Noun+Notes

 Notes on **Nouns** **__Definition__**__:__ **Noun** is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. **Hints**: 1. **Nouns can usually be made into plurals or possessive.** For example: boy boys

Bob Bob’s

computer computers

**2. Nouns are the only type of words that sound correct with the word //the// in front of it.** The cat

The glass

The book

The watch

The camera The above sound correct by themselves. We know they are not complete sentences, but you don’t anticipate more.

Now look at the following: The green

The large

The odd

The tiny The above doesn’t sound right to your ear. They make you feel like there definitely needs to be something following it immediately.

The green **hat**

**Hat** is the **noun** in this phrase.

3. Nouns fill subject slots and object slots. This hint is helpful only if you already understand what a subject and object is. Come back to this hint after you learn subjects and objects. Unfortunately, pronouns also fill these two slots, so you still need hint 1 & 2 to help distinguish nouns from pronouns. Types of nouns:
 * Type of noun || Definition || Example ||
 * =common noun= || =generic name= || =school= ||
 * =proper noun= || =specific name= || =Bedford High School= ||
 * =concrete noun= || =names of objects that can be touched, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted= || =brick, burrito= ||
 * =abstract noun= || =names of ideas or qualities= || =love, joy, happiness= ||
 * =singular noun= || =one person, place, thing, or idea= || =desk, microphone= ||
 * =plural noun= || =more than one person, place, thing, or idea= || =desks, microphones= ||
 * =collective noun= || =name of a group= || =family= ||
 * =compound noun= || =Sing noun formed from two or more words= || =toothpaste= ||
 * =possessive noun= || =Noun that shows ownership= || =**teacher’s** desk= ||