2. NOUN
A word used to name a
person, place, thing, or idea
3. Compound Noun =
Two or seafood
grandmother
more words
daydream
that are compact disc
used to grand piano
make one police office
noun self-esteem
great-grandparents
4. Collective Noun =
Names one faculty
family
thing that
herd
has many team
parts or band
members jury
5. Common / Proper Nouns =
Common—names any one
of a group of persons,
places, or things
– Examples—poem, day, city, street
6. Common / Proper Nouns =
Proper—name a specific or
particular person, place, or
things
– Examples—―The Raven‖, Friday,
Booneville, Martin Luther King Drive
7. Concrete Noun =
Names a person, place, or
thing that can be
perceived or experienced
with one of the five senses
– Examples—hummingbird, music, popcorn,
N-Sync, ocean, star, heat, hamburger
8. Abstract Noun =
Names a feeling, quality,
idea, characteristic, or
emotion that is
experienced in your mind
– Examples = love, joy, freedom, peace,
knowledge, pride, faith
9. Tell whether each word names a person,
place, thing, or idea.
Note: some are not nouns
student person
marbles thing
satisfaction idea
enter not noun
entrance place
ugly not noun
often not noun
singer person
10. Tell whether each word names a person,
place, thing, or idea.
Note: some are not nouns
England place
and not noun
under not noun
liberty idea
roadside place
forgiveness idea
file clerk person
sunflower thing
11. Tell whether each noun is
concrete or abstract.
Philadelphia concrete
wisdom abstract
eagle concrete
concrete
First
Continental
Congress
freedom abstract
12. Tell whether each noun is
concrete or abstract.
Thomas concrete
Jefferson
Declaration of concrete
Independence
Potomac River
concrete
law abstract
happiness abstract
13. Identify any collective or
compound nouns.
My sister-in-law and her family
live on a houseboat on Lake Ontario.
sister-in-law Lake Ontario
houseboat family
14. Identify any collective or
compound nouns.
The cast felt great self-respect when
the audience cheered on and on.
self-respect cast
audience
15. Excerpts from Elements of Writing,
Pupil's Edition, Second Course.
Copyright 1998 by Holt, Rinehart
and Winston. All rights reserved.
Reprinted by permission of the
publisher.