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Noun Unit Review

7

th

Grade Mrs. SmithSlide2

Singular and Plural Nouns

A

noun

is a name word. A singular noun names one person, place, thing or idea.

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

Add

s

to

most

nouns to form plurals.

For example

: writer-writers, hope-hopes

Add

es

to form the plurals of nouns ending in

s,x,z,ch

and

sh

.

For example:

dress-dresses, box-boxesSlide3

More Singular and Plural Nouns……

Form plurals of nouns ending in

y

preceded by a vowel (

a,e,i,o,u

) by adding

–s.

For Example:

guy-guys, birthday-birthdays

Form the plurals of nouns ending in

y

preceded by a consonant by changing the

y

to

i

and adding

–

es

.

For example:

lily-lilies, baby-babies

Some plural nouns are not formed by adding

s

,

or

es

.

Check a dictionary to find the correct plural form.

For example:

tooth-teeth, mouse-miceSlide4

More Singular and Plural Nouns

If a noun ends in

o

preceded by a vowel(

a,e,i,o,u

,), form the plural by adding

s.

For example: trio-trios, rodeo-rodeos

If a noun ends in

o

preceded by a consonant. Form the plural by adding

es

.

For example:

tomato-tomatoes

There are exceptions!

piano-pianos,

soprano,sopranos

For

most nouns

ending in

f

or

fe

add s. safe-safes

Some nouns

like leaf-leaves, calf-calvesSlide5

Compound Plural Nouns

Form plurals of

some

compound nouns by adding

s

to the principal word. Always check a dictionary to be sure.

For example: mother-in-law/mothers-in-law

Form the plurals of compound nouns ending in

ful

by adding

s

For example: handful-handfuls

Some

nouns are plural in form but singular in meaning.

For example:

news, mathematics, scissorsSlide6

Nouns as Subjects

The

subject

tells what the sentence is about.

For Example:

Canada

borders the United States on the north.Slide7

Subject Complement

A

subject complement

renames the subject and usually follows the linking verb (

am, is, are, was, were

and so on)

For Example:

The capital of Canada

is

Ottawa.Slide8

Nouns as

Direct

Objects

A noun can be used as a

direct object.

The direct object tells

whom

or

what

after the verb.

For Example:

Many students

joined

the drama

club.Slide9

Nouns as Indirect Objects

An

indirect object

tells

to whom, for whom, to what

or

for what

an action is being performed and

usually follows the verb.

For Example:

The drama teacher

taught

the

students

acting basics.Slide10

Object Complement

The

object complement

renames the

direct object,

notice in the example, that both usually follow the

verb

in the sentence.

For Example:

The drama teacher

appointed

Bridgette

costume designer.Slide11

Object of Preposition

A noun can be the

object of preposition,

it usually can be found as the first noun following the prepositional word.

Prepositions

are words of direction or manner, such as

in, about, under, into, on, by, with, for, from

For Example:

The students were talking

about

their next

play.Slide12

Appositives

An

appositive

is a word that follows a

noun

and helps identify or modify it.

An appositive is said to be

restrictive

if the information is needed to understand the sentence. It is

nonrestrictive

when the information is not needed to understand the sentence. This type of

appositive

is usually set off by commas.

For Example:

The famous

musician

Louis Armstrong

was the leader of the

Hot Fives

, a

jazz band.Slide13

Possessive Nouns

Possessive nouns express possession or ownership.

To form a singular possessive add

‘s

to the singular form of the noun.

student-student’s

To form a possessive with plural nouns ending in s, add an apostrophe only.

cowboys-cowboys’

To form a singular possessive of proper names ending in s, add ‘s.

James-James’s

To form a plural possessive of a proper name add an ‘

The Jones-The Jones’Slide14

Possessive Compound Nouns

Possessive compound nouns are formed by adding ‘s to the end of the word.

For Example:

Sister-in-law/Sister-in-law’s

Commander-in-chief/ Commander-in-chief’sSlide15

Separate and Joint Possession

If two or more nouns are used to indicate

separate possession each person owns something separately

Example:

Christian’s and Abby’s

murals are colorful.

When two or more nouns are used together to indicate

joint possession one thing is owned together.

Example:

Nick and Harold’s

mural is colorful.