Nouns for Kids
What Are Nouns? (for Kids)
Nouns are the words we use to name people, places, or things.In each of these six example sentences, there is a noun in bold. Decide whether the noun names a person, place, or thing.
More Examples of Nouns
- People: girl, pirate, criminal
- Places: city, continent, planet
- Things. This includes:
- Objects: apple, book, table
- Animals: aardvark, rat, elephant
- Ideas: happiness, bravery, secrecy
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Select the noun in each sentence:Nouns Can Be Plural
Most nouns can be singular or plural.- People: girl, pirate, criminalgirls, pirates, criminals
- Places: city, continent, planetcities, continents, planets
- Things. This includes:
- Objects: apple, book, tableapples, books, tables
- Animals: aardvark, rat, elephantaardvarks, rats, elephants
- Ideas: happiness, bravery, secrecyhappiness, bravery, secrecy
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Select the plural noun in each sentence:Common Nouns and Proper Nouns
There are lots of different types of noun, but there are only two noun categories. Every noun can be categorized as either a common noun or a proper noun.- Common Noun. A common noun is the word you will find in the dictionary.
- Proper Noun. A proper noun is the name or title for someone or something. (Notice that proper nouns have capital letters.)
Video Lesson
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Learning Resources
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hangman with nouns "fish game" with nouns "bubble pop" with nouns whack-a-mole with nounslists:
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Test Time!
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