WHAT IS A NOUN?
• A noun is a word that names a person, a place, or a thing.
How many nouns are in the following sentence?
• The birds rested in their nests in the trees by my house.
PRACTICE
• The birds rested in their nests in the trees by my house.
• There were 4 nouns in that sentence.
EXAMPLES
• Persons: girl, student, Ms. Knapp, policeman
• Places: school, park, Dearborn, Alaska
• Things: flag, book, pencil
COMMON VS. PROPER
• A common noun is used when you are talking about persons, places, or things in general.
• A proper noun is used when you are talking about specific persons, places, or things.
COMMON VS. PROPER
Are the following words common or proper?
• school
• october
• monday
• frog
• los angelos
• beach
SINGULAR VS. PLURAL
• A singular noun names one place, person, thing, or idea.
• A plural noun names more than one place, person, thing, or idea.
RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR TO PLURAL
• For most nouns, you just need to add an “s” to the end of the word.
• kid kids
• park parks
• car cars
RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR TO PLURAL
• For nouns ending in s, x, ch, or sh, you need to add an “-es” to the end of the word.
• cross crosses
• tax taxes
• bunch bunches
• hush hushes
RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR TO PLURAL
• For nouns ending in a vowel and a y, add “–s”.
• key keys
• toy toys
• pray prays
RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR TO PLURAL
• For nouns ending in a consonant and a y, change the y to an i and add “–es”.
• sky skies
• try tries
• imply implies
RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR TO PLURAL
• For nouns ending in f or fe, change the f to a v and add “es”; for other nouns, just add “s”.
• life lives
• half halves
• sniff sniffs
RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR TO PLURAL
• For nouns ending in a vowel and o, add “s”.
• rodeo rodeos
• radio radios
RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR TO PLURAL
• For nouns ending in a consonant and o, add “s” or “-es”.
• solo solos
• tomato tomatoes
• potato potatoes
• piano pianos
RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR TO PLURAL
• Some nouns have unique changes from singular to plural.
• mouse mice
• goose geese
• octopus octopi
• foot feet
RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR TO PLURAL
• Some nouns stay the same from singular to plural.
• deer deer
• moose moose
• fish fish
WHAT IS A SINGULAR POSSESSIVE NOUN?
• It shows that one person, place, or thing has or owns something.
• To show ownership, add an apostrophe and an s (‘s)
WHAT IS A PLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUN?
• It shows ownership of a plural noun.
If it ends in an “s” already, just add an apostrophe.
If it doesn’t end in an “s”, add an apostrophe and an s.
EXAMPLES
• The yards of the neighbors
• The people’s names
• The cars of the teachers
• The teachers’ cars