Nouns

Nouns

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• A noun is a word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, or idea.

Some noun examples are: cat bicycle Taylor Swift Mexico

Nouns can name a person: -Albert Einstein -the president -my mom -a girl

Nouns can name a place: -Guadalajara -Disneyland -my classroom

Nouns can name things and animals: -shoe -lion

Proper nouns vs common nouns

• A proper noun is a specific name of a person, place, or thing and is always capitalized.

For example: Robert plays videogames.

• A common noun is the generic name of an item iand is not capitalized unless appearing at the beginning of a sentence or in a title.

For example: The boy plays videogames.