Noun
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A noun is a person, place, or thing.  Common nouns name any person, place, thing, or idea. For example, car is a common noun. Proper nouns name particular persons, places, or things. For example, Chevrolet Camaro is a proper noun. It names a particular type of car.

Singular nouns are noun that just list one person, place, thing, or idea. Plural nouns list more than one person, place, thing, or idea. A singular noun is "computer". A plural noun is "computers."   

Nouns can also show possession (this means that they show ownership). For example, if you want to say that a computer belongs to Hannah, you would add an apostrophe and an s and say "Hannah's computer".    

Example 1: Texas has a very hot climate.

Example 2: The dog would not stop barking at me while I walked down the street

                                                             Here is a problem you can work on.

                                                                 Find the noun in the sentence.

                                                             J'amecia typed the pronoun page.

                                           Are there any other nouns you can put in the sentence?

                                               Examples: computer, store, school, house, Brent    

 

How many nouns can you find in this picture?

Picture taken by Mrs. Thigpen, our Media Specialist, and used with her permission.

To learn more about nouns, visit these web sites:
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/nouns.html
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/noun.htm

                                                     

 

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