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NOUNS

NOUNS. Everything you wanted to know and MORE. What are Nouns ?. A noun is a word that names a person , a place, a thing or an idea Examples : Person: uncle , nurse, baby, Luisa Place: kitchen , mountain , website , Raleigh Thing : apple , tulip , seagull , desk

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NOUNS

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  1. NOUNS Everythingyouwanted to know and MORE

  2. What are Nouns? • A nounis a wordthatnames a person , a place, a thing or an idea • Examples: • Person: uncle, nurse, baby, Luisa • Place: kitchen, mountain, website, Raleigh • Thing: apple, tulip, seagull, desk • Idea: knowledge, love, respect, appreciation

  3. ALL Nouns • Can beidentified by all of the followingcharactertistics: • Singular or Plural • Common or Proper • Concrete or Abstract

  4. SomeNouns • Can beidentified as : • Possessive and/or • Collective

  5. Singular or Plural? • Nouns are eithersingular or plural, depending on whethertheyname one person, place, thing or idea (singular) or more than one (plural) • Examples: • Singular: girl, student, teacher • Plural: girls, students, teachers

  6. How to make a singularnoun plural • General Rule: • Simplyadd –s • Example: • Singular: girl, street, door • Plural: girls, streets, doors

  7. How to make a singularnoun plural • Nounsthat end in –s, -ch, -sh, -x, -z • Add–es to form the plural • Examples: • Singular: dress, watch, ash, box • Plural: dresses, watches, ashes, boxes

  8. How to make a singularnoun plural • Nounsending in –y preceded by a consonant • Change the –y to –i AND • Add–es to form the plural • Examples: • Singular: jury, secretary, melody • Plural: juries, secretaries, melodies

  9. How to make a singularnoun plural • Nounsending in –y NOTpreceded by a consonant • Add–s to form the plural • Examples: • Singular: bay, boy, key • Plural: bays, boys, keys

  10. How to make a singularnoun plural • Nounsending in -f or –fe • Change the –f to –v • Add–s or –es • Examples: • Singular: knife, life • Plural: knives, lives

  11. How to make a singularnoun plural • Somenouns have irregularplurals: • Examples: man/men; child/children • Somenouns do not change formfromsingular to plural: • Examples: fish/fish; sheep/sheep

  12. Common and ProperNouns • A commonnounis the general – not the particular – name of a person, place, thing or idea • Common nounis not capitalizedunlessitis the first word of a sentence. • Examples: • Person: artist, uncle, poet • Place: country, lake, park • Thing: school, vehicle, play • Idea: era, religion, movement

  13. Common and ProperNouns • A propernounis the name of a particularperson, place, thing or idea • Propernouns are alwayscapitalized • Examples: • Person: Michelangelo, UncleLew, Maya Angelou • Place: United States, Lake Superior, Yellowstone National Park • Thing: Durant Road Middle School, Jeep, Romeo and Juliet • Idea: Industrial Age, Judaism, Romanticism

  14. Concrete and Abstract Nouns • A concretenounnames an objectthatoccupiesspace or canberecognized by one of the five senses • Examples: melody, stone, aroma, heat, desk, chair • An abstract nounnames an idea, quality or characteristic • Examples: attitude, dignity, sadness, loyalty

  15. Possessive Nouns • Shows ownershipbetweentwonouns • Add an apostrophe and –s to form the possessive of a singularnoun, even one thatendswith–s • Example: the dress’scollar • Use an apostrophe alone to form the possessive of a plural nounthatends in s • Example: the watches’ batteries

  16. Possessive Nouns • Use an apostrophe and –s to form the possessive of a plural nounthatdoes not end in s • Example: the oxen’sstalls, • the children’s books, • the women’strophies

  17. Possessive Nouns • Whentwonounsshareownership, only the second nounispunctuated to show ownership • Example: Sally and John are the older siblings of twobrothers. This wouldbewritten as: • Sally and John’s brothers • The youngerbrothers « belong » to both Sally and John, but only the noun (John) closest to the noun « brothers » shows the possession

  18. Possessive Nouns • Whentwonouns do not shareownership, both possessive nouns are punctuated • Example: Sally and John are friends and each has a youngerbrother. This wouldbewritten as: • Sally’s and John’s brothers • This example shows that Sally has a brother or brothers and John has a brother or brothers

  19. Collective Nouns • Singular in form but names a group • Examples: • Family, Audience, Committee, Band, Team, Flock, Troop, Herd

  20. Collective Nouns • Can besingular or plural • If yourefer to the group as a whole acting together, the collective nounissingular • Example: Our familyisgoing to the beach for vacation. (The familyis acting as one group going to the beach) • Example: The committeeannouncesits meeting schedule for the new year. (The committeemeets as one group)

  21. Collective Nouns • Can besingular or plural • If yourefer to the individualmembers of the group, then the nounisconsidered plural. • Example: The jury are comparingtheirinterpretations of the evidence. (Eachmember of the jury is sharing his/herthoughtswith the othermembers of the jury). • Example: The orchestra playtheir instruments withwarmth. (Eachmember of the orchestra isplayinghis/herindividual instrument).

  22. NowWhat?? • You’veseen the presentation and you’vetaken notes • Nowyou are ready for practice. • You willneedyour composition books (open to the center), a pencil • Now open the « Noun Practice » PowerPoint and follow the directions

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