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Concrete or Abstract All nouns are either concrete or abstract. You can see, hear, smell, taste, or touch concrete nouns. In other words, they exist in the physical world.
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Nouns
Concrete or Abstract
• All nouns are either concrete or abstract.
Concrete or Abstract
• All nouns are either concrete or abstract.• You can see, hear, smell, taste, or touch
concrete nouns. • In other words, they exist in the physical
world.
Concrete or Abstract
• All nouns are either concrete or abstract.• You can see, hear, smell, taste, or touch
concrete nouns. • In other words, they exist in the physical
world. – For example: cat, warmth, sweetness, car, siren,
water, rock
Concrete or Abstract
• All nouns are either concrete or abstract.• You cannot see, hear, smell, taste, or touch
abstract nouns. • They are ideas, concepts, or emotions. They
do not exist in the physical world.
Concrete or Abstract
• All nouns are either concrete or abstract.• You cannot see, hear, smell, taste, or touch
abstract nouns. • They are ideas, concepts, or emotions. They
do not exist in the physical world.– For example: justice, truth, kindness, fear,
aggression, leadership
Other types of nouns
• Nouns may also be proper, possessive, compound, collective, or some combination of these.
• They do not have to be any of these.
Proper Nouns
• Proper nouns name a particular person, place, thing, or idea.
• They are always capitalized.
Proper Nouns
• Proper nouns name a particular person, place, thing, or idea.
• They are always capitalized.– For example: Larissa, France, Batman, Kansas City,
Issaquah School District
Possessive Nouns
• Possessive nouns show ownership using an apostrophe and s.
Possessive Nouns
• Possessive nouns show ownership using an apostrophe and s.
• Singular possessive nouns put the apostrophe before the s.– For example: the kitten’s tail, the girl’s cookie, the
mouse’s house.
Possessive Nouns
• Possessive nouns show ownership using an apostrophe and s.
• Plural possessive nouns put the apostrophe after the s.– For example: the kittens’ tails, the girls’ team
Compound Nouns
• Compound nouns are made of two or more words.
Compound Nouns
• Compound nouns are made of two or more words.– For example: press secretary, mother-in-law,
folksinger, headlight
Collective Nouns
• Collective nouns are singular, but they name a group.
Collective Nouns
• Collective nouns are singular, but they name a group.– For example: family, herd, committee, audience,
team, band, mob
Combinations
• The Supreme Court is proper, compound, and collective.
Use concrete nouns.
Use abstract nouns.
Use proper nouns.
Use possessive nouns.
Use compound nouns.
Use collective nouns.
Use nouns that fit more than one category.