Transcript Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech
Nouns
Objectives:
•To identify nouns, compound
nouns, common and proper nouns,
and collective nouns
•To substitute specific nouns for
vague, general nouns when writing
and revising
Part Definition Example
Noun
A person, place, thing, or Under the clouds, we felt like fish
idea.
swimming in suntan oil.
Hints to Identify Nouns
•Place the article a,an, or the
before a word. If it makes sense,
then it is probably a noun. (This
does not work with nouns that are
ideas, I.e. freedom, some proper
nouns, or dates).
Categories of Nouns
1.
Concrete Nouns
People
Places
Things
Concrete and Abstract
student, mother, friend, Jimmy
school, earth, Chicago, Main Street
ocean, summer, car, lion, airplane
Abstract Nouns
Ideas and love, hope, grief sorrow, dream,
Qualities belief, beauty, happiness, honor
Categories of Nouns
2. Common and Proper
Common and Proper Nouns
Common
Nouns
friend, city, spacecraft, holiday, month, store
Proper
Nouns
Maria Rodriguez, Voyager, Houston,
Memorial Day, August, Boston Store
Categories of Nouns
3. Compound
Some Compound Nouns
Separate
Words
Hyphenated
Words
Combined
Words
first aid, coffee roll, sleeping bag
ambassador-at-large, hole-in-the-wall,
treasure-house
turtleneck, officeholder, onlooker,
babysitter
Categories of Nouns
4. Collective
Some Collective Nouns
band
congregation
flock
orchestra
class
crew
gang
swarm
colony
crowd
herd
team
committee
family
league
troop
List Nouns in the room