Nouns

A Aperson!
thing!
A place!
Definition:

A noun is a person, place, or thing.

A NOUN IS A PERSON, PLACE, OR THING

boy park bone

girl restaurant car
man theater dress
woman church shoe
teacher store gum
scientist Hawaii scissors
baker zoo computer
pastor space skateboard
ballerina Disneyland baseball
organist mall clock
nurse kitchen pen
mom gym CD
dad river table
babysitter Georgia candle
Some nouns cannot be seen or touched . . .

Love
Hope
Peace

courage cuteness
Thoughtfulness

beauty growthWonder
Pride
Sin
Helpfulness
Shyness

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Regular people, places, and things are called common nouns.

az ine church lake

m ag
poem hospital state
team
city girl book do g statue
boy
river school
park nt ry person
co u

What do you notice about these words?

Particular people, places, or things are called Proper Nouns.
Proper Noun
A particular school = Northwest Community Christian School

A particular person = Mr. Young

A particular city = Phoenix

A particular lake = Pleasant Lake

common Proper (particular)

river Colorado River

book Charlotte’s Web

person Abraham Lincoln

magazine Family Circle

poem “The Sugar Plum Tree”

dog Dalmation
 Head up a half sheet (long) of paper.
Make 2 columns. Label:

__ Common Proper___
 There should
be 9 proper
June is the month of her birthday. nouns and 8
common
The boys went with them to Detroit. nouns.

Buck went to see the concert last night in Spain.

Thursday is the day Grandma and Grandpa will be

coming.

The Verde River is visited many times throughout the

summer.

Where the Red Fern Grows was read to us last week.