Name: _________________________ Date: __________ Period: ______
A noun is a word that means person, place, thing, or idea. Add two additional examples
per row.
Example 1
Example 2
president
Persons:
Places:
California
Things:
Chihuahua
Ideas:
justice
A proper noun is a specific name for a particular person, place, thing, or idea. It always
begins with a capital letter. A common noun is a general name for a group of persons,
places, things, and ideas. Add an example for each row.
Noun Category
(above)
Proper Nouns
Michelangelo
Common
Nouns
painter
South America
continent
The Los
Angeles Times
newspaper
Example
(Proper)
Example
(Common)
Some nouns are made up of more than one word. These are called compound nouns. The
parts of a compound noun may be written together or separately. Add four more to the
list below.
Compound Nouns
tablecloth
Hollywood
Labor Day
doghouse
middle school
brother-in-law
left-handed
doornail
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A few nouns name a GROUP of people or things. A pack, for example, is “a group of
dogs that travel together.” These are collective nouns. Add three more to the list below.
Collective Nouns
club
herd
army
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troop
orchestra
committee
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class
team
group
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