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NOUNS

NOUNS. COMMON nouns are words that name any person, place, thing, or idea astronaut building x-ray disease. PROPER nouns a re words that name a specific person, place, thing or idea (and are usually capitalized) Buzz Aldrin White House M.R.I. Parkinson’s . NOUNS.

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NOUNS

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  1. NOUNS • COMMON nouns • are words that name any person, place, thing, or idea • astronaut • building • x-ray • disease • PROPER nouns • are words that name a specific person, place, thing or idea (and are usually capitalized) • Buzz Aldrin • White House • M.R.I. • Parkinson’s

  2. NOUNS • CONCRETE nouns • are nouns that you can see or touch and are usually person, place, and thing nouns • teacher, school, computer • ABSTRACT nouns • are nouns that you cannot see or touch and usually are ideas or emotions • education, religion, peace

  3. Making NOUNS plural • add an –s to make most nouns plural dog  dogs cookie  cookies • add an –es to nouns that end in –s, -x, -z, -ch, and –shax  axes bush  bushes • if noun ends in –y, change –y to -i and add –espuppy  puppies fairy  fairies

  4. Making NOUNS plural • for some nouns that end in –f or –fe, change –f to –v and add –esknife  knives elf  elves • for a few nouns that end in –f or -fe, add -s café  cafés • for some nouns there are no rules and you have to learn and memorize plurals child  children goose  geese

  5. POSSESSIVE NOUNS • shows ownership of things or qualities • tells to whom or to what another nouns belongs • can be singular or plural • usually formed by adding ’s to singular possessive nouns and s’ to plural possessive nouns • Mrs. Speckhahn’shouse; Annie’s and Sophie’s dog; the girls’ dog

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