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Nouns and Capitalization

Nouns and Capitalization. Parts of Speech 1. Noun Types. Noun: person, place, or thing. Nouns can also be… Concrete or abstract Singular , plural , or possessive and Common or proper. Concrete or Abstract. Concrete : a physical person, place, or thing.

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Nouns and Capitalization

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  1. Nouns and Capitalization Parts of Speech 1

  2. NounTypes Noun: person, place, or thing. Nouns can also be… Concrete or abstract Singular, plural, or possessive and Common or proper

  3. Concrete or Abstract Concrete: a physical person, place, or thing. Ex: desks, Mr. Morton, candy bars Abstract: an idea or quality. Ex: happiness, speed, freedom If you can touch it, it’s a concrete noun.

  4. Singular, Plural, or Possessive Nouns have different forms. Singular: one noun Ex: pencil, mess, Mike Plural: more than one Ex: pencils, messes, Mikes Possessive: shows possession or ownership. Ex: Mike’s, pencil’s, mess’s *possession is shown with an apostrophe

  5. Common and Proper Common Noun: a general person, place, or thing. Ex: doctor, store, book Proper Noun: a specific person, place, thing, or brand name. Ex: Doctor Phil, Target, Lord of the Flies

  6. Capitalization Rules • The first letter of a sentence is always capitalized. • The pronoun “I” is always capitalized. • Proper nouns are always capitalized. Examples: Chicago, Illinois, the Mississippi River, Chris, The Simpsons, English, Chicken McNuggets, Nike Jordan, CPS

  7. Practice I’ll put a noun on the board. You will write whether it is… Singular, plural, or possessive Concrete or abstract Common or proper Example schools = plural, concrete, common noun

  8. 1 dogs 2 Big Mac

  9. 3 Tyga’s 4 glasses

  10. 5 beauty 6 Nintendo Wii

  11. 7 crime 8 Wednesday’s

  12. 9 pants 10 politeness

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