A noun is a word

that names a:
• Person
• Place
• Animal
• Thing
Kinds of Nouns

 Common Noun

 Proper Noun

 Abstract Noun

 Collective Noun
Common Noun
A noun that names
any:
• Person
• Place
• Animal
• Thing
Proper Noun
A noun that names Happy Valley
Church

a specific: Timmy

• Person
• Place Mr. Gatti’s Pizza

•Animal
•Thing Newton’s Theory of Gravity
Collective Noun
A noun that names a
group of:
• People
• Places
• Animals
• Things
Abstract Noun
A noun that is
the name of
A quality
A state of mind
Can you identify
the type of noun
in each of these
sentences?
Bobby walked to the
store late yesterday. What
type of noun is store?
Proper noun
Common noun
The committee met at
noon. What type of noun
is committee ?
Proper noun
Collective noun
Common noun
We went to North
Carolina.
Carolina What type of
noun is North Carolina?
Proper noun
Plural noun
Common noun
Mr. Johnson carried in
the heavy boxes.
boxes What
type of noun is boxes?
Proper noun
Plural noun
Common noun
He read only one book
last week. What type of
noun is book ?
Proper noun
Common noun
Sherry book was very
interesting. What type of
noun is Sherry?
Proper
Common noun
Collective noun
The team has a game on
Saturday. What type of
noun is team?
Proper noun
Collective noun
Everyone liked the dog of
Mr. France.
France What type of
noun is Mr. France ?
Proper noun
Common noun
Collective noun