PAPA VINC: Nouns

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1. More than likely we all learned that nouns are those words that are persons, places, or things. What else can be considered nouns, going beyond the "thing" category? all choices qualities ideas concepts

2. True or false: According to English grammatical rules, proper nouns are capitalized. True False

3. Nouns can also be concrete or abstract. Pick out the series of concrete nouns. Yellowstone National Park, honor, bear truth, honesty, beauty Betty, mother, kindness bed, flower, pickle

4. Another type of noun is the compound noun. These nouns are two or more words that come together to make one word, as in blueberry. They can also be separated by hyphens to become one word, or they can be single words that are separate but read as one word. With this in mind, is Grand Coulee Dam a compound noun? Yes No

5. Aah, a favorite of mine: collective nouns. These are nouns that are a group of something. Words like team, cluster, orchestra, bunch are all collectives. Do you know what you call a group of baboons? collection congress convey consideration

6. Nouns can also be singular and plural. Pick out the correct set of plural nouns. deer, mice, fawn rivers, puddles, ocean mouses, geese, mooses women, men, humans

7. When identifying nouns, remember they can be more than one type of noun at the same time, as in "cars"--it's common, concrete, and plural. What is the noun "fire truck " in the following sentence? My brother got to sit in the fire truck during the field trip. compound, plural, proper concrete, singular, proper concrete, compound, singular singular, plural, proper

8. How many nouns are in the sentence below? Percy drove his new car, a silver Honda, to Pennsylvania, but had a flat tire on the highway. 2 5 6 4

9. One important aspect of nouns is that they can be used to clarify and spice up writing. Below is a fairly boring, vague piece of writing. Which noun best replaces "small humans" in the following sentence? Small humans enjoyed the museum's exhibit on dinosaurs. any of the choices Students Children Kindergarteners

10. I almost forgot possessive nouns. What punctuation mark indicates the noun is possessive (in most cases)? apostrophe hyphen comma no punctuation is used