What you learned
A noun is a word that names a person, a place, an animal, or a thing.
| Group | Examples |
|---|---|
| person | teacher, uncle, baker |
| place | school, kitchen, beach |
| animal | dog, hen, beetle |
| thing | cup, kite, cloud |
Three things to keep straight
| What people think | What is true |
|---|---|
| A thing has to be something you can hold. | A cloud and a mountain are things too. |
| A sentence has one noun in it. | Most have two or more. “The dog chased the ball.” has two. |
| The whole naming part is the noun. | Only the naming word is. In “The red kite” the noun is “kite”. |
The quick test
Not sure whether a word is a noun? Put “the” in front of it.
“the barn” sounds right, so “barn” is a noun. “the crawled” does not, so it is not.
Quick warm-up before the check
Find the nouns.
- “The farmer opened the barn.”
- “A beetle crawled up the wall.”
- “My uncle drove to the city.”
Answers
- “farmer” and “barn”
- “beetle” and “wall”
- “uncle” and “city”
Now take the final check below.
Where to go next
- One and More Than One: making nouns plural with -s and -es
- Special Names and Titles for People: nouns that name one particular person
- Special Names of Places: nouns that name one particular place
- Possessive Nouns: showing that a noun owns something