Grammar Basics - What is a noun?

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What is a noun?

A noun is a word for a person, place, thing or idea. 

person	woman
place	house
thing	computer
idea	freedom

Often, English uses articles (a, an, the) to indicate a noun:

Example: The boy hit the ball over the fence.

boy, ball, and fence are nouns.

Example 2: The woman left her office at five and drove home.

woman, office, and home are nouns

Example 3: Parents believe that education should be free for all children;

Parents, education, and childern are nouns


Your turn! Identify the nouns in the following sentences:

1. Is his new bicycle in the garage?

2. The nurse's uniform is on the chair.

3. Our tests are on our desks.

1. bicycle, garage

2. nurse, uniform, chair

3. tests, desks