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Nouns
What are nouns?
What is a noun?
 Person – Mom, Dad,
Christy, Ed, girl, boy
 Place – London,
Louisville, home, school
 Thing – bike, desk, car,
homework
 Idea – freedom,
courage, inspiration
Common Nouns
 Every day nouns that
are not capitalized
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dog
cat
desk
house
chair
car
book
history
Proper Nouns
 Names a specific
person, place, or
thing
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Mrs. Smith
London
Asia
Africa
Pontiac Grand Prix
December
Thanksgiving
Civil War
Concrete or Abstract Nouns
 Concrete – anything
that appeals to the
senses: person,
place, thing
 Abstract – cannot be
sensed, it is hard to
understand (like
abstract art): idea
Collective Nouns
 A collective noun
 Herd
is a singular noun  Class
that refers to many  Senate
things.
 Congress
 Choir
 School
 Team
SINGULAR NOUNS
 Singular nouns refer to ONE item.
 Singular nouns need singular verbs
(singular verbs end with “s”.)
 Most singular nouns do not end in “S”.
 Some singular nouns do end in “S”, like
scissors.
Example Singular Nouns
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The tree is tall.
Subject – singular tree
Verb – singular is
The fish swims in circles.
Subject – singular fish
Verb – singular swims
Plural Nouns
 Plural nouns refer to more than one item.
 Plural nouns need plural verbs (plural verbs
do not end with “S”.)
 Most plural nouns end with “S.” Some
plural nouns are irregular (women, men, children,
mice)
Ways to Make Nouns Plural
 If it is a normal noun,
just add “S”.
 If the noun ends in
“S, X, Z, CH, or SH”
add “ES”.
 If it ends with a
consonant then “Y”,
change the “Y” to “I”
and add “ES”.
 desk = desks
 bench = benches
 country = countries
Ways to Make Nouns Plural
 If the noun ends with
a vowel plus “Y”, just
add “S”.
 If the noun ends with
a vowel plus “O”, just
add “S”.
 If the noun ends with
a consonant and “O”,
add “ES”.
 holiday – holidays
 rodeo = rodeos
 tomato = tomatoes
Ways to Make Nouns Plural
 Some nouns are
irregular. They do
not follow a rule.
 Some nouns are the
same in the singular
and plural.
 Numbers and letters
add apostrophe “S”.
 woman = women
 man = men
 deer, moose,sheep
 A’s, 5’s
Example Plural Nouns
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The trees are tall.
Subject – plural trees
Verb – plural are
The fish swim in circles.
Subject – plural fish
Verb – plural swim
The children learn a lot
at school.
 Subject – plural children
 Verb – plural learn
Possessive Nouns
 Possessive nouns show ownership.
How to Make a Noun Possessive
 If it is a singular
noun, add
apostrophe and “S”.
 If it is a plural noun
that does not end
with “S”, add
apostrophe and “S”.
 If it is a plural noun
ending with “S”, just
add apostrophe.
 Class = class’s
 Children = children’s
 Classes = classes’
Compound Nouns
 Two or more words
combined to make
one word.
 They can be spelled
as one word.
 They can be spelled
as two separate
words.
 They can be
hyphenated words.
 Paintbrush
 Dog house
 Mother-in-law
Plural Compound Nouns
 To make a compound
noun plural, add the
appropriate ending to the
word you want to make
plural.
 For example – you may
have more than one
brother-in-law so it will be
brothers-in-law. The laws
are not plural.
The Jobs of Nouns
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Subject
Predicate Noun
Direct Object
Indirect Object
Object of Preposition
Subject
 The main idea of the sentence.
Example Subject
 My favorite place to
visit is London.
 Subject = place
Predicate Noun
 Noun or pronoun
 Renames or defines the subject
 After a linking verb
Example P.N.
 My favorite place to
visit is London.
 P.N. = London
Direct Object
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Noun or pronoun
Follows an action verb
Answers the questions What? or Whom?
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE AN I.O.
Example D.O.
 He played the piano
nicely.
 D.O. = piano
Indirect Object
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Noun or pronoun
Follows an action verb
Comes before a direct object
Answers the questions To Whom?, To
What?, For Whom?, or For What?
 YOU MUST HAVE A D.O. to have an I.O.
Example I.O.
 She gave him an ice
cream cone.
 D.O. = cone
 I.O. = him
Object of Preposition
 Noun or pronoun
 Follows a preposition
 Completes a prepositional phrase
Example O.P.
 She sat in the car for a
long time.
 1. Preposition = in
 1. Prepositional phrase =
in the car
 1. O.P. = car
 2. Preposition = for
 2. Prepositional phrase =
for a long time
 2. O.P. = time
Review Jobs of Nouns
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Subject
Predicate Noun
Direct Object
Indirect Object
Object of Preposition
O.P. or Appositive
 An object of the preposition follows a
preposition. Ex. We wrote about our
teacher. Teacher is the object of the
preposition “about.”
 An appositive is set off with commas and
defines a noun in front of it. Ex. Ms.
Berger, our teacher, is awesome.
Teacher is the appositive that define Ms.
Berger.