Nouns

Nouns A noun is a person, place, thing or idea

Person girl, carpenter Laura father American designer toddler

Place city river Africa Minnesota home museum

Thing computer television balloon book movie Wind in the Willows

Idea patriotism honor beauty religion trust hatred

A, an, the When you see an ‘a’, ‘an’, or ‘the’…. It

tells you that a noun is coming up. We use these words, called articles, to announce a noun. Sometimes there is an adjective between the article and the noun.

Example – The dog belongs to John. Example –A dirty dog ran down the

street.

Be careful Sometimes there are adjectives that

look like nouns. You can turn almost any noun into an adjective.

Example – I am taking math during 4th block. That’s a noun.

Example – I am taking math class during 4th block. That’s an adjective.

Be careful Titles of books, movies, songs, etc. may

contain many words. All the words in the title are a part of one title.

Example – War of the Worlds

You Belong to Me

Practice 1. Jessie ran down the street.

2. Transcendentalism was a movement in history.

3. Winnie the Pooh is one of my daughter’s favorite characters.

4. Trinity and Kate watched too much television today.

More Practice 5. Harry threw the ball to his dog for

over 60 minutes.

6. The concept was studied in physics class.

7. AJ is the captain of the football team even though he hates the sport of football.

Homework Please complete the worksheet. You will

have class time to work on it now – in case you have questions.

It is due tomorrow, but you may turn it in today if you want.