NOUN

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NOUN

• A NOUN is the name of a perosn, place, thing or
  idea.
• There are SEVEN kinds of nouns
• Common, Proper, Concrete,
• Abstract, Collective , Compound and Possessive
  Nouns.

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• Common Nouns
• noun that names any person, place, thing or
  idea.
• Common nouns are not capitalized.
• Ex man country document religion
• Proper nouns
• - A noun that names a specific person, place,
  thing or idea.
• Proper nouns are always CAPITALIZED.
• Ex Mrs. Kirk Canada Constitution Islam

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• Concrete nouns
• name things that can be experienced with any of
  the five senses- touch,sight, hearing, smell and
  taste.
• Ex frown book rain library music
• Abstract Nouns
• Names ideas, qualities, or feelings that can not
  be experienced with any of the senses.
• Ex sadness truth freedom intelligence

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• Compound Nouns
• - nouns that are made up of two or more words
  Ex snowmobiles, baseballs
• Compound nouns can be one word like football,or
  more than one word, like rocking horse.Ex home
  runs quarter horses
• Other compound words are joined by a hyphens such
  as hand-me-down or runners-up
• Possessive Nouns
• -names who or what has something.
• Possessive nouns ca be common or proper.
• To form the possessive of all single nouns and of
  plural nouns not ending in S , add an
  apostrophe and S .
• To form the possessive of plural nouns that end
  in S, just add only an apostrophe.
• Examples Boy Boys Luis Luis
• Puppies Puppies

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• Collective nouns are groups of persons, places,
  or things
• Examples
• a herd of elephant
• A club of women
• An audience