Nouns

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Nouns

• English
• Unit 4
• Todds Team

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Naming Words

• A word that names a person is a noun
• Examples
• The man walks.
• The girl runs.
• The dog barks.

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More Naming Words

• A noun names a person and it also can name a
  place or thing.
• Examples
• Tom went to the lake. (place or thing?)
• Did he see the big fish? (place or thing?)

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One or More Than One

• A noun can also name more than one person, place,
  or thing.
• Examples
• swimmer ? swimmers
• pencil ? pencils

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Adding -es

• Some nouns add s to name more than one. Other
  nouns add es. Words that end with s, x, ch, and
  sh add es to name more than one.
• Examples
• class ? classes
• box ? boxes
• bench ? benches
• dish? dishes

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Nouns that change Spelling

• A few nouns change their spelling to name more
  than one.
• Examples
• child ? children
• man ? men
• woman ? women

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Special Nouns

• Some nouns name special people, places, or
  things. These special nouns begin with capital
  letters.
• Examples
• man ? John
• street ? Mullikin Road
• town ? Evans
• pet ? Beauregard

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Words for Nouns

• A noun names a person, place, or thing. A pronoun
  is a word that can take the place of a noun.
• Examples
• The dog chased the cat. OR It chased the cat.
• Karen looks out. OR She looks out.
• Bill rode his bike. OR He rode his bike.
• Tim and Sue left. OR They left.

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Naming Yourself Last

• When you talk about someone else and yourself,
  name yourself last.
• Examples
• Carl and I went swimming.
• Miss Todd and I went over my spelling words
  together.