Week 1 – Lesson 1-Nouns

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Subject: Language Arts
Grade:   4
Date:
Topic:    Nouns
 

What are Nouns?
Nouns are naming words. They name people, places, animals and things.
Nouns also name ideas such as love and courage.
Types of Nouns
There are different types of nouns:

• Common Nouns

• Proper Nouns

• Concrete Nouns

• Abstract Nouns

• Collective Nouns

 
Common nouns are nouns we use every day and are that not special
or specific to any one person, place or thing.
Examples of common nouns are as follows:
Boy, girl, chair, book, desk, jaguar, classroom, computer,
doctor, baby, etc.
 

• The boy enjoys playing football.

• My father bought a new chair for the office. 

• A jaguar is a wild cat.

• I will be getting a new computer for my birthday.

• Our doctor gave the baby a clean bill of health.

 
If you look carefully, you will find that each of these sentences 
has more than one noun. These are highlighted in red.
Proper Nouns
Proper nouns are special because they give the names of
specific people, places animals or things.
Here are examples of proper nouns:
Dr. Jones, Kimani, Blue Mountains, Butch, 
Dunrobin Christian Academy
 
Notice: Each proper noun begins with a capital letter.

•  Jones examines his patients thoroughly.

• I went to the concert with Kimani.

• Have you ever been on a hike to Blue Mountain peak?

• Our dog, Butch likes to run around the yard with us when we go
  outside to play.

• My cousin and I attend Dunrobin Christian Academy.

 
Activities
Integrated Assessment – Language Arts (page 2) 
Exercise 1, numbers 1-5; Exercise 2 and Exercise 3 ...