What is a Noun?

What is a Noun?

4th Grade Ā· ELA Ā· 20 min

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Learning Objective

I can identify nouns in a sentence.

  • 1

    Nouns are naming words for people, animals, places, and things and can be common or proper.

  • 2

    Common nouns name general things, while proper nouns name specific people, places, animals, or things.

  • 3

    Proper nouns always begin with a capital letter, but common nouns do not unless they start a sentence.