WHAT IS A NOUN??

1. WHAT IS A NOUN?? What you’ve never wanted to know about nouns, but are going to find out anyway!!

2. WHAT IS A NOUN?? A NOUN is a person, place, thing, or idea. EXAMPLES: Person: uncle, doctor, baby, John, Mom Place: kitchen, mountain, website, Missouri Thing: apple, flower, continent, desk Idea: respect, pride, love, appreciation

3. WHAT IS A NOUN?? EXERCISES: Identify the nouns in the sentences below. • The class read a passage from the poem. • The painting is one of Van Gogh’s famous works. • I read a review of the movie in the newspaper. • The speaker asked the delegates for their attention. • The boys cooked their meals over an open fire.

4. WHAT IS A NOUN?? EXERCISES: Identify the nouns in the sentences below. • The class read a passage from the poem. • The painting is one of Van Gogh’s famous works. • I read a review of the movie in the newspaper. • The speaker asked the delegates for their attention. • The boys cooked their meals over an open fire.

5. WHAT IS A NOUN?? A CONCRETE NOUN names something that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted. EXAMPLES: book, thunder, perfume, soup An ABSTRACT NOUN names something that cannot be perceived through the five senses. EXAMPLES: belief, joy, strictness, efficiency

6. WHAT IS A NOUN?? EXERCISE: Identify the nouns below as concrete or abstract. • fireworks • bravery • peace • sofa • smoke • comfort • bridge • talent • book • friendship

7. WHAT IS A NOUN?? EXERCISE: Identify the nouns below as concrete or abstract. • fireworks - C • bravery -A • peace - A • sofa - C • smoke - C • comfort - A • bridge - C • talent - A • book - C • Friendship - A

8. WHAT IS A NOUN?? A COMMON NOUN is a general name for a person, place, thing, or idea. EXAMPLES: teacher, city, song A PROPER NOUN is a name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. EXAMPLES: Mrs. Sullivan, Detroit, “This Land is Your Land”

9. WHAT IS A NOUN?? EXERCISE: Identify the nouns below as common or proper. • country • actor • United States • boy • Harry Potter • Kansas City • vehicle • apartment • newspaper • Battlefield Mall

10. WHAT IS A NOUN?? EXERCISE: Identify the nouns below as common or proper. • country - C • actor - C • United States - P • boy - C • Harry Potter - P • Kansas City - P • vehicle - C • apartment - C • newspaper - C • Battlefield Mall - P

11. WHAT IS A NOUN?? NOUNS can be SINGULAR or PLURAL, depending on whether they name one person, place, thing, or idea or more than one. To form the plural of most nouns, add s. For nouns ending in s, ch, sh, x, or z, add es. For nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant, change the y to i and add es. For nouns ending in f orfe, change the f to v and add sor es. Some other nouns have irregular plurals (man/men). Some nouns do not change form from singular to plural (sheep/sheep). EXAMPLES: Singular: girl, hobby, life, goose, fish Plural: girls, hobbies, lives, geese, fish

12. WHAT IS A NOUN?? EXERCISE: Write the plural form of each noun below. • table • baby • history • leaf • mouse • deer • dish • watch • fly • wolf

13. WHAT IS A NOUN?? EXERCISE: Write the plural form of each noun below. • table - tables • baby - babies • history - histories • leaf - leaves • mouse - mice • deer - deer • dish - dishes • watch - watches • fly - flies • wolf - wolves

14. WHAT IS A NOUN?? The POSSESSIVE FORM of a noun can show possession, ownership, or the general relationship between two nouns. Add anapostropheand s to form the possessive of any singular noun, even one that already ends ins. EXAMPLE: the kitten’s tail, her dress’s collar Use an apostrophe aloneto form the possessive of a plural noun that ends in s. EXAMPLE: the kittens’ tails, her dresses’ collars

15. WHAT IS A NOUN?? EXERCISE: Write the possessive form of each noun in parentheses below. • Mr. (Spears) car • The (dog) bone • (Jess) hat • The (containers) lids • The (watches) batteries • The (wife) speech • The (stories) villains • The (Wilson) house • The (children) books • The (woman) trophy

16. WHAT IS A NOUN?? EXERCISE: Write the possessive form of each noun in parentheses below. • Mr. (Spears) car – Mr. Spears’s car • The (dog) bone - the dog’s bone • (Jess) hat – Jess’s hat • The (containers) lids – the containers’ lids • The (watches) batteries – the watches’ batteries • The (wife) speech – the wife’s speech • The (stories) villains – the stories’ villains • The (Wilson) house – the Wilson’s house • The (children) books – the children’s books • The (woman) trophy – the woman’s trophy

17. WHAT IS A NOUN?? A COMPOUND NOUN is a noun made of two or more words. Compound nouns may be open, hyphenated, or closed. EXAMPLE: press secretary, mother-in-law, headlight

18. WHAT IS A NOUN?? A COLLECTIVE NOUN is singular in form but names a group. EXAMPLE: family, herd, company, band, team, audience, troop, committee, jury, flock Sometimes a collective noun is singular and sometimes it is plural. Watch for the verb form after it to see if it is singular or plural. Also look for the word its (singular) or their (plural). EXAMPLE: The jury is ready with its verdict. (singular) The jury are comparing their interpretations of the evidence.

19. WHAT IS A NOUN?? EXERCISE: Write the collective noun. Tell whether it is singular or plural. • The couple in the film were Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. • The mob is howling outside the gates of the embassy. • The orchestra play different exercises at different tempos. • The family sing together on special occasions. • A union represents all the workers.

20. WHAT IS A NOUN?? EXERCISE: Write the collective noun. Tell whether it is singular or plural. • The couple in the film were Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. P • The mob is howling outside the gates of the embassy. S • The orchestra play different exercises at different tempos. P • The family sing together on special occasions. P • A union represents all the workers. S