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Nouns

Grammar Review. Nouns. Noun. A word that names something: a person, a place, a thing, or an idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-JAdVkRPhQ. CLASSES OF NOUNS. COMMON NOUNS: flower, cloud, boy, chair, painting PROPER NOUNS: Mount Sentinel, Jacob, Ms. Martin, Mona Lisa

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Nouns

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  1. Grammar Review Nouns

  2. Noun A word that names something: a person, a place, a thing, or an idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-JAdVkRPhQ

  3. CLASSES OF NOUNS • COMMON NOUNS: flower, cloud, boy, chair, painting • PROPER NOUNS: Mount Sentinel, Jacob, Ms. Martin, Mona Lisa • ABSTRACT NOUNS: peace, love, harmony, pride, anger • CONCRETE NOUNS: grass, whisper, Lance Armstrong • COLLECTIVE NOUN: United States, Los Angeles Lakers, team, crowd, community

  4. FORMS OF NOUNS • SINGULAR NOUNS: actor, stadium, bully, child • PLURAL NOUNS: actors, stadiums, bullies, children • MASCULINE NOUNS: uncle, brother, rooster, bull • FEMININE NOUNS: aunt, sister, woman, hen • NEUTER (w/out gender): tree, cobweb, fish • INDEFINITE (either): doctor, parent, plumber

  5. NOUN AS THE SUBJECT • Example: Mrs. Martin’s cat ate all of the watermelon.” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3cHNObcEh8) • Example: “Patsy’s heart was beating very wildly beneath his jacket.” • Paun Dunbar, “The Finish of Patsy Barnes” • The cat is doing the eating, so it’s the subject of the sentence. • Heart is the subject of the sentence; it is what is doing the beating. • We call this kind of noun a SUBJECTIVE NOUN (just remember SUBJECT)

  6. NOUNS AS POSSESSIVES • The dog’s food was gone in a flash! • “Like the spider’s claw, a part of him touches a world he will never enter.” • Loren Eiseley, “The Hidden Teacher” • The noun dog shows ownership (note the ‘s). Who is in possession of the food? • Again, this type of noun shows ownership. The spider “owns” the claw.

  7. DIRECT OBJECT/INDIRECT OBJECT • The direct object is the thing being acted on. • This answers the question “what”? • You must have a direct object to have an indirect object. It tells to whom or for whom something is done. • This answers the question “to/for whom?”

  8. DIRECT OBJECT/INDIRECT OBJECT • Marnaalways gives Mylo science fiction books for his birthday. • Books = direct object of the verb (answers the question of “what?” • Mylo = indirect object of the verb “gives” (answers the question of “to/for whom?”)

  9. DIRECT OBJECT/INDIRECT OBJECT • The principal wrote her a letter. • Elroy read his class the story. • Mrs. Martin gave everyone in the class one thousand dollars. • I envy his good fortune. • He read the newspaper. • Subject? • Direct object? (what?) • Indirect object (to/for whom?)

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