NOUNS

Why are nouns important? Who would know what you were talking about if you weren’t able to use words that mean people, places, things, and ideas?

For Example: For that thing that happens on a certain time, I dressed like that thing that has white stuff on top of the top, and I wore a thing that covered the thing in front near the top. I scared a lot of things walking around that certain time, and I thought it was funny. I visited ten things that looked like four lines connected, and things opened the thing that stood between that thing and me. That thing that talked gave me things to put in the thing I was carrying, and I went to the thing I sleep at and ate all the things in the thing I carried.

HUH?

What I meant to say was- For Halloween, I dressed like an old man with white hair, and I wore a mask. I scared a lot kids walking around on Halloween, and I thought it was funny. I visited ten houses, and doors opened each time. People put candy in my bag, and I went home and ate all the candy.

Nouns are important because they identify people, places, things, and ideas. Common nouns are just that- common. They do not name anything or anyone specifically. Proper nouns DO name specific people, places, and things.

band vs. Metallica athlete vs. Peyton Manning cereal vs. Cheerios shoes vs. Nike paper vs. Times News continent vs. Australia common vs. Proper Hint: Proper nouns will have capital letters; common nouns will not.

What is the common noun in this sentence? What is the proper noun in this sentence?

What are the nouns in this sentence? Which noun means more than one?

Any plural nouns in this sentence?

Nouns can be singular- meaning only one OR Nouns can be plural- meaning two or more. Making nouns plural requires the knowledge of the rules. (Yes, more rules.)

Don’t look at me like that; you know what to do!!!

To make nouns plural, you will need to do one of the following: Add –s Add –es Change the y to i and then add –es Change the entire word Leave the word alone

car = cars watch = watches hero = heroes Puppy = puppies county = counties toy = toys man = men goose = geese mouse = mice tooth = teeth deer = deer

WAIT!!! If a noun ends in a Y- look at the letter before the Y. If it is a vowel, add –s If it is a consonant, change the Y to i, and then add -es

Boy County Boys Counties

Identify all the nouns in this sentence.

If a noun ends in an O, look at the letter before the O. If it is a vowel, add –s If it is a consonant, add -es

Duo = Duos Hero = Heroes

What proper nouns are in this sentence? What common nouns are in this sentence?

Are there any nouns that show ownership in this sentence? A noun with an apostrophe (‘) will help you. There are none.

More rules-

Nouns that are singular, add (‘s). Nouns that are plural ending in s, add (‘). Nouns that are plural and DO NOT end in s, add (‘s).

child = child’s mice = Mice’s school = school’s toy = toy’s papers = papers’ countries = countries’ men = men’s sisters = sisters’ birds = birds’ sister = sister’s

Any possessive nouns in this sentence?

Possessive nouns?

Don’t worry, you have the rules to look at for help.