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Title: Nouns


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Nouns
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Nouns
  • Definition
  • A noun is the name of a person, place, or
    thing
  • Tom drove the car into the garage.
  • An owl sat in the tree.

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Classifications of Nouns
  • A Common Noun
  • names a group of persons, places, things, or
    ideas--- people, mountain, novelist, museum,
    ship, movie
  • The boy watches cartoons on television.
  • One inventor created the light bulb.
  • Some pioneers traveled in covered wagons.

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Classifications of Nouns
  • A Proper Noun
  • names a particular person, place, thing or
    idea---Mount McKinley, William Faulkner, The Pink
    Palace, Queen Elizabeth 2, Casablanca
  • Mark lived in Ohio last year.
  • Sally sailed to Europe on board the
    Queen Elizabeth 2.

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Singular Nouns
  • A singular noun is one person, one thing or one
    idea
  • Example
  • The man drove his car into the garage.
  • The pilot flew the plane to Nassau.

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Singular Nouns
  • Compound Noun
  • consists of two or more words that together name
    a person, place, a thing, or an
    idea---basketball, newspaper, civil rights,
    no-hitter, brother-in-law
  • Our field trip to the Pink Palace was fun.
  • His favorite desert was ice cream.

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Plural Nouns
  • Plural nouns name more than one person, one
    thing, or one idea.
  • Example
  • The cowboys drove the cattle to market yesterday.
  • The houses in this neighborhood are new.

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Rules for the Plural
  • Most singular nouns form their plural by adding
    the letter s.
  • Dog Dogs
  • Cat Cats
  • House Houses
  • Car Cars

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Rules for the Plural
  • Nouns that end in s, x, ch, or sh form their
    plural by adding es.
  • Examples
  • Singular Plural
  • address addresses
  • fox foxes
  • patch patches
  • wish wishes

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Rules for the Plural
  • Singular nouns that end with a vowel or a y add
    the letter s to form the plural.
  • Example
  • Singular Plural
  • alley alleys
  • zoo zoos
  • zebra zebras

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Rules for the Plural
  • To form the plural of singular nouns that end
    with a consonant and a y, drop the y and add
    ies.
  • Example
  • Singular Plural
  • puppy puppies
  • library libraries
  • berry berries

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More Rules for the Plural
  • Singular nouns that end with the letter f or fe
    form their plural by changing the f to the letter
    v and adding es
  • wolf wolves
  • life lives
  • leaf leaves
  • Note Some nouns ending with f will form their
    plural simply by adding s (cliffs).

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More Rules for the Plural
  • Singular nouns ending with a vowel and o add the
    letter s to form the plural
  • Example
  • Singular Plural
  • rodeo rodeos
  • stereo stereos
  • radio radios

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More Rules for the Plural
  • Singular nouns that end with a consonant and the
    letter O form their plural by s or es
  • Examples
  • Singular Plural
  • piano pianos
  • hero heroes
  • potato potatoes
  • tomato tomatoes

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More Rules for the Plural
  • There are some singular nouns that have special
    plural forms.
  • Example
  • Singular Plural
  • foot feet
  • man men
  • woman women
  • goose geese
  • tooth teeth

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More Rules for the Plural
  • Some singular nouns remain the same for the
    plural.
  • Example
  • Singular Plural
  • deer deer
  • moose moose
  • sheep sheep

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Possessive Nouns
  • A singular possessive noun is one person, one
    thing, one place, or one thing that owns
    something.
  • To show ownership the apostrophe s (s) is used.

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Possessive Nouns
  • Examples
  • The tail of the dog---the dogs tail
  • The meow of the cat---cats meow
  • The name of the city---citys name
  • The house that Tom owns---Toms
    house

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Possessive Nouns
  • A plural Possessive Noun form is used when the
    owner is more than one.
  • When the plural ends with the letter s, add only
    the apostrophe.

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Possessive Nouns
  • Examples of possessive plural nouns that end in
    s
  • The books of the girls (the girls books)
  • The howls of the wolves (the wolves howls)
  • The food of the boys (the boys food)
  • The books of the stores (the stores books)

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Possessive Nouns
  • When the plural possessive noun does not end with
    the letter s, add the apostrophe and then the
    letter s (s)
  • The books of the children (the childrens books).
  • The tools of the men (the mens tools).
  • The choice of the people (the peoples choice).

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ABSTRACT NOUNS
  • Examples
  • His ideas changed his life.
  • Faith in God requires a belief in someone you
    cant see.
  • His patriotism is an inspiration to all of us.

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COLLECTIVE NOUNS
  • Collective Noun
  • names a group of people, animals, or
    things---audience, crowd, flock, orchestra,
    pride, bouquet, swarm, cluster
  • The band practiced every afternoon.
  • The team played the best game of the season.

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COMPOUND NOUNS
  • A compound noun use two or more words as a single
    noun.
  • Note compound nouns may be written as one word
    (grandfather), separate words (ice cream) or as
    hyphenated words (make-up).

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COMPOUND NOUNS
  • Examples
  • The highway into the mountains was very crooked.
  • They served ice cream at his birthday party.
  • My mother had just put on her make-up.
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