Nouns

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Nouns
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What is a noun?

• A noun is a person, place, or a thing
• It is also the subject of a sentence
• Example
• The turtle played in the pond.
• The turtle is the subject of the sentence, and it
  is a thing.

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Person

• If the noun is a person then
• The person must have a name or be referred to as
  he or she, or other appropriate names
• Example
• Janie just bought new pencils for school.
• Janie is the subject of the sentence, which is
  also the noun.

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Place

• If the place is a noun then
• The place must be identified as a restaurant, or
  a park, or something similar to that.
• Example
• The park is a fun place to play at.
• The park is the subject of this sentence, which
  is also the noun.

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Thing

• If the noun is a thing then
• The thing is really anything outside of either a
  person or place.
• Example
• That desk is too big to sit at.
• The desk is the subject of the sentence, which is
  also the noun.

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More Examples

• This piglet was much smaller than the others.
• Mrs. Samson made her students work on their
  homework during recess.
• The restaurant was too crowded to eat at
  comfortably.

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Questions

• What is a noun?
• What if the noun is a person? What does the
  person have to be?
• What if the noun is a place? What does the place
  have to be?
• What if the noun is a thing? What does the thing
  have to be?