hi i'm ashley and this here is my friend mia
today we're going to learn more about nouns you ready let's go
as you remember a noun is a person place thing or idea now let's talk about some more specific types
of nouns every noun can be common or proper singular or plural and concrete or abstract
first we have a common noun which is a general name for a person place or thing
such as hamburger house or tree these are everyday nouns and do not have a specific name
they lived in a big house in this sentence the word house is a common
noun because it is a general name there is not a specific name for the house
a proper noun is a noun that is a specific name for an individual person place or thing such as
statue of liberty susie or texas the first letter of every proper noun is always a capital letter
the man visited texas in this example texas is a proper noun because states have specific names
the t in texas is capitalized
nouns can be singular meaning only one in the first sentence i see a dog there is one dog
dog is a singular noun next there is a tree there is only one tree so tree is a singular noun
the house is blue there is only one house so house is a singular noun
nouns can also be plural representing more than one person place or thing
i have three cats there is more than one cat cats is the plural form of cat look at those puppies
there is more than one puppy so puppies is plural
there are many houses houses is the plural form of house
a concrete noun is a noun that you can see smell taste touch or hear
such as flowers pillows and books you can actually smell touch or see flowers pillows and books
it is something that you can physically hold in your hand there are a lot of soft pillows
in this sentence pillows is a concrete noun because it is something you can physically hold
an abstract noun is a noun that expresses ideas or character traits and cannot be heard
seen tasted or touched some examples are bravery anger
and love they are not physical objects ideas are abstract nouns
he had a lot of anger in this example anger is an abstract noun
because it is not something that you can touch see taste or hear
in review nouns can be common or proper singular or plural and concrete or abstract
let's look at the noun blanket what kind of noun is this word
well it's not a specific name so it's common it's also only one blanket not many so that makes it
singular and i can also see and touch it so that makes it
concrete great job now you're ready to ace your quiz and don't forget to always be clever