More with Nouns

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More with Nouns

• Part 2

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Common Nouns

• Does not name a specific person, place, thing, or
  idea.
• They are very general.

• Examples
• author
• detective
• assistant
• villain
• country
• city
• street

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Identify the common noun

1. Stanton Middle School has lots of students in the
   building.
2. Homework can sometimes be hard.
3. I wish I was in bed right now sleeping.

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Singular Nouns

• A singular noun names one person, place, thing,
  or idea.
• Example My sister, Angie, is older than me.
  (sister is a singular noun)

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Plural Noun

• Names more than one person, place, thing, or
  idea.
• Example I have two older sisters. (sisters is
  plural)

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Forming Plurals

• To form the plural of most singular nouns, add
  s.
• Examples
• painters museums shelters
• events attitudes students

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Forming Plurals

• When a singular noun ends in s, sh, ch, x, or z,
  add (es).
• Examples
• dresses brushes coaches
• boxes waltzes foxes

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Forming Plurals

• When a singular noun ends in o, add (-s) to make
  it plural.
• Examples
• concertos cameos pianos solos
• patios stereos

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Forming Plurals

• For some nouns ending in an o preceded by a
  consonant add es.
• Examples
• heroes potatoes echoes
• tomatoes vetoes

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Forming Plurals

• When a singular noun ends in a y preceded by a
  consonant, change the y to i and add (-es).
• Examples
• story-stories activity-activities
• library-libraries

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Forming Plurals

• When the y is preceded by a vowel (a,e,i,o,u)
  just add s.
• Examples
• alley-alleys essay-essays
  survey-surveys

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Forming Plurals

• To form the plural of many nouns ending in f or
  fe, change the f to v and add (es) or (s).
• Examples
• leaf-leaves self-selves scarf-scarves
• half-halves life-lives shelf-shelves
• loaf-loaves wife-wives thief-thieves

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Forming Plurals

• For some nouns ending in f, add (s) to form the
  plural.
• Examples
• Motif-motifs proof-proofs
  belief-beliefs

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Forming Plurals

• Some nouns have the same spelling in both the
  singular and the plural.
• Examples
• series species trout sheep moose

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Forming Plurals

• The plurals of some nouns are formed in special
  ways.
• Examples
• child-children tooth-teeth ox-oxen
• woman-women mouse-mice man-men

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Possessive Nouns

• A possessive noun shows who or what owns
  something.
• The noun following a possessive noun may name a
  thing or a quality.

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Forming Possessive of Nouns
Types of Noun Rule Examples
Singular noun Add an apostrophe and s. Mrs. Burwells daughter attends CVCA.
Plural Noun ending in s. Add an apostrophe. The students homework is due today.
Plural noun not ending in s. Add an apostrophe and s. The mens bathroom is closed.
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Make the following nouns possessive

• My mothers age is a secret.
• The football teams coach is very strict.
• The childrens recess is too short.

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Practice Time!!!!