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Everything you see, everything you taste, everything you smell, everything you hear
and everything you touch is a noun.
A noun is a word that names a person, animal, place, thing or idea.
If it's something you can think about it's a noun.
A noun is a word that names a person like a scientist, baby, doctor, baseball player and father.
A noun is a word that names an animal like a bear, bird, shark, butterfly, eagle, and elephant
A noun is a word that names a place like a city, amusement park, grocery store or forest.
A school is a place and there are other places inside the school like a hallway, classroom and gym.
A noun is a word that names a thing like a pencil, train, rainbow, robot and sneakers.
A noun is also a word that names an idea like sadness, talent, secret, speed, and fun.
Nouns can also name more than one person animal place thing or idea.
For example, here we see one grandfather and two grandchildren.
One giraffe is walking. Now three giraffes are walking.
There is one hot air balloon in the sky. Now, there are three hot air balloons in the sky.
Some nouns name a specific person, animal, place, thing or idea.
They are called proper nouns.
For example, the names of people are proper nouns like John, Isabella,
her mom, Mrs. Jones, and their pet parakeets named Max and Coco.
The first letter of a proper noun is always capitalized.
New York is the specific name of this city.
We use uppercase letters at the beginning of each word.
The names of countries like the United States of America, states like Nevada,
towns like Arcadia and streets like Wall Street are all proper nouns.
Names of buildings like the Freedom Tower and the White House are proper nouns too.
The Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, and the Sphinx are all monuments.
Monuments are proper nouns.
The word "bridge" is not a proper noun so it doesn't have to start with a capital letter;
but the George Washington Bridge is the name of a specific bridge so it is a proper noun.
Now you know about nouns. A noun is a word that names a person, animal, place, thing or idea.
Can you find the nouns in this sentence?
The boys and girls are having fun skating at Central Park.
Boys and girls are people so they are nouns.
Fun is an idea, something you can think about so it's a noun too.
Central Park is a place. It is a proper noun because it names a specific park.
Learning about grammar helps you communicate with other people whether
you're writing an essay, reading a book or just having a conversation. It's the
proper use of grammar that helps people to better understand each other.
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