Chapter 1-Nouns

Question 1

What are nouns?

Answer 1

Nouns are naming words:

• People
• Places
• Objects
• Animals
• Feelings
• Ideas

They are either single or groups of words for example: cat or Southern Hemisphere.

Question 2

What are the 5 types of nouns and what do they do?

Answer 2

• Common Nouns- Identify a type or kind of people, animals, places or objects. Eg: teacher, cat, beach.
• Proper Nouns- Name particular people, places or things and Always begin with capital letters. Eg: Niamh or Geraldton
• Collective Nouns- Name groups of people, animals or things. Eg: Flock of sheep or swarm of bees.
• Concrete Nouns- Name any real person, place or thing that you can detect with your senses. Eg: Soap, elbow and sand.
• Abstract Nouns- Intangible ideas, feelings or qualities that cant be detected by the senses. Eg: Fear, jealously, sadness

Question 3

Examples of nouns?

Answer 3

Common noun: bank, king, day, city
Proper noun: Commonwealth Bank, Henry V11, TUESDAY,Tokyo

Melanie was chased by a SWARM of bees.
There goes a PARLIAMENT of owls.