How nouns function in a sentence

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Nouns

• How nouns function in a sentence

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What is a noun?

• A person, place, thing, or an idea
• Nouns are often signaled, but not always, by an
  article (a, an, the)
• May be singular or plural
• Function as the subject or object in a sentence
• When a noun is the subject of a sentence,
  he/she/it is doing the action of the sentence
• When a noun is the object of a sentence,
  he/she/it is receiving the action of the sentence

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Examples of nouns

• Cat
• Man
• Tree
• Belief
• Love
• School
• Judaism
• Father

• Restaurant
• House
• Stick
• Cup
• Child
• Bus
• Effect
• Loyalty

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What are the different types of nouns?

• Proper versus common nouns
• Proper nouns are capitalized and indicate a
  specific person, place, thing, or idea
• Brittany, the White House, Christianity, etc.
• Concrete versus abstract nouns
• Concrete nouns are immediate and physical nouns
• Tree, stick, cup, person, man, etc.
• Abstract nouns are ideas and qualities
• Sensationalism, honesty, loyalty, etc.
• Pronouns
• Replaces or modify a specific noun, usually its
  antecedent.
• He, she, it, this, etc.