Nouns

What is a noun?

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

Student

Person

Place

Home

Thing

School bus

Idea

Love

Boy or girl

Class room

Chalk

Board

Singular or Plural

A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea.

A plural noun names more than one. Plural nouns are usually formed by adding “s” or “es”.

Singular: student bench hotel truth

Plural: students benches hotels truths

student

students

Common noun: presidentProper noun: Ronald Reagan

Proper or CommonA proper noun names a specific person, place, thing, or

idea.

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

Common noun: lakeProper noun: Smith Lake

Common noun: carProper noun: Camaro

Concrete Nouns

Concrete nouns name things you can recognize with your senses.

Can I touch it

?

Can I smell it?

Can I taste it?Can I h

ear it?

Can I see it?

Abstract NounsAbstract nouns name ideas, qualities, or feelings.

Success

Love

Sad

Excitement

Collective NounsA collective noun gives a single name to a group

of individuals.

Rules:

1. When referring to a group as one unit, the noun is singular.

2. When referring to the individual members of the group the noun is plural.

Collective nouns:FamilyTeamCommitteeCrowdAudience

Compound Nouns

Compound nouns are nouns that are made up of two or more words.

To form a plural of a compound noun written as one word, add “s” or “es”. Add “es” to words ending in ch, sh, s, x, and z.

doorknob + s = doorknobs

mailbox + es = mailboxes

sandwich + es = sandwiches

bathtub + s = bathtubs

Compound Nouns

Compound nouns are nouns that are made up of two or more words.

When the compound noun is hyphenated or written as more than one word, make the most important part of the noun plural.

great-grandmother + s = great-grandmothers

sister-in-law + s = sisters-in-law

runner-up + s = runners-up

dining room + s = dining rooms

nursery rhyme + s = nursery rhymes

Possessive Nouns

A possessive nouns names who or what owns or has something.

To form the possessive for all singular nouns and for plural nouns not ending in “s”, add an apostrophe and an “s”

A girl’s coat (girl + ‘s = girl’s)

Hans’s dog (Hans + ‘s = Hans’s)

children’s book (children + ‘s = children’s)

Possessive Nouns

A possessive nouns names who or what owns or has something.

To form the possessive for all plural nouns already ending in “s”, add only an apostrophe ‘.

boys’ shoes (boys + ‘ = boys’)

bakeries’ cakes (bakeries + ‘ = bakeries’)

vegetables’ flavor (vegetables + ‘ = vegetables’)

Nouns

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