.

• Proper nouns name a particular person, place or
  thing.

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Here are some examples

• Common
• candy
• market
• teacher
• book

Proper Snikers Ralphs Mrs. Ibarra
Swimmy
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Common Noun

• This basketball player plays for a team.

Proper Noun
Kobe Bryant plays for the Lakers.
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Now its your turn to try

• Show me a C for common and P for Proper.

Mrs. Ibarra
Disneyland
fish
girl
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