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More with Nouns

More with Nouns. Part 2. Does not name a specific person, place, thing, or idea. They are very general. Examples: author detective assistant villain country city street. Common Nouns. Identify the common noun. Stanton Middle School has lots of students in the building.

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More with Nouns

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  1. More with Nouns Part 2

  2. Does not name a specific person, place, thing, or idea. They are very general. Examples: author detective assistant villain country city street Common Nouns

  3. Identify the common noun • Stanton Middle School has lots of students in the building. • Homework can sometimes be hard. • I wish I was in bed right now sleeping.

  4. Singular Nouns • A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea. • Example: My sister, Angie, is older than me. (sister is a singular noun)

  5. Plural Noun • Names more than one person, place, thing, or idea. • Example: I have two older sisters. (sisters is plural)

  6. Forming Plurals • To form the plural of most singular nouns, add –s. Examples: painters museums shelters events attitudes students

  7. Forming Plurals • When a singular noun ends in s, sh, ch, x, or z, add (es). Examples: dresses brushes coaches boxes waltzes foxes

  8. Forming Plurals • When a singular noun ends in o, add (-s) to make it plural. Examples: concertos cameos pianos solos patios stereos

  9. Forming Plurals For some nouns ending in an o preceded by a consonant add –es. Examples: heroes potatoes echoes tomatoes vetoes

  10. Forming Plurals When a singular noun ends in a y preceded by a consonant, change the y to i and add (-es). Examples: story-stories activity-activities library-libraries

  11. Forming Plurals When the y is preceded by a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) just add –s. Examples: alley-alleys essay-essays survey-surveys

  12. Forming Plurals • To form the plural of many nouns ending in f or fe, change the f to v and add (es) or (s). Examples: leaf-leaves self-selves scarf-scarves half-halves life-lives shelf-shelves loaf-loaves wife-wives thief-thieves

  13. Forming Plurals For some nouns ending in f, add (s) to form the plural. Examples: Motif-motifs proof-proofs belief-beliefs

  14. Forming Plurals • Some nouns have the same spelling in both the singular and the plural. Examples: series species trout sheep moose

  15. Forming Plurals • The plurals of some nouns are formed in special ways. Examples: child-children tooth-teeth ox-oxen woman-women mouse-mice man-men

  16. Possessive Nouns • A possessive noun shows who or what owns something. • The noun following a possessive noun may name a thing or a quality.

  17. Forming Possessive of Nouns

  18. Make the following nouns possessive • My mothers age is a secret. • The football teams coach is very strict. • The childrens recess is too short.

  19. Practice Time!!!!

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