This document provides an introduction to nouns for English language learners. It defines nouns as naming words for people, places or things and gives examples like Nancy Ajram, Barack Obama, a library, animals. Students are asked to identify nouns in sample sentences like "Sarah laughs out loud" and "Whales swim fast in the ocean." The document emphasizes that nouns are persons, places or things and guides students to find the noun in examples such as "David is around the corner" and "When I hit the ground, all I felt was the warm pie in my face."

1. Nouns
Prepared and Presented
By
Azra Ilyas (Dip in TESOL)

2. Parts of Speech

4. Nouns are naming words.

5. Now let’s have a look at some
famous people !
Nancy Ajram
Shah Rukh Khan Barack Obama

6. A girl
A doctor
Father ,mother, brother ,sister,
teacher, uncle, pilot etc

7. Can you name these places ?

9. A library

10. Things

11. Animals….

12. A noun is a person, place or
thing.
Sarah laughs out loud.
Sarah is the noun in this sentence,
because Sarah is a person.

13. Here is another example.
Whales swim fast in the ocean.
Whales are a noun because
they are a thing. The ocean is
a noun because it is a place.

14. Alright, it’s your turn. I’ll help.
The pizza tastes delicious.
Which word is the noun?
Pizza is the noun because
it is a thing.

15. See if you can find the
underlined word that is a noun
in this sentence.
David is around the corner.
1. David
2. is
3. around

16. See if you can identify the noun.
David is around the corner.
Is it #1? David Is this a
person, place or thing?
Yes, David is a noun because
it is a person.

17. Is #2 a noun?
#2. Is
Is this a person, place or
thing?
No, is is not a noun because it is
not a person, place or thing.

18. Is #3 a noun?
3. around
Is this a person?
Around is not a noun because
it is not a person, place or thing.
No.
Is this a thing?
No
Is this a place?
No

19. Now it’s your turn. Which
underlined word is a noun
in this sentence?
When I hit the ground, all I felt
was the warm pie in my face.
1.Hit
2.All
3.Pie
If you chose pie, you are correct.
Pie is a noun because it is a thing.

20. Can you name some nouns in this picture?

21. Thank
You !
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Azra Ilyas