Nothing but Nouns

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Nothing but Nouns
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Nouns
A noun is a person, place, thing or idea. A noun
is often clued by the words an a and
the An ape on the bike hit a bird with a rock
at the end of the long road. We will learn
about concrete nouns and abstract nouns common
nouns and proper nouns singular nouns and plural
nouns collective nouns possessive nouns
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A noun is a person, place, thing or idea
Person Place Thing Idea/Feeling
girl Carmichael toy love
Mr. Robbins city tree happiness
nurse back yard arm freedom
Sam San Francisco couch honesty
boy mountain monster commitment
man Disneyland Big Foot kindness
president Starr King School Apple Computer democracy

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Concrete and Abstract Nouns
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Concrete vs. Abstract Nouns

• A concrete noun is a noun that can be experienced
  with your five senses. You can touch, smell,
  see, hear or taste a concrete noun.
• An abstract noun can not be experienced with your
  five senses. An abstract noun exists, but you
  cannot see it, taste it, smell it, touch it or
  hear it.

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Concrete Nouns

• A concrete noun can be experienced with one or
  more of your five senses.
• An orange is a concrete noun. You can see an
  orange, taste one, smell one, touch one.
• A whistle is a concrete noun. You can hear it
  and see hit and touch it.

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Find the concrete nouns in the following
sentences.
I found the dog in the park next to school.
Katie showed Billy the picture of his new
computer.
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Abstract Nouns
Abstract nouns arent detected by your five
senses. Honesty is an example of an abstract
noun. What color is honesty? You don't know
because you cannot see it. What texture is
honesty? Who knows? You cannot touch it. What
flavor is honesty? No clue! You cannot taste it!
Does it make a sound? Of course not! Does it
smell? Not a bit! Honesty is an abstract noun!

• Other abstract nouns anger, peace, hate, pride,
• sympathy, bravery, success, courage, beauty,
  fun, loyalty
• pain, knowledge, trust, education, friendship,
  intelligence

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Find the abstract nouns in the following
sentences.
The teacher had trust in her students.
There was a lot of excitement the week before
Winter Break.
The trumpet player had great talent.
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Common and Proper Nouns
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Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns

• A common noun is an ordinary person, place or
  thing. A common noun is not capitalized. (boy,
  city, house)
• A proper noun is a specific person, place or
  thing. A proper noun is capitalized. (Sam,
  Nashua, The White House)

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Common Noun and Proper Noun

• holiday common noun
• Valentines Day proper noun

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Common Noun and Proper Noun

• tower common noun
• Eiffel Tower proper noun

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Common Noun and Proper Noun

• doctor a common noun
• Dr. Ed Jones a proper noun

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Common and Proper Nouns

• doctor
• lady
• building
• city
• shoe
• college
• girl
• boy

• Dr. Paine
• Mrs. Jones
• The Capital Building
• Nashua, NH
• Adidas
• Rivier College
• Mary
• James

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Singular and Plural Nouns
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Singular and Plural Nouns

• Singular means ONE
• ONE crazy guy
• Plural means MORE THAN ONE
• TWO crazy guys
• There are rules to making
• Singular nouns into plural nouns.

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Singular or Plural?

1. cats
2. baby
3. church
4. tables
5. books
6. Bus
7. man
8. oranges
9. dog
10. bananas

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If a noun ends with s x ch or sh, add
ES to make it plural

• s
• buses
• x
• taxes
• ch
• benches
• sh
• dishes

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Add ies to make nouns plural that end with a
consonant and a y

• lady
• Ladies
• fry
• fries

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Some nouns that end in f or fe change to ves when
made plural

• calf
• calves
• knife
• knives

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Some nouns that end in o change to es when made
plural. Some change to s

• kangaroo
• kangaroos
• potato
• potatoes

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Some nouns do not change at all when made plural

• sheep
• sheep
• deer
• deer

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Some nouns change completely when made plural

• man
• men
• goose
• geese

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Some nouns dont fit the rules

• Monkey changes to monkeys not monkies.

Thats just the English Language for you!
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Noun type Forming the plural Example
Ends with -fe Change f to vthenAdd -s knife - kniveslife - liveswife - wives
Ends with -f Change f to vthenAdd -es half - halveswolf - wolvesloaf - loaves
Ends with -o Add -es potato - potatoestomato - tomatoesvolcano - volcanoes
ends with -us Change -us to -i cactus - -cactinucleus - nuclei
ALL KINDS Change the vowelorChange the wordorAdd a different ending man - menfoot - feetchild - childrenperson - peopletooth - teethmouse - mice
Unchanging Singular and pluralare the same sheepdeerfish
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Can you make these nouns plural?

