NOUNS!

1. NOUNS! A Quick Review of Common & Proper Nouns

2. COMMON NOUN Names ANY person, place, thing, or idea singer theater field athlete PROPER NOUN Names a SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea Kelly Clarkson Carnegie Hall Minute Maid Park JJ Watt What is the difference?

3. The CONNECTION you should make… PROPER NOUNS are CAPITALIZED!

4. See if you’ve got it… With your elbow partner, talk about what the nouns are in this sentence: Historians trace the origin of the game of tennis to France. Which ones are common? Which ones are proper?

5. Try another one… Again, with your partner, what are the nouns? The modern outdoor game of tennis probably evolved from an indoor game. Which are common? Which are proper?

6. Last one: What are the nouns? In the past, people hit the ball with their hands instead of rackets, but Walter Wingfield improved the game. Which are common? Which are proper?

7. Get Up & Move Practice Activity • Each person will be given a card with either a common or proper noun on it. • When your teacher says, “Go!” you will get up and move around the room to find your match. • Each match is a common noun and a proper noun that are examples of each other.

8. Examples country Spain building Empire State Building

9. SINGULAR Noun - Names ONE person, place, or thing PLURAL Noun - Names MORE THAN ONE Singular VS. Plural Nouns

10. Rule #1– Regular Nouns Most of time, simply add the letter S to the end of the singular noun to make it plural. cat – cats pencil – pencils book – books movie – movies joke – jokes paper – papers Do NOT add apostrophes to form plurals.

11. If the singular noun ends with: s ss zz ch sh x Add-es to form the plural bus – buses mess – messes buzz – buzzes church – churches wash – washes box – boxes Rule #2 s, zz, ch, sh, x

12. When a singular noun ends with a consonant & the letter y Change the y to i to make it plural. city - cities dairy - dairies penny – pennies berry - berries Rule #3 consonant + y

13. If the singular noun ends with a consonant & the letter o Add -es to make it plural hero – heroes potato – potatoes echo – echoes tomato – tomatoes Rule #4 consonant + o

14. Exceptions to the Rules Sometimes you will only add S even when the singular noun ends with a consonant & the letter o piano – pianos zero – zeros photo – photos soprano – sopranos alto - altos

15. When a singular noun ends with an f or fe Change the f or fe to v & add es leaf - leaves life - lives half – halves calf - calves Rule #5 f or fe

16. When a singular noun ends with an f or fe Sometimes you just add s roof - roofs chief – chiefs belief - beliefs Exception to Rule

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