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.