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NOUNS. Unit 9, Writer’s Choice. What is a noun?. What is a noun? . A person A place A thing An idea. Kinds of Nouns. Common Proper Concrete Abstract A common noun names any person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun names a specific person, place, thing, or idea. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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NOUNSUnit 9, Writer’s Choice
What is a noun?
A personA placeA thingAn idea
What is a noun?
Common Proper Concrete Abstract
A common noun names any person, place, thing, or idea.
A proper noun names a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
Kinds of Nouns
COMMON PROPER day month mountain river ocean book newspaper religion brand of product
Common and Proper Nouns
COMMON PROPER associations movies planets city historical periods language nationality School course institutions
Common and Proper Nouns
A concrete noun names things we can see or touch
An abstract noun names ideas, qualities, or feelings that cannot be seen or touched.
Look at page 381 for differences between common and proper
Kinds of Nouns
Nouns made of two or more words.
Can make one word or be hyphenated.
◦ Storybook◦ Mother-in-law◦ Lazy-susan
Compound Nouns
Page 382 Exercise 1, even Exercise 2, odd
Practice!
Share your answers with your grammar partner.
Do you agree?
Share!
Hyphens are tricky. We use them when we need to link the words to avoid confusion.
Ex. The lazy-susan spun in a circle. The lazy Susan spun in a circle.
Compound Nouns
Turn to your grammar partner. Compare your answers. Share why you
think one answer is correct over the other if you differ in answers.
Do not argue. Circle which ones you differ on.
We will go over the answers as a class.
Share!
What is a possessive noun?What does possessive mean?
A possessive noun names who or what owns or has something.
Possessive NounsWriter’s Choice p. 385
Examples: Singular Possessive Nouns Joe’s dog is really pretty. The book’s major theme is easy to find.
Plural Possessive Nouns The Bhangdias’ dog is really pretty. The books’ major themes are easy to find.
Turn to page 385. Look at the chart.
Possessive Nouns
Singular add ’s◦ Token Token’s shine was amazing.
If the word is singular and ends in s add ’s◦ Rees Rees’s smile is contagious.
If the word is plural and ends in s only add ’◦ Rats The rats’ food was depleting.
If a word is plural but doesn’t end in s add ’s◦ Sheep The sheep’s feed was rotten.◦ Children Children’s stores are popular.
Adding an Apostrophe to form Possession
Turn to page 386
Complete exercise 5 independently Even sentences only!
You can write ‘, ‘s, s’ for answers
Practice!
Turn to your grammar partner. Compare your answers. Share why you
think one answer is correct over the other if you differ in answers.
Do not argue. Circle which ones you differ on.
We will go over the answers as a class.
Share!
What is a contraction? What’s a contraction?
A contraction is a word made by combining two words into one and leaving out one or more letters. An apostrophe shows where the letters have been omitted.
May sound the same... Spelling and meaning are different!
Possessive vs Contraction!
How do you tell the difference?
Read the sentence. If you don’t see what is owned by the noun, trying inserting the word “is”
WHICH of the following is possessive? Ex.1. Shelly’s a great friend to have.2. Shelly’s best friend is coming to dinner.
Possession vs. Contraction
Independently complete Exercise 7.
We will review these when the class is finished working. Sit quietly if you finish early.
Practice! Turn to page 388
I will call on you individually. No talking. I will read a sentence from Exercise 8, the
person I call on will tell me which correctly fits into the sentence.
You can say, “first” or “second.”
If you don’t know why an answer is the way it is, raise your hand.
PRACTICE!
What is a collective noun?
Think about the word collective.
It is a lot like “collection.”
What is a collection?
Collective Nouns
A collective noun names a group that is made up of individuals.
Look at the top of 389. Name two other collective nouns to your partner.
Raise your hands to give the class one they haven’t heard.
Collective Nouns
Usually we think of collectives as a group or unit.
A unit is singular.◦ Ex. Paper towel rolls. You can buy a pack of eight.◦ The pack is one unit. You do not pay for each roll
inside the pack.
Collectives: Singular? Plural?
What if you want to make the collective plural?
The teams are on the field.
The team works on its project.
The team works on their separate projects.
Collectives: Singular? Plural?
A great game in grammar is substitution.
When you substitute in athletics, you have to make sure the substitute fits.
The same is true in grammar.
To determine if the collective is singular or plural, substitute the word “it” for it.
If the substitution works, it is singular!
Collectives: Singular? Plural?
Independently complete the following:
Exercise 9 even numbers Exercise 10 odd numbers
Practice! Turn to page 390
An appositive is a noun that is placed next to another noun to identify it or add information about the noun.
◦ Why does the officer ask for your license? He needs to make a positive id
◦ .◦ In the same way, more
information helps you make appositive id of the noun.
Appositives p. 391
My uncle, Harry, is a roofer. appositive
My uncle, the third roofer on the left, is very kind. appositive phrase
Rules of thumb: if you use only one word, or the appositive is needed to identify the sentence, some say you do not need commas. I want you to use commas for single word appositives.
Appositive Examples
Independently complete the following:
Exercise 11 odd Exercise 12 even
Practice! Turn to page 392
With your grammar partner... NOT splitting the work, but working together on each sentence...
Complete the exercises 1-5, EVEN ONLY.
Keep voices hushed. Bonus for pair with most correct.
NOUN REVIEW!
NOUN UNIT TEST NEXT CLASS
review notes prior to the test
