NOUNS IN SENTENCES

Grade 1

By

Cheryl M. Hamilton

Nouns are words that name people, places, things, and animals.

Some nouns name a special person, place, thing, or animal. These nouns are called proper nouns, and they begin with a capital letter.

Mrs. Hamilton and The Pittsburgh Pirate The Pittsburgh Zoo

People often have special titles that show respect for who they are or for the work they do.

When a person’s special title is written with their name, use a capital letter at the beginning of the special title. Let’s look at some special titles.

Principal Smith

Dr. Means

The words for the days of the week, the months of the year, and holidays

begin with a capital letter.

JulyChristmasSaturday

Sometimes nouns name

one thing.

Sometimes nouns name

more than one thing.

tree

trees

EXAMPLES OF MORE THAN ONE

bug bugs

rockrocks

studentstudents

FIND THE NOUNS THAT NAME MORE THAN ONE.

A squirrel eats nuts.

The dogs like to run

The elephants take a walk.

PRACTICE TIME!

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