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lady
ladies
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nouns
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only words are mr. _____________________
davis is married to ms. davis.
are actually learning a new First, in noun. your let’s classroom: analyze
Davis. I was born on November 2nd, 1981. I am 38 years old. I live in Los
3. prince/princess
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Common cities Nouns
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3. We My portuguese
proper full some gender-neutral. California
need
to
name examples; and
nouns is common
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people, is Emily. context
places, My of
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know
nouns a book, a notebook, a tree, a house, a
name Four is million Sam. people live in families Los Angeles so as you can Christ
3. 4. cat, word concepts, Emily’s _____________________
husband idea around jeff, is us. a very hardworking man.
Davis.
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I was
the Emily,
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born
noun the in Jeff, detail context
on
is Adam,
who
November
plural, in this
teaches
of Lila, language, book. (more Los
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a teacher.
2nd, 1981.
than
I am
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whether
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38 years
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non-specific
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live in
time masculine
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girl is
Los
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bully
huge some False city. pizza.
bullies
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4. 5. french
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have never been Spanish
NOUNS
because we don’t know any specific details about this person, we only know
Wedn
etc.
YOUR KNOWLEDGE
6.
Angeles,
I have
California.
a pencil,
Four
an eraser
million
and
people
a notebook
live in Los
in my
Angeles
backpack.
so as you can
4.
that
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feminine. There My When or
_____________________
here she
schedule The are you are is
word 7 see a often different
teacher.
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in means different on -es
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7. imagine, uncle/aunt
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6. 7. Proper feminine. sunny the
japanese
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plural and Nouns
this
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ABOUT
rules, Nouns so it is are really everywhere! important that They Let example: in friendly us november. we are analyze and in cousin, 1. the laid-back. they a classroom, _____________________
few parent are examples: I live always and in in your athlete a house capitalized.
understand gym, Yes, at nouns the every supermarket, can single be group proper at and your or common. its job. Some But, of they them pretty.
house, are close all at
8. English is a beautiful language.
5. who
AND
live lady/gentleman
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beach. can It speak boy
UNDERSTANDING
examples of gender-neutral
often things is a big english, an stuck that
example in traffic, you can
house.
nouns. spanish of a but find
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nouns italian. really
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in classroom: California students, is beautifulgular
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friendly and laid-back. I live
the English can we The also can’t are
house be see not either but is
divided
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close
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potato very a education False white
potatoes
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These a
a clock, a map, a trashcan,
have rules. a name. For example: (more categories. your than ideas, one). This concepts, is very feelings…In important to English remember we
to the beach, so I often go for walks the beach. This helps me to
10. etc. brother/sister
tomato
tomatoes
I would like to learn a new language.
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are is nouns my you Lila two
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things an beach. example languages vacation that
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house. noun. _____________________
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house French proper
is really
nouns:
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nouns
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abstract
this
nouns.
chapter
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together,
talk about
fit. False I work Monday to Friday. I
volcanoes you
them
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going
our next
to see
book.
that
live with my husband Jeff and
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actor/actress
of their My Common nouns teacher’s are either name masculine Sam. or feminine. 5. _____________________
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The nouns house
With
are
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nouns
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in
part
English,
to of the English beach,
you need
grammar. so I
to
often
add
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for
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walks are
to the
literally at
plural
the beach. everywhere!
noun.
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nouns. impossible many refering other to for languages something us to
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months specific. other a cute of languages the dog. Proper year Her nouns are: name every are is 7. noun Nina. not Plural
_____________________
is general. We either are masculine a small, but or happy femi-
exactly why we are starting this book with nouns. It is important that you
husband Jeff and A our book two children. We have books a son and a daughter. Their
Countable Nouns
always say ye
always say yes
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Nouns help us to name and id
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Proper
the days examples
nouns of that the can week of nouns
make in English learning
on this are list
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language
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gender
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neutral.
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either
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names
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nouns
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9.
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9. neutral are a Proper small, nouns but nouns is happy
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are you family. not can specific. see
10.
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computers
to doesn’t tell me matter about where your the classroom proper noun we is didn’t in the have sentence _____________________
noun
nouns? just develop has (it You doesn’t a specific
wouldn’t the ability matter name
be! to if
nouns
and the
True
will make a lot
“female” A noun teacher False
more sense to you.
it is in the beginning, in the also middle has a or learn, specific at the but 11. end I name. developed
teachers
You need nouns so that you can name everything of _____________________
a that sentence) Keep
you confidence.” in
see
mind it must around
however: always you,
When we say “notebook” it could be any notebook in the world. It’s non-specific.
It’s a common noun.
10. most be capitalized! nouns Common in in nouns A English desk Uncountable
are are specific. gender-neutral. Nouns desks
or so that you can talk about what you have, 12. or _____________________
where you live 1st etc. lady 2009-2017
True False
Michelle obama
Let’s go back A chair to the classroom example chairs from earlier:
Concrete Nouns