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Noun

Eng. I. Noun. A person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns: a person, place, thing, or idea. Find all the nouns:. Pilots enjoy the challenge of flying a sailplane. Fliers talk about the sense of peace they have when gliding.

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  1. Eng. I Noun A person, place, thing, or idea

  2. Nouns: a person, place, thing, or idea.Find all the nouns: • Pilots enjoy the challenge of flying a sailplane. • Fliers talk about the sense of peace they have when gliding. • West of the Great Plains, groups of glider pilots take advantage of winds blowing against or over mountains.

  3. Possessive Nouns: • Show ownership… • Nouns not ending in “s” get… • an ‘s EX: Mrs. Blancett → Mrs. Blancett’schildren → children’s geese → geese’s • Plural nouns ending in “s” get… • just an apostrophe EX: kids → kids’ • Singular nouns ending in “s” • 1 syllable = ‘s 2 syllables = ‘ or ‘s EX: Ms. Moss → Ms. Moss’s EX: Charles → Charles’ OR Charles’s

  4. Possessive Practicecorrectly change the following nouns to their possessive form, as in the examples • The book belongs to Mr. Cross • Mr. Cross’s book • The bones belong to the dogs • The dogs’ bones • The ending belongs to the story • The lair belongs to more the crocodiles • The assignment belongs to the students • The room belongs to Mrs. Loggins • The car belongs to James

  5. Plurals: • Most nouns… • Just add “s” EX: cat → cats tree → trees • Nouns ending in sh, ch, x, s, and z… • Add “es” EX: mass → masses dish → dishes • Nouns ending in y… • and are preceded by a consonant • Change the “y”to and “i” and add “es” • EX: story → stories library → libraries • and are preceded by a vowel • Just add “s” • EX: boy → boys key → keys

  6. More Plurals: • Nouns ending in o… • and are preceded by a consonant • Add “es” EX: mosquito → mosquitoes potato → potatoes • and are preceded by a vowel • Add “s” EX: radio → radios kangaroo → kangaroos • Nouns ending in ful… • Just add “s” EX: mouthful → mouthfuls (NOT mouthsful) • Compound nouns… (like mother-in-law) • Add “s” to the important word • EX: sister-in-law → sisters-in-law (NOT sister-in-laws)

  7. And more Plurals: • Nouns ending in f orfe… • when the final sound is an “f” sound in the plural form: • Just add “s” EX: roof → roofs • when the final sound is a “v” sound in the plural form: • Change the “f” to a “ve” and add “s” • EX: wolf→ wolves

  8. And even more Plurals: • Words discussed as words: • Symbols, letters, numbers, and words being discusses as words get ‘s • EXAMPLES: • I had all A’s. • I made seven 90’s this semester. • No if’s, and’s, or but’s about it. • Irregular spelling / Nouns that don’t follow the rules: • Nothing to do but know memorize them. See pages 654-656 in WriteSource for some examples. • Look up words in the dictionary if you are unsure how to make them plural.

  9. Make each noun plural • man → • shelf → • suitcase → • city → • sandwich →

  10. Make the nouns either plural, possessive, or both. Turn in when done. • The soup belongs to more than one potato • The potatoes’ soup • More than one photo belongs to the family • More than one dog belongs to more than one family • More than one life belongs to more than one person • The book belongs to the child • The pond belongs to more than one goose • More than one leaf belongs to more than one tree • More than one broom belongs to more than one witch

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