Nouns name

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Nouns name

• People
• Common nouns girl, student, lifeguard
• Proper nouns Mrs. Neeley, Ted, President Bush,
  Otis Boggart
• Singular ballerina, army, Mr. Peabody
• Plural toads, oxen, sisters-in-law, armies
• Collective family, committee, teams (pl.)

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Nouns name

• Places
• Common auditorium, home, restaurant
• Proper Motel 6, Yellowstone Park, Disneyland,
  McKale Center Arena
• Singular city, mesa, plateau
• Plural deserts, forests, stadiums

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Nouns name

• Things
• Common tissue, gelatin, marker, barouche
• Proper Kleenex, Jell-o, Sharpie
• Singular datum, thesaurus, die
• Plural data, thesauri, dice

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Nouns name

• Qualities and ideas
• Common shyness, freedom, love, anger, pessimism,
  emptiness, wisdom, greenness
• Proper Christianity, Reaganomics, Stalinism

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Nouns name

• Events
• Common county fair, dog show, summer solstice,
  parade, birthday
• Proper Christmas Day, Mardi Gras, Woodstock,
  Spring Fling

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Nouns have number

• Singular echo, donkey, knife, cello, tomato,
  octopus, mouse, policeman, cactus
• Plural echoes, donkeys, knives, cellos,
  tomatoes, octopi, mice, policemen, cacti
• Collective singular pack, gaggle, bevy, navy,
  band, group, police force
• Collective plural families, herds, dens,
  troops, armies

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Nouns have gender

• masculine brother, father, widower, emperor,
  stallion, comedian, groom
• feminine niece, hen, princess, aviatrix,
  soprano, comedienne, bride
• neuter book, owner, representative, singer,
  playwright

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Nouns can be classified as

• Concrete lasagne, sofa, baseball, iron, mitt
• Concrete nouns name tangible objects that have
  form and dimension.
• Abstract heaven, fame, kindness, anxiety, pride,
  generosity, democracy, contentment, intelligence,
  imagination, thought
• Abstract nouns name ideas, qualities, and
  conditions, and their definitions may vary from
  person to person.

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Concrete nouns that seem abstract.

• might actually be considered concrete
• dragon
• fairies
• gnomes
• elf
• the Tooth Fairy
• trolls
• Cinderella

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The Compound Noun

• two (or more) separate words dog bones, peace
  sign, angel food cake, chocolate chips, fire
  extinguisher, Grand Canyon
• Two words joined to form one mailbox, teapot,
  baseball, lighthouse, toothpaste
• Two or more hyphenated words motor-mouth,
  mother-in-law, jack-o-lantern

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Grade 7 Review

• Nouns name.
• person
• place
• thing
• quality or idea
• Nouns are
• common
• proper

• Nouns have qualities
• Number
• singular
• plural
• collective
• Gender
• masculine
• feminine
• neuter

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Grade 7 Review

• Nouns may be
• Concrete
• Abstract
• Some may seem abstract, but are actually
  considered concrete

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Grade 7 Review

• Some nouns are classified as compound
• written as a single word
• written as two words
• written as a hyphenated word

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Grade 8 Review

• Noun-forming Suffixes
• Noun Usage and Case
• Gerunds

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Common Noun-forming Suffixes

• -ant, -ent contestant, resident
• -ism patriotism, communism
• -asm enthusiasm
• -ee trainee, referee
• -ist violinist, journalist
• -ship friendship, comradeship
• -hood neighborhood, parenthood
• -acy democracy, fallacy
• -ian librarian, libertarian

• -ance attendance, appliance
• -ence reference, evidence
• -ion inspection, persuasion
• -ty, -ity loyalty, clarity
• -ment statement, pavement
• -ness goodness, shyness
• -al survival, revival
• -er rancher, singer
• -or actor, realtor
• -eer Musketeer, racketeer

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Usage Issues

• Not all words ending in these common noun-forming
  suffixes will be used as nouns in sentences.
  Usage must always be considered in identifying a
  words part of speech in context. In the
  sentences below, the ment word government
  cannot be assumed to be a noun. Example
• Our government faces many challenges in combating
  poverty. Government is the subject of the
  sentence it is used in this context as a noun.
• A government program geared to combat poverty
  will take effect January 1. In this context,
  government is used as an adjective, modifying the
  noun program. What kind of program? A
  government program.

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Nouns and Case

• Case is that quality of a noun that shows its
  relation to some other word or words in the
  sentence. There are three cases nominative,
  possessive, and objective.

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Examples of Nominative Case

• Nouns may function as a
• Subject The computer has streamlined many
  business transactions
• Subjective complement The winner of the
  scholarship is Charlotte Davis.
• Appositive (the appositive Jimmy Carter, the
  former president of takes the case of the
  noun the United States, works closely with
• it renames) Habitat for Humanity.
• The winner of the scholarship is Charlotte
  Davis, an eighth grade student at Sacred
  Heart School.
• Direct address Runners, take your marks!
• Exclamation Rats! The filthy rodents roamed
  the storm drains.

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Examples of Objective Case

• Direct object (receives The tailor sewed a
  button on the coat.
• the action of the verb)
• Indirect object (to whom A DPS officer wrote the
  motorist a ticket
• or for whom something is for speeding.
• done)
• Object of a preposition Floyd hid Halloween
  candy under his bed.
• Apposition Joe drove his car, a beat-up
  Volkswagen, across the country.
• The teacher awarded Leo, a highly
  motivated student, the Student of the
  Month trophy.
• Two children raced across the intersection,
  the busiest corner in town.

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Objective Case

• Adverbial noun - a noun that The hiker walked
  miles before resting. noun that does the work of
  an This afternoon we will visit the mall.
• adverb telling Amy left Tucson on an early
  flight.
• How much? We spent hours working on the
  project.
• How long?
• When?
• Where?
• How far?
• Objective complement The committee appointed
  Terry chairman (completes the meaning of the
  group
• of the verb and refers to
• the direct object)

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Possessive Case

• Singular possessive Loiss hair was dyed a
  strange shade orange.
• Sherry washed the babys rattles and
  pacifiers.
• Plural possessive The childrens playground was
  closed for repairs.
• The scouts fund raiser earned enough
  money for summer camp.
• Separate possession That judge will score Petes
  and Jims dives in the competition.
• Joint possession Phil and Marthas dinner party
  was a huge success.