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A Guide to Grammar

A Guide to Grammar. Adapted from The Magic Lens by Michael Clay Thompson. Nouns. Nouns. Nouns are the names that give to all phenomena. A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns can be divided into categories. Knowing these categories is helpful!. Nouns: Proper vs. Common.

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A Guide to Grammar

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  1. A Guide to Grammar Adapted from TheMagic Lens by Michael Clay Thompson

  2. Nouns

  3. Nouns Nouns are the names that give to all phenomena. A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns can be divided into categories. Knowing these categories is helpful!

  4. Nouns: Proper vs. Common Proper nouns are names of specific people, places, things, and ideas. They are always capitalized. Robert and Kathy live in Chicago, Illinois, and they own a ToyotaPrius. Common nouns are not. The people live in a city and own a car.

  5. Nouns: Concrete vs. Abstract Concrete nouns are names of objects in the world. The apple is sitting on the counter. Abstract nouns are names of ideas. The happiness of the moment completely overwhelmed my senses.

  6. Nouns: Singular vs. Plural Singular = ONE The bicycle was leaning against the brick wall. Plural = TWO or more The girls all had fancy ribbons in their pigtails. The mice were busy gathering crumbs.

  7. Noun of Direct Address A Noun of Direct Address is when we address someone by name in a sentence. Excuse me, Mrs. Norris, do you happen to have the time?

  8. Collective Nouns • These nouns name groups. They are treated as singular nouns because the emphasis is on the unit, not the parts. That family is looking for a bunch of bananas. The crowd booed the group of officials for penalizing their team.

  9. Possessive Nouns • Possessive nouns show ownership. They use an apostrophe and an S. Technically, they function as adjectives. Beware of this on standardized tests. I love Trader Joe’s guacamole. Chipotle’s is not bad either. The students’ books were arranged neatly on their desks. Mrs. Jones’s is the best of Texas’s fantastic barbecue restaurants.

  10. Noun Checklist Is the word naming a person, place, thing, or idea? Proper or common? Concrete or abstract? Singular or plural? Noun of Direct Address? Collective? Posessive?

  11. Noun Practice: Example. Identify the nouns in the following sentence. Be sure to list the labels that apply. George met Sally in the dark of the night by the old willow tree down by the lagoon.

  12. Noun Practice Identify the nouns in the following sentences. George: proper, concrete, singular Sally: proper, concrete, singular dark: common, abstract, singular night: common, abstract, singular tree: common, concrete, singular lagoon: common, concrete, singular

  13. Noun Practice: Now You Try! Mindy’s credibility was destroyed by the pack of lies she used to cover up the fact that she skipped school on the day of a test.

  14. Noun Practice: Now You Try! Mindy’s: proper, concrete, singular, possessive credibility: common, abstract, singular pack: common, abstract, singular, collective lies: common, abstract, plural fact: common, abstract, singular school: common, abstract, singular day: common, abstract, singular test: common, concrete, singular

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