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University of Manchester

Children's University of Manchester: What Are Nouns?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In these interactive lessons you can learn all about different types of nouns including common, proper, concrete, abstract, count, non-count, and collective. Then play a noun game and take a quiz to show what you have learned.
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Nouns

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete tutorial on identifying and using nouns that starts with identifying the nouns in "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. Includes links to other noun grammar pages.
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Activity
University College London

University College London: Identify the Nouns

For Students 9th - 10th
An exercise in identifying nouns by clicking on those appearing in a paragraph. Answers explained and link to more information provided. Browser must be enabled to JavaScript. Netscape browser recommended.
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Lesson Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Identifying Nouns

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This video lesson focuses on identifying what nouns are and the two types: common and proper. Real Player is required.
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Activity
University of Texas at Austin

Intoduction to French Nouns

For Students 9th - 10th
This concise overview of French nouns inncludes a general definition, examples of gender and number, count vs. mass and common vs. proper.
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Handout
Other

Grammar Monster: What Are Common Nouns? (With Examples)

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Get a better understanding of nouns with definitions and examples of common nouns, examples of common and proper nouns, noun capitalization rules, common noun categories, and a video [5:21] on common and proper nouns.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Common and Proper Nouns

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn to distinguish common and proper nouns from one another!
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Unit Plan
Get It Write

Get It Write: Capitalization: Proper vs. Common Nouns and Adjectives

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to distinguish proper nouns and adjectives from common ones so you will be able to capitalize them correctly. This tutorial gives several examples and detailed explanations. A brief quiz will check your understanding.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Capitalization of Proper Nouns

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson is designed to help students identify proper nouns and properly capitalize them. Real Player is required.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Common vs Proper Nouns

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Students will distinguish between common and proper nouns within this SMART whiteboard lesson by moving the noun to the correct target.
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Activity
English Worksheets Land

English Worksheets Land: Common, Proper, and Possessive Noun Worksheets

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This resource looks at the different classifications of nouns - common, proper, and possessive. These worksheets help students understand the use of each of these different types of nouns.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: What Is a Proper Noun?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart defines proper nouns and includes a short video about proper nouns.
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Handout
Other

Grammar quizzes.com: Possessive Nouns: Indicating Possession

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A series of carts containing rules and examples of possessives including singular and plural common nouns, proper nouns, inanimate nouns, days and holidays, and numbers and letters. A fourteen-question practice exercise follows the...
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Capitalization: Family Relationships (Used as Proper Names)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains that family relationships such as Mom, Dad, Uncle, and Aunt are capitalized if they are used as names, but are not capitalized if used as common nouns such as my mom, his dad, etc. Examples are provided.
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Other

Grammaropolis: The Nouns

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This is a lesson in nouns including defining nouns, common, proper, concrete, abstract, compound, and collective nouns. It defines each type, shows its use in a sentence, and provides examples.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Noun Types Review

For Students 4th - 7th
A six-part learning module with links images, websites, slides, and a video on different types of nouns including common, proper, collective, verbal, compound, abstract, concrete, countable, and uncountable.
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Handout
Get It Write

Get It Write: Making Proper Names Plural but Not Possessive

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial explains how to make your last name plural when sending greetings from your entire family (or anytime you are talking about your entire family.) This is a very common grammatical problem, and it is explained clearly here....
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Handout
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Adjectives and Adverbs

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This tutorial explores the difference between adjectives and adverbs so you can use them properly.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Nouns

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores the difference between common and proper nouns.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: What Is a Noun?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] What is a noun? Use this flipchart to learn the differences between common and proper nouns. See real life photos as well as illustrations to arrange in a graphic organizer. Use the Activotes to assess...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Parts of Speech Nouns

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students to understand the difference between common and proper nouns, plural and singular nouns, possessive nouns, and abstract, concrete, and collective nouns.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Nouns

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will recognize the definition of a noun, use the highlighter tool to find nouns in a sentence and recognize common and proper nouns.
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Other

Pearson Adult Learning Center: Common Nouns and Proper Nouns Quiz

For Students 5th - 8th
A ten-question quiz where students are asked to choose a common noun for each proper noun provided and to choose a proper noun for each common noun provided. Immediate feedback is provided for each answer and a percentage score is...
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InterLink Language Centers

Interlink Language Centers: Noun Identification Quiz

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simple 10-question interactive quiz on noun identification.

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