Nouns: Common and Proper

What’s a Noun?

• A person, place, thing, or idea.

Person

What people can we think of?

-Martin Luther King, Jr.-Jennifer Lopez-Mr. Williamson-policeman-woman-chimneysweep

Place

• What places can we think of?

-Grand Canyon-Independence High School-house-museum-room

Thing

• Let’s name some things:

-chair-desk-lamp-doo-rag

Idea

• Name some ideas, in noun form:

-democracy-love-hate-thought

Things that Aren’t Nouns• I, you, he, she, it, we, ya’ll, they

Words like these are pronouns. We’ll get to those later.

To see a complete list of pronouns, go here:http://www.esldesk.com/vocabulary/pronouns

Common Noun (CN)• A common noun is a noun that is not normally

capitalized (exceptions can be if the word is at the beginning of a sentence or begins a piece of dialogue that begins in the middle of a sentence). They are usually less specific than proper nouns.

• What are some common nouns?-tree-apple

-turkey-robber

Proper Noun (PN)• Nouns that are capitalized, such as names, countries,

book titles, months…can you think of others?-times of year (Fall, Spring, etc.)-Specific building names-rand names (including sports teams and cars)-city names-War names (WWII) and specific battles in wars (Battle of

the Bulge)-There are more. You can find a more complete list in my

essay rubric under “Honors Independent Reading Project”

List Some PN’s

• Let’s list a few PN’s:-Applebee’s-Michael Jordan-Yellowstone National Park-Thanksgiving

Where are they and what kind?

Please underline all nouns, and put CN or PN above them.•Example:

cn pn

The police are coming to find Johnny.

Where are they and what kind?(answers on next slide)

Please write down sentences entirely in your notes.1.The boy has on an ostentatious neon green belt with a gold buckle.

2. What, are you jacked up on Mountain Dew or something?

3. Rain falls often in April, and the sound of it pattering on my windowsill makes me both thirsty and feel like I have to pee.

cn cn1.The boy has on an ostentatious neon green belt with a gold cn buckle. pn2. What, are you jacked up on Mountain Dew or

something? (both “you” and “something” are pronouns)

cn pn cn3. Rain falls often in April, and the sound of it cnpattering on my windowsill makes me both thirsty

and feel like I have to pee. (“To pee” is an infinitive verb, and “I”, “me”, and “it” are pronouns.)