Noun Notes

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Noun Notes
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Noun

• A noun is a word that names a person, place,
  thing, or idea.
• Person nouns Bob, mom, sister, teacher, student
• Place nouns Paris, school, home, Scottsboro
• Thing nouns desk, Elmo, computer, pen
• Idea nouns happiness, tiredness, sadness

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Compound Nouns

• Some nouns are compound nouns. They may be
  written as one word, a hyphenated word, or as two
  or more words.
• Examples grandmother, basketball, father-in-law,
  grand piano

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Proper and Common Nouns

• A proper noun names a particular person, place,
  thing, or idea. Always begins with a capital
  letter.
• A common noun names any one of a group of
  persons, places, things, or ideas. Usually not
  capitalized.

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Common and Proper Noun Examples

• Proper Nouns President Barak Obama, Australia,
  English, Statue of Liberty, Playstation, Harry
  Potter
• Common Nouns student, teacher, statue, country,
  state, love

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Collective Nouns

• A collective noun is a singular noun that names a
  group of persons, animals, or things.
• Examples class, team, band
• Animal groups herd of reindeer, flock of sheep,
  pack of wolves, pod of whales, gaggle of geese,
  pride of lions, colony of ants

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Concrete Nouns

• A concrete noun names a person, place, or thing
  that can be seen, heard, touched, or smelled.
• Concrete noun examples food, concrete, dog, cat,
  pen, book, shoe

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Abstract Nouns

• An abstract noun names an idea, a feeling, a
  quality, or a characteristic.
• Abstract examples sadness, happiness, fatigue,
  anger, stress

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Jobs of Nouns

• Subject of the sentence
• Direct Object
• Indirect Object
• Object of the Preposition
• Predicate Nominative (Noun)
• Appositive

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Singular and Plural Nouns

• A singular noun refers to one person, place,
  thing, or idea.
• Examples book, toy, car, boy, shoe
• A plural noun refers to more than one person,
  place, thing, or idea.
• Examples books, toys, cars, boys, shoes

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Rules for correctly forming plurals

• For most singular nouns, add s to the end of the
  word. Examples girls, boys, pencils
• 2. For nouns ending with s, x, z, sh, or ch, add
  es to the end of the word. Examples gases,
  boxes, churches, waxes, waltzes, marshes

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• 3. For nouns ending with a consonant and y,
  change the y to I and add es. Examples
  lady-ladies, hobby-hobbies
• 4. For nouns ending with a vowel and y, add s to
  the end of the word. Examples toy-toys,
  highway-highways

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• 5. For some nouns ending with f or fe, add s.
  For others, change the f to v and add s or es.
  Examples gulfs, beliefs, knives, loaves, wolves
• 6. For nouns that end with o, if o is preceded by
  a vowel, add s. Examples patio- patios, ratio-
  ratios

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• 7. If o is preceded by a consonant, add es to the
  end of the word. Examples veto-vetoes,
  hero-heroes
• 8. Some nouns have irregular plural forms.
  Examples man-men, foot-feet, child-children

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• 9. A few nouns have the same singular and plural
  forms. Examples deer, salmon, sheep, fish,
  buffalo.
• 10. A few nouns have only plural forms. Examples
  scissors, pants, jeans, shorts

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• 11. A few nouns that end with s look plural, but
  are considered singular. Examples news, measles,
  United States
• 12. For a compound noun written as one word, make
  the last part plural. Examples basketballs,
  billboards

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• 13. For a compound noun written with hyphens or
  as a separate word, make the main word plural.
  Examples sisters-in-law, chiefs-of-state, track
  meets, grand pianos
• 14. To form the plurals of numbers, symbols, or
  letters, add s to the end.
• - Examples 1940s, ts, s

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Possessive Nouns

• A possessive noun shows ownership or
  relationship.
• Rules for forming possessive nouns
• To make a singular noun possessive, add an s to
  the end of the word.
• Examples Mrs. Lewiss class, boys bike, dogs
  bone.
• To make a plural noun possessive, add an after
  the s.
• Examples The Curtises mini van, the girls
  phones
• To make an irregular plural noun possessive, add
  s to the end of the word.
• Examples childrens books, deers hooves