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Nouns What is a noun? A Nouns What is a noun? A

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noun is a person place thing or idea Student Person Place Home Thing School bus Idea Love Boy or girl Class room Chalk Board Singular or Plural A singular noun names one person place thing or idea ID: 629685

noun nouns compound plural nouns noun plural compound names possessive idea proper common singular place person add group form

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NounsSlide2

What is a noun?

A

noun is a person , place, thing, or idea.

Student

Person

Place

Home

Thing

School bus

Idea

Love

Boy or girl

Class room

Chalk

BoardSlide3

Singular or Plural

A

singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea.A plural noun

names more than one. Plural nouns are usually formed by adding “s” or “es”.Singular: student bench hotel truth

Plural: students benches hotels truths

student

studentsSlide4

Common noun: president

Proper noun: Ronald Reagan

Proper or Common

A

proper noun

names a specific person, place, thing, or idea.A common noun names any person, place, thing, or idea.

Common noun: lake

Proper noun: Smith Lake

Common noun: car

Proper noun:

CamaroSlide5

Concrete Nouns

Concrete nouns

name things you can recognize with your senses.

Can I touch it?

Can I smell it?

Can I taste it?

Can I hear it?

Can I see it?Slide6

Abstract Nouns

Abstract nouns

name ideas, qualities, or feelings.

Success

Love

Sad

ExcitementSlide7

Collective Nouns

A

collective noun gives a single name to a group of individuals.Rules:When referring to a group as one unit, the noun is singular.

When referring to the individual members of the group the noun is plural.

Collective nouns:

Family

Team

Committee

CrowdAudienceSlide8

Compound Nouns

Compound nouns

are nouns that are made up of two or more words.To form a plural of a compound noun written as one word, add “s” or “es”. Add “es

” to words ending in ch, sh

, s, x, and z.

doorknob + s = doorknobs mailbox + es = mailboxes sandwi

ch + es = sandwiches bathtub + s = bathtubsSlide9

Compound Nouns

Compound nouns

are nouns that are made up of two or more words.When the compound noun is hyphenated or written as more than one word, make the most important part of the noun plural. great-grandmother + s = great-grandmother

s sister-in-law + s = sisters-in-law

runner-up + s = runners-up dining room + s = dining room

s nursery rhyme + s = nursery rhymesSlide10

Possessive Nouns

A

possessive nouns names who or what owns or has something.To form the possessive for all singular nouns and for plural nouns not ending in “s”, add an apostrophe and an “s”

A girl’s coat (girl + ‘s = girl’s) Hans’s

dog (Hans + ‘s = Hans’s) children’s book (children + ‘s = children’s)Slide11

Possessive Nouns

A

possessive nouns names who or what owns or has something.To form the possessive for all plural nouns already ending in “s”, add only an apostrophe ‘.

boys’ shoes (boys + ‘ = boys’) bakeries

’ cakes (bakeries + ‘ = bakeries’) vegetables’ flavor (vegetables + ‘ = vegetables’)

Slide12

Nouns

The End