Nouns

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Nouns
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What is a noun?

• A Noun is the name of a person, place, or thing

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Types of Nouns

• Proper Nouns
• Concrete Nouns
• Common Nouns
• Abstract Nouns
• Nouns of direct address
• Collective Nouns

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Proper Nouns

• Proper Nouns are capitalized
• Examples include Mozart, Paris, and Chicago

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Common Nouns

• Common nouns are not capitalized
• Examples include skin, dog, and desk

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Concrete Nouns

• Concrete nouns are names of objects
• Examples include rock, stool, pen

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Abstract Nouns

• Abstract nouns are names of ideas
• Examples include freedom, hope, and liberty

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Noun Forms

• Nouns are singular if they describe individual
  things
• Boat
• Flock
• Kindness

• Nouns are plural if they describe multiple things
• Boats
• Flocks
• Kindnesses

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Plural Nouns

• Regular nouns form plurals by adding s or es to
  the singular form
• Nouns that end in y preceded by a consonant
  change the y to i and add es
• Some nouns ending in f or fe change the f to a v
• Some nouns change a vowel sound (tooth, teeth),
  some use the same singular and plural form
  (sheep), and some have no rule (child, children)

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Possessive Nouns

• Add an apostrophe () and the letter s to all
  singular nouns. Ex. the mans coat
• Add an apostrophe only to a plural noun that ends
  in s. Ex. the boys rackets
• Add an apostrophe and an s to a plural noun that
  does not end in the letter s. Ex. a childrens
  book