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Nouns
Noun: person, place, or thing.
Concrete: a physical person, place, or thing.Ex: desks, Mr. Morton, candy bars
Abstract: an idea or quality.Ex: happiness, speed, freedom
If you can touch it, it’s a concrete noun.
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Common and Proper NounsCommon Noun: a general person, place, or thing.Ex: doctor, store, book
Proper Noun: a specific person, place, thing, or brand name.
Ex: Doctor Phil, Target, Scumble
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• The first letter of a sentence is always capitalized.• The pronoun “I” is always capitalized.• Proper nouns are always capitalized.
Examples:Chicago, Illinois, the Mississippi River, Chris, The Simpsons, English, Chicken McNuggets, Nike Jordan
Capitalization Rules
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A title of respect is used with the name of a person . Titles begin with an uppercase letter and many are abbreviated with a period after them.
President Obama Mr. Scott Mrs. Hudson Dr. Dan
Abbreviations for weights and measures begin with a lowercase letter. Abbreviations for metric measurements do not have periods after them.
yard= yd. meter= m
Abbreviations
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Days of the week:
Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Sat.
Months:
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Other Common Abbreviations
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Alabama AL Alaska AK Arizona AZ Arkansas AR California CA Colorado COConnecticut CTDelaware DE Florida FL Georgia GA Hawaii HI Idaho ID Illinois IL Indiana IN Iowa IA Kansas KS Kentucky KY
Louisiana LA Maine ME Maryland MDMassachusetts MAMichigan MI Minnesota MNMississippi MS Missouri MO Montana MT Nebraska NE Nevada NV New Hampshire NH New Jersey NJ New Mexico NM New York NY North Carolina NC North Dakota ND
Ohio OH Oklahoma OK Oregon OR Pennsylvania PA Rhode Island RI South Carolina SC South Dakota SD Tennessee TN Texas TX Utah UT Vermont VT Virginia VA Washington WA West Virginia WV Wisconsin WI Wyoming WY
State Abbreviations
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Nouns
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea
Singular Noun names ONE person, place, thing, or idea
Plural Noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea
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Plurals • Most plural nouns are formed by adding –s
picture/pictures wing/wings day/days
• Add –es to nouns ending in ch, sh, x, z, s, and ss
bunch/bunches wish/ wishes box/boxes class/classes
• If a noun ends in a consonant and y, change the y to i and add –es
berry/berries spy/ spies day/days turkey/turkeys
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• Some nouns have irregular plural forms. They change spelling.
mouse/mice goose/geese child/children woman/women man/men tooth/teeth
• For most nouns that end in f or fe, change f to v, and add –es
leaf/leaves knife/knives calf/calves wife/wives
• Some only add –s
chief/chiefs
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•Some nouns have the same singular and plural noun forms.
sheep deer headquarters serieselk moose trout
•For compound nouns, make only the important word plural.
fathers-in law secretaries of statemothers-in-law
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•If a noun ends in a vowel and o, add -s
video/videos radio/radios rodeo/rodeosstudio/studios•Check a dictionary for plurals of nouns ending in consonant o.
**Some add –s **Some add –es
photo/photos potato/potatoes
banjo/banjos hero/heroes
echo/echoes
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•Possessive nouns are used to show possession (owning, or having).
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The dog's collar is too large.
The word "dog's" is the possessive noun. It tells you that the noun "collar" belongs to the dog. The dog owns, or possesses the collar.Add 's to the end of a singular noun to make it possessive.
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We saw the children's snowman.
• children + 's• Add only the apostrophe (') to the end of a
plural noun that ends with an s. • Add 's to the end of a plural noun that does
not end with an s.
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My sisters' names are Kate and Nikki.
• sisters + '• Optional: If the noun is singular
and ends with an s, add 's or add only the apostrophe (').