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Parts of Speech: Nouns

Parts of Speech: Nouns. A review, hopefully…. A noun is…. A person, place, thing or idea. Nouns can be classified as: common or proper concrete or abstract singular or plural masculine, feminine or neuter Nominative case, Objective Case or Possessive collective (sometimes).

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Parts of Speech: Nouns

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  1. Parts of Speech: Nouns A review, hopefully…

  2. A noun is… • A person, place, thing or idea. Nouns can be classified as: • common or proper • concrete or abstract • singular or plural • masculine, feminine or neuter • Nominative case, Objective Case or Possessive • collective (sometimes)

  3. Common or Proper? • Common: a general noun that refers to no particular person, place, thing, or idea • ship, teacher, store, religion • Proper: SPECIFIC people, places, things, or ideas • U.S.S. Enterprise, Mr. Hostetler, Wal-Mart, Christianity • Proper nouns are always CAPITALIZED!

  4. Concrete or Abstract? • Concrete: people, places or things that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched OR tasted. • Chair, wind, poop, flatulence • Abstract: IDEAS that are in the mind or feelings that may be experienced but cannot be perceived by the senses • Love, independence, freedom, democracy, anger • We may be able to see signs of “love” or “anger” but we cannot see anger itself.

  5. Singular or Plural? • Singular: ONE and ONLY ONE thing • Boat, child, turd, booger, cootie, moose • Plural: More than one • Boats, children, turds, boogers, cooties, moose • How do I tell if moose is singular or plural? • LOOK AT THE VERB: • The moose were grazing next to Mr. Hostetler’s momma. • The moose was grazing next to Mr. Hostetler’s momma.

  6. Masculine, feminine, or neuter? • The vast majority of nouns in English are neuter—they have no specific gender to which they are associated. • Tree, chair, door, pencil, etc. • Masculine: Associated to males • Boy, uncle, man, grandfather, rooster, bull • Feminine: Associated to females • Aunt, girl, sister, wife, hen, cow

  7. Collective Nouns • Refer to a group of people • Team, choir, Veterans of Foreign Wars • Collective Nouns should be treated as SINGULAR in agreement unless they are PLURAL (Referring to more than one GROUP) The team was happy with its performance. The teams were happy with their performances.

  8. The CASE of a noun • Case refers to understanding HOW a noun is used in a sentence. It may not seem THAT important now, but is ESSENTIAL with pronouns. • Nominative case: Noun is used as the SUBJECT of a sentence or clause: • Mr. Hostetler cleared the classroom with his foul gas. • Mr. Hostetler is in the NOMINATIVE case because he is the SUBJECT of the sentence.

  9. The Objective Case • When a noun is used as a direct object, indirect object or object of a preposition it is in the OBJECTIVE case. • Mr. Hostetler cleared the classroom with his foul gas. • In the same sentence CLASSROOM and GAS are OBJECTS. They answer the questions WHO or WHAT: • What was cleared? • Classroom • With what was the classroom cleared? • gas

  10. Possessives • Nouns that show ownership • Usually have an ‘s on them • Mr. Hostetler’s momma • Mrs. Regan’s restraining order • The child’s temper tantrum

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