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Where would we be without nouns? Well, for one thing, we'd have an awfully tough time talking about 'nouns.' Since the word is...you know...a noun.
Transcript
- 00:13
Cue Tip.
- 00:14
Pen.
- 00:15
Cucumber.
- 00:16
What do they all have in common? [Cue tip, pen and a cucumber appear]
- 00:18
Other than the fact that they’re all things you seem to enjoy sticking into your ear… [People with cue tips, pens and a cucumber stuck into their ears]
Full Transcript
- 00:22
That’s right…they’re all nouns.
- 00:25
A noun is word that represents a person, place, or thing. [Coop pointing at a blackboard]
- 00:28
Let’s look at this sentence, “Julie took her dog, George, for a walk in the park, where
- 00:32
he chased after a ball.”
- 00:34
What are the people, places, or things in this sentence? [The sentence is written out]
- 00:37
Well, there’s Julie.
- 00:38
Her dog, George.
- 00:39
The park.
- 00:40
And the ball. [The nouns are highlighted]
- 00:41
And…possibly a couple of skinned kneecaps, too, depending on how tightly Julie was holding [Julie being dragged along by her dog]
- 00:45
onto George’s leash…
- 00:47
So yeah…those are all nouns. [Julie flying in the air behind her dog]
- 00:49
Easy enough, right?
- 00:50
There are also different flavors of nouns… [Ice cream stall with '32 noun flavors written on it]
- 00:52
…like proper nouns, which are people’s names or the names of places, like Paris. [Dino pointing at a blackboard]
- 00:57
There are concrete nouns, which describe things you can see and touch, like a bottle. [Coop pointing at a blackboard]
- 01:01
Okay, maybe don’t touch that bottle. [The bottle explodes]
- 01:04
There are abstract nouns, which describe feelings and things you can’t see or touch, such [Smiling man appears]
- 01:08
as happiness or sadness.
- 01:09
And there are collective nouns, which refer to a group of something, such as audience [Crowd of people dancing]
- 01:14
or army. [Soldiers marching]
- 01:15
Whenever we’re reading or writing, nouns help us to identify characters, feelings, [Girl writing in a class]
- 01:19
groups of things, and more.
- 01:21
They can also help us to calm our pet dog when he’s out of control… [Julie waving a dog treat with 'noun' written on it]
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