What is a Noun?

What is a Noun?

A noun is a Person, a Place, or a Thing!

These are some examples of a person as a noun.

Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother, Johnny, Alana, Doctor, Teacher, student, grandmother and grandfather are all nouns. Can you think of an important noun in your family?

These are some examples of a place as a noun.

School or Clinton Primary School. The beach or South Padre Island. The grocery store or Wal-Mart. The restaurant or McDonalds. The city or Texarkana and a state like Texas or a country like the United States. All of these are examples of nouns. Can you think of some other nouns that we could add to this page?

A noun is also a thing. Here are some examples of things as a noun.

A cat, dog, horse, mouse, bike, car, Lamborghini, pot, movie, coke, popcorn, glasses, cup, notebook, pen, pencil, pop it, fidget spinner, remote, tv, video game, controller, phone, house, keys, tree, water all of these are examples of nouns. Can you think of a noun that could fit on this page?

Let's look at these sentences and see if you can find the nouns?

Jimmy went to the store after school.

I like to ride my bike to the park.

My mom and dad are sick.

The dog and cat were sad.

Turn the page to see how you did.

All the nouns are underlined.

Jimmy went to the store after school.

I like to ride my bike to the park.

My mom and dad are sick.

The dog and cat were sad.

How did you do?

Here are some fun videos about nouns. Just click on the video to watch.