Unit 9 Nouns

1. Unit 9 Nouns Ms. Smith 7th Grade Language Arts

2. Unit 9 Nouns • Kinds of Nouns • A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. • A proper noun names a specific person, place, thing, or idea. 1. Examples: Thomas Edison; Naples, Florida; Monday. • A common noun names any person, place, thing, or idea. 1. Examples: inventor, city, day.

3. A concrete noun names things you can see or touch. • Examples: desk, house, girl, boy. • An abstract noun names ideas qualities or feelings that cannot be seen or touched. • Examples: love, knowledge, friendship, kindness. • Compound nouns are made up of two or more words. • Written as one word. Example: hometown. • Written as two words. Example: dining room. • Written hyphenated. Example: runner-up.

4. Possessive Nouns – name who or what owns or has something. They can be common or proper. • Examples: Miko’s book is about inventions. • Can be formed in one of two ways. • To form the possessive of most singular nouns, add an apostrophe and –s (‘s). Examples: girl’s coat, Wichita’s population. • To form a possessive of a singular noun already ending in –s, you add an apostrophe and an s (‘s). Examples: Alexis’s book, Joseph Ives’s clock.

5. For plural nouns ending in –s, only add an apostrophe (‘). Example: boys’ shoes, the Wrights’ plane. • For plural nouns not ending in –s, add an apostrophe and s (‘s). Example: children’s toys, women’s organization. • Distinguishing Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions • Plural nouns and possessive nouns both end with the letter –s. • They sound alike, but their spelling and meanings are different.

6. Plural nouns do not have apostrophes (‘). • Apostrophes are used when letters have been left out in a contraction. • Can’t = can not • Don’t = do not • Shouldn’t = should not • A contraction is a word made by combining two words into one and leaving out letters. • Example: Tyler’s going to the museum. • Tyler’s means Tyler is.

7. Collective Nouns name a group of individuals. They can have a singular meaning or a plural meaning. • If you are speaking about a group as a unit, the noun has a singular meaning. When the collective noun has a singular meaning, use a singular verb. • The wholeflock enters the meadow through a gate. (a unit, singular) • The entireaudience applauds the performers. (a unit, singular). • If you are referring to the singular members of the group, use a plural verb.

8. Other words in the sentence will help you tell whethera collective noun is singular or plural. • The family begins its trip. (its – singular) • The family eat their sandwiches. (their – plural). • An appositive is a noun placed next to another noun to identify it or add information about it. • Example: Rachael Ray, a chef, made an important discovery.

9. The noun chef identifies Rachael Ray, the noun next to it. Chef tells what Ray is. In the sentence, a chef, is an appositive. • An appositive is sometimes accompanied with other words. • The noun chef identifies Ray. • An appositive phrase is a group of words that includes an appositive and other words that describe the appositive.

10. You always use an appositive or appositive phrase together with another noun. • An appositive phrase can come at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. • It must appear next to the noun it identifies. • Example: An expert on food, Dylan worried about food spoilage.

11. Dylan, an expert on food, worried about food spoilage. • A simple solution had occurred to Dylan, an expert on food. • Take note of the placement of the commas.