Nouns

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Nouns

• Cant live without em!

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What is a noun?

• Person
• Place
• Thing
• Idea
• Emotion

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Nouns name people, things, places, ideas, emotions
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There are several types of nouns(see page 308,
Resourcelines 9/10)

• Concrete
• Abstract
• Proper
• Common
• Compound
• Singular
• Plural
• Possessive
• Collective

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1. Concrete nouns

• name something physical that can be perceived by
  the senses
• Examples
• student, doctor, librarian, custodian (people)
• town, park, country, field (places)
• flower, classroom, snow (things)

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2. Abstract Nouns

• name things that one cannot see, hear, smell,
  taste or touch
• Examples
• love, joy, sadness, jealousy (emotions)
• peace, patience, prosperity, time, collaboration
  (ideas or qualities)

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3. Proper Nouns

• name particular people, places, things or ideas
• begin with capital letters
• Examples
• Jeremy Wotherspoon, Hailey Wickenheiser, Patrick
  Chan, Jennifer Heil
• Elmira, Vancouver, South Africa, Illyria
• Christmas, Canada Day, Catholicism,
  Protestantism, Islam, Buddhism

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4. Common Nouns

• are named in a non-specific or general way (not
  capitalized)
• Eg. car, boat, mountain, city, religion, athlete,
  student

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5. Compound Nouns

• consist of more than one word and are written as
  one word, joined with a hyphen
• Examples sister-in-law, well-wisher,
  jack-o-lantern, bulls-eye, secretary-general

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6. Singular and Plural Nouns

• Singular Nouns
• One of something
• Examples bird, calf, sheep, fox
• Plural Nouns
• More than one of something
• Examples birds, calves, sheep, foxes

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Spelling Plural Nouns

• See page 318, Resourcelines
• Add s school schools book books
• Add es to nouns ending in ch, s, sh, x, z
  atlas atlases fox foxes watch watches
  wish wishes
• Change y to i and add es butterfly
  butterflies apology apologies library
  libraries company - companies

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Spelling Plural Nouns, contd.

• Change f to v and add es calf calves knife
  knives half halves leaf leaves
• If a noun ends in a vowel o, add s stereo
  stereos
• If a noun ends in consonant o, add es hero
  heroes echo echoes potato potatoes tomato
  tomatoes Exceptions pianos, sopranos, solos,
  altos, banjos

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Plural Nouns, Contd.

• To form the plural of a compound noun, add s to
  the most important word mother-in-law
  ?mothers-in-law passer-by ?passers-by
  man-of-war ? men-of-war
• Some nouns use the same word for the singular and
  plural sheep, series, fish
• Some nouns have irregular plurals child
  children foot feet tooth teeth goose
  geese octopus octopi crisis crises medium
  - media

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7. Possessive Nouns

• page 319, Resourcelines 9/10
• show ownership or possession
• To form the possessive of a singular noun, add
  s
• one boys knapsack
• the schools rules
• Jaimes book
• the childs toy

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Possessive Nouns, contd.

• To form the possessive of a plural nouns that end
  in s, add an apostrophe only
• the heroes ship
• the lawyers club
• the teachers lounge
• the students textbooks
• the referees schedules

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Possessive Nouns, contd.

• To form the possessive of plural nouns not ending
  in s, add s
• The childrens toys
• The mens washroom
• The womens washroom
• The sheeps wool
• The medias attention

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Sometimes the thing owned is implied (assumed)

• Example
• East Side Marios restaurant
• Shoeless Joes restaurant
• Starbucks coffee bar

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Collective Nouns

• A noun that is singular in form but indicates a
  group
• Examples flock, band, class, committee, gaggle
  (of geese), herd (of cattle), pod (of whales)
  geek (of engineers) gang (of hoodlums)

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Food for thought!