NOUNS:

Nouns name a person, place, thing, idea, animal, quality, or action. The words a, an, and the signal that a noun is coming. (A chair, the dog, an apple)

Here are a few nouns: dog, cats, women, Sally, justice, strength, departure, apples, England, Califonia, Steve Young, mice, school, beach, kindness, food

***Nouns can be made into plural nouns by adding -s

tree--------> trees

house------> houses

color-------> colors

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Nouns used in sentences are below:

1. Judy and Chad made a cake.

("Judy" and "Chad" are people, and "cake" is a thing. ***did you notice "cake" had the word "a" in front of it? That tells you that "cake" is a noun)
2. The moon is far away from the earth.

("moon" and "earth" are places, and they both had the word "the" in front of them, so that tells you a noun is coming)
3. His kindness was appreciated.

("kindness" is an idea, therefore, it's a noun)
4. The plane will depart in twenty minutes.

("plane" is a thing and has the signal "the" in front of it; "minutes" is an idea)
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  • adjectives
  • verbs
  • adverbs
  • prepositions
  • conjunctions
  • interjections

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