Every noun names something, but some you can touch and some you can't, and some get a capital letter. Every noun gets two labels.
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Students will identify nouns as words naming a person, place, thing or idea, and label each noun both concrete or abstract and common or proper, capitalizing proper nouns.
Concrete nouns name what the five senses can detect. Abstract nouns name ideas, qualities and feelings.
Common nouns name any person, place, thing or idea. Proper nouns name a particular one and are always capitalized. The two sorts are separate, so every noun gets one label from each.
Thinking an abstract noun has to be a big word. Love, fear and help are short and abstract; skyscraper is long and concrete. The test is the five senses, not the length.
Calling a noun proper because it's important. Proper means particular: a radio is common, the Motorola is proper.
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Before You Start
The words this lesson uses. Tap a card to see what it means, then come back to them whenever a question uses one.
Part One
Questions about the story you just read. Pick your answer straight off, or press Find it in the story if you would rather hunt for the sentence first.
Part Two
The word cards are at the top of this page. Look back at them as often as you need, then answer.