Transcript Powerpoint on Nouns
Created by Colin Shea
A
noun
is a word that names a: •person •place •thing •idea
Proper Noun
A noun that names a specific: •person •place •thing •idea
Timmy Happy Valley Church Mr. Gatti’s Pizza Newton’s Theory of Gravity
Common Noun
A noun that names any:
•
person
•
place
•
thing
•
idea
Proper and Common Nouns:
Name a specific: •person •place •thing •idea
Common
Table Desk Girl Dog
Proper
Brisbane Bayside College Australia Queensland Brisbane
Singular Noun
A noun that names
This job could be dangerous!
one: •person •place •thing •idea
Plural Noun
A noun that names more than one: •person •place •thing •idea
Collective Noun
A noun that names a group of:
•
people
•
Things
•
Eg, team, class, committee
Possessive Noun
A noun that shows ownership or possession
. Kyle’s report card.
Collective Nouns name a group of people or things:
Committee Class team
Possessive Nouns shows ownership or possession:
Kyle’s book Tina’s room Jake’s ball
Can you identify the type of noun in each of these sentences?
Click the correct answer.
Bobby walked to the store late yesterday
. What type of noun is store?
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The committee met at noon.
What type of noun is
committee
?
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We went to North Carolina
. What type of noun is
North Carolina
?
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Mr. Johnson carried in the heavy boxes
. What type of noun is
boxes
?
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He read only one book last week
. What type of noun is
book
?
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Sherry’s book was very interesting
. What type of noun is
Sherry’s
?
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The team has a game on Saturday
. What type of noun is
team
?
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Everyone liked Mr.
France’s dog
. What type of noun is
Mr. France’s
?
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That is correct!
Click on the proper noun(s) in this sentence.
was late for
on
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That is incorrect! You have Noun Madness ! The word school
is a common noun.
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is a collective noun. Try again.
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That is correct! Monday is the name of a specific noun.
Nouns Jeopardy game
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