1. half
2. foot
3. piano
4. spy
5. brush

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Can you make these nouns plural?

1. halves
2. feet
3. pianos
4. spies
5. brushes

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Can you make these nouns plural?

1. mouse
2. memo
3. shelf
4. leaf
5. child

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Can you make these nouns plural?

1. mice
2. memos
3. shelves
4. leaves
5. children

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Can you make these nouns plural?

1. thief
2. woman
3. fish
4. photo
5. die

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Can you make these nouns plural?

1. thieves
2. women
3. fish
4. photos
5. dice

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Collective Nouns
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Collective Nouns

• When you collect something, you put together a
  group of more than one.
• Collective means a group. Collective nouns are
  groups of something.
• Here are some collective nouns
• herd fleet colony tribe pack family team flock
• group army mob class

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Possessive Nouns
I believe that belongs to me
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Possessive Nouns

• A possessive noun is a noun that shows
  ownership. To possess means to own or to have.

I am Bob and this is my towel.
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Possessive Nouns

• To show ownership, an apostrophe is used.
• Most people have a hard time putting the
  apostrophe in the correct place!
• The rule for the apostrophe depends on whether
  the noun is singular or plural.

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Possessive Singular Nouns

• Use an apostrophe with -s for possessives of
  singular nouns. SINGULAR MEANS ONE.
• Use an apostrophe plus -s to show the possessive
  form of a singular noun, even if that singular
  noun already ends in -s
• Franks crayon
• my friends dad
• Robert Frosts poetry
• today's weather report
• the boss's problem
• Star Jones's talk show
• That boys shirt

I am one boy and this is my shirt.
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Possessive Plural Nouns

• Use an apostrophe without an -s for most
  possessives plural nouns. PLURAL MEANS MORE THAN
  ONE.
• To form the possessive of a plural noun that
  already ends in -s, add an apostrophe
• the girls' swing set (the swing set belonging to
  the girls)
• the students' projects (the projects belonging to
  the students)
• the Johnsons' house (the house belonging to the
  Johnsons)
• If the plural noun does not end in -s, add an
  apostrophe plus -s
• women's conference (the conference belonging to
  the women)
• the children's toys (the toys belonging to the
  children)
• the men's training camp (the training camp
  belonging to the men)

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Singular Possessive vs. Plural Possessive

• Basically.

The project belonging to more than one student
(plural) The students project The apostrophe
comes after the s.
The project belonging to one student
(singular) The students project The apostrophe
comes before the s.
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Singular Possessive vs. Plural Possessive

• Finally.

The shoes belonging to many women WOMENS
SHOES The apostrophe comes before the s because
the noun is a collective group and has no s on
the end. It would be ladies shoes if the base
word was lady. Ladys shoes (the shoes
belonging to one lady) Ladies shoes (the shoes
belonging to more than one lady.
The shoes belonging to one woman WOMANS
SHOES
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Can you make this sentence possessive?

• Adam owns that car.

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Answer

• That is Adam's car.

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• ____________ bicycle is broken.
• A. Seths'
• B. Sethes
• C. Seths
• D. Seth's

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• ____________ bicycle is broken.
• A. Seths'
• B. Sethes
• C. Seths
• D. Seth's

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• The trash can will attract a lot of ____________
  if you leave the lid off.
• A. flys
• B. flies
• C. flie's
• D. fly's

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• The trash can will attract a lot of ____________
  if you leave the lid off.
• A. flys
• B. flies
• C. flie's
• D. fly's

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• The ____________________ skin is red.
• A. tomatoes
• B. tomato's
• C. tomatos'
• D. tomatos's

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• The ____________________ skin is red.
• A. tomatoes
• B. tomato's
• C. tomatos'
• D. tomatos's

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• Emily has two hamsters named Barry and Steve.
  The ____________________ cage looks like a tiny
  house.
• A. hamsters'
• B. hamsters
• C. hamster's
• D. hamsterers

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• Emily has two hamsters named Barry and Steve.
  The ____________________ cage looks like a tiny
  house.
• A. hamsters'
• B. hamsters
• C. hamster's
• D. hamsterers

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• Billy will carry his ____________ suitcase.
• A. sister's
• B. sisters
• C. sisteres
• D. sister'

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• Billy will carry his ____________ suitcase.
• A. sister's
• B. sisters
• C. sisteres
• D. sister'

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• I borrowed ___________
• sweater.
• A. Jane's
• B. Janes
• C. Jane
• D. Janes'

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Which answer best fits in the blank?

• I borrowed _________
• sweater.
• A. Jane's
• B. Janes
• C. Jane
• D. Janes'

I am Jane and this is my sweater.