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Nouns

Nouns. Singular and Plural Nouns. Nouns can be singular or plural , depending upon whether they name one person, place, thing, or idea or more than one. Singular: boy, body, watch, wife, ox Plural: boys, bodies, watches, wives, oxen. Possessive Nouns.

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Nouns

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  1. Nouns

  2. Singular and Plural Nouns • Nouns can be singular or plural, depending upon whether they name one person, place, thing, or idea or more than one. • Singular: boy, body, watch, wife, ox • Plural: boys, bodies, watches, wives, oxen

  3. Possessive Nouns • The possessive form of a noun can show possession, ownership, or the general relationship between two nouns. Add an apostrophe and –s to form the possessive of a singular noun, even one that already ends in –s. Use an apostrophe alone to form the possessive of a plural noun that ends in –s.

  4. Possessive Nouns • Singular Possessive • the car’s hood • the baby’s bottle • the dish’s pattern • the valley’s town • the calf’s mother • the business’s payroll

  5. Possessive Nouns • Plural Possessive • the cars’ hoods • the babies’ bottles • the dishes’ patterns • the valleys’ towns • the calves’ mothers • the businesses’ payrolls

  6. Concrete and Abstract Nouns • A concrete noun names an object that occupies space or that can be recognized by any of the senses. • petal smoke cough orange An abstract noun names an idea, a quality, or a characteristic. motion humor quantity tact

  7. Proper Nouns • A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. • Person: Sean Connery Uncle Peter • Place: Mexico Lake George • Thing: Statue of Liberty Thanksgiving • Idea: Baroque Age Judaism

  8. Common Nouns • A common noun is the general-not the particular-name of a person, place, thing, or idea. • Person: actor uncle • Place: country lake • Thing: statue holiday • Idea: era religion

  9. Collective Nouns • A collective noun names a group. • family (the) senate • (the) public (a) gaggle (of geese) • team (an) audience • (the) press (the) board (of directors)

  10. Collective Nouns • You consider a collective nounsingular when you talk about a group as a whole. • Singular: The audience shouts its approval.

  11. Collective Nouns • You consider a collective nounplural when you talk about the individual members of the group. • Plural: The audience have arrived in small groups.

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