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What is a Noun?

PARTS OF A
A noun is a person, place, or thing.

SENTENCE - The dog runs down the street.

NOUNS Both dog and street are nouns.

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Parts of a Sentence - Nouns English - Parts of a Sentence Course

Parts of a Sentence - Nouns English - Parts of a Sentence Course

Noun Categories Singular or Plural

Person Place Thing Animal Feeling Singular Plural Rule

Apple Apples Add ‘s’

fireman, bus New York pencil, dog, bird, Love, hate,
driver, man America apple, desk cat anger Fox Foxes Add ‘es’
space
Cherry Cherries Drop ‘y’ and add
‘ies’

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Parts of a Sentence - Nouns English - Parts of a Sentence Course
Parts of a Sentence - Nouns English - Parts of a Sentence Course

Examples
Common, Proper, or Pronoun
The man walked to the store and met President Obama.

Common proper pronouns Man (common, singular), store (common, singular), President Obama (proper, singular)

man George He
Washington The turtles ate carrots. They were full of happiness.
Turtles (common, plural), carrots (common, plural), they (pronoun,
woman Cleopatra she plural), happiness (common, singular)

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Parts of a Sentence - Nouns English - Parts of a Sentence Course

Parts of a Sentence - Nouns English - Parts of a Sentence Course

Exercises Exercises

List all the nouns in the sentence. Try to figure out if it's common/proper, List all the nouns in the sentence. Try to figure out if it's common/proper,
singular/plural, or a pronoun. singular/plural, or a pronoun.

A mountain has trees, rivers, and lakes. Queen Elizabeth sat on the bench.

Mountain (common, singular), trees (common, plural), rivers (common, plural), lakes Queen Elizabeth (proper, singular), bench (common, singular)
(common, plural)

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Exercises

List all the nouns in the sentence. Try to figure out if it's common/proper,
singular/plural, or a pronoun.

He was full of anger and sadness.

He (pronoun, singular), anger (common, singular), sadness (common, singular)

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