Nouns

Ms. Eck

Nouns

• A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.

• Emily read a book about honor in Japan. Person thing idea place

Common Nouns

• A common noun names any person, place, thing or idea.

• Examples:character bridgeteam holidayriver languagecity universitycountry food

Proper Nouns

• A proper noun names a specific person, place, thing or idea.

• Begin a proper noun with a capital letter, and capitalize each important word.

• Examples: Harry Potter George Washington

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Nouns

I read about Amelia Earhart in class.

Nouns

Amelia Earhart was a famous pilot. Proper noun common noun

Earhart flew a shaky and noisy Lockheed Electra.Proper noun Proper noun

Plural Nouns

Rule Add –s to most singular nouns.

bell = bellsbook = books

Plural Nouns

Add –es to nouns that end in s, sh, ch, x, and z.

lunch = lunches dish = dishes

Plural Nouns

For nouns ending in a consonant + y, change the y to an I and add es.

baby = babiespenny = penniescandy = candies

Plural Nouns

For nouns ending in a vowel add y add s.

boy + s = boysmonkey + s = monkeys

Plural Nouns

For most nouns ending in f or fe, change the f to v and add es or s.

leaf = leavesloaf = loaveslife = lives

Plural Nouns

Watch out for irregular plurals that follow no rules. You’ll need to memorize the plural form of these words.

child = children mouse = micefoot = feet tooth = teethwoman = women man = men

Plural NounsApostrophes are used to show possession or ownership

Singular nouns – add an apostrophe and ssister = sister’s horse = horse’s

Plural nouns that end in s – add an apostrophelions = lions’ artists = artists’Zebras = zebras’Plural nouns that do not end in s- add an apostrophe and s.women = women’s children = children’s