Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Unit
Types of Nouns
Unit
10
14
18
Unit
3
Unit
Review
22
Unit
Parts of a Sentence
24
Sentence Structures
28
Simple Present
32
Present Progressive
36
Unit
Unit
Unit
Review
2
40
Unit
42
46
Simple Past
50
Past Progressive
54
Unit
10
Unit
11
Unit
12
Review
58
Unit
13
It Is + Adjectives/Nouns
60
There + Be + Noun
64
Adverbs 1
68
Adverbs 2
72
Unit
14
Unit
15
Unit
16
Review
4
76
Final Test
78
Types of Nouns
Grammar Rules
Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns
A noun is a person, place, thing, or animal. There are different kinds of nouns.
Most nouns are common nouns. Common nouns are general things.
Example
Proper nouns are specific names. Proper nouns always start with capital letters.
Example
Common Nouns
Proper Nouns
boy
kitchen
Jim
China
notebook
cat
Titanic
Sparky
Example
Example
Concrete Nouns
bird
pen
Abstract Nouns
love
happiness
Practice
A L ook at the table. Then, write the words in the correct boxes.
Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns
People
Places
Things
Animals
Common Nouns
doctor
teacher
park
hospital
chocolate
paper
lion
deer
Proper Nouns
Jason
Greece
Apollo
Godzilla
school
King Kong
singer
clock
telephone
king
China
bird
Steve
Tuesday
monkey
Seoul
People
Places
Things
Animals
Common Nouns
Proper Nouns
B L ook at the table. Then, write the words in the correct boxes.
Concrete Nouns vs. Abstract Nouns
Concrete Nouns
table
chair
water
house
Abstract Nouns
bird
tree
anger
luck
beauty
happiness
stress
loneliness
sand
sadness
book
fear
ruler
knife
hate
paper
love
pencil
peace
trust
Concrete Nouns
Abstract Nouns
More Practice
A C
ircle the correct types of nouns.
1. plate
2. Chicago
3. stone
4. Germany
5. success
6. calendar
7. hate
8. Internet
9. milk
10. tissue
B W
rite the words in the correct boxes.
stapler
mountain
aunt
bear
Canada
lake
Paul
actor
Mary
cheetah
Godzilla
president
New York
January
book
pride
giraffe
courage
victory
friendship
King Kong
bottle
trouble
nurse
Jason
zoo
joy
card
Concrete Nouns
People
Common
Nouns
Proper
Nouns
Places
Abstract Nouns
Things
Animals
Challenge
Circle the correct types for the underlined nouns and rewrite them correctly.
Types of nouns
Correct words
(common / proper)
book
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(concrete / abstract)
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(common / proper)
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(concrete / abstract)
____________________
(common / proper)
____________________
6. He meets jennifer.
(concrete / abstract)
____________________
(common / proper)
____________________
(concrete / abstract)
____________________
Pair Work
Work with a partner. Practice naming the different kinds of nouns.
Writing
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school
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5. concrete noun
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6. abstract noun
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Speaking
Take turns saying out loud examples of the different kinds of nouns.