1. Nouns A noun is a word used to name a person, place, thing or idea.
Proper Noun: names a particular person, place, or thing and is capitalized.
Ex: Carson Wentz, Philadelphia, White House
Common Noun: does not name a particular person place or thing.
Ex: woman, city, building

2. Nouns A noun is a word used to name a person, place, thing or idea.
Concrete noun: names an object that can be perceived by the senses.
Ex: hat, desk, book, box
Abstract noun: names a quality, a characteristic, an idea.
Ex: Beauty, strength, love, courage
Collective noun: names a group.
Ex: team, crowd, class Ex

3. Singular and Plural Nouns
A singular noun names only one person, place, thing or idea.
Ex: sister, school, chair, joy
A plural noun names more than one person place, thing or idea.
Sisters, schools, chairs, joys.

4. Singular and Plural Nouns
1) To form the plural of most singular nouns, add –s.
Grape grapes
House houses
2) To form the plural of nouns ending with: ch, sh, ss, z, or x, add –es.
Church churches
Glass glasses
Tax taxes
3) To form the plural of nouns ending in a y preceded by a consonant, change the y to i and add –es.
Army armies
Lady ladies

5. Singular and Plural Nouns
4) To form the plural of nouns ending with y preceded by a vowel, add –s.
Donkey donkeys
Day days
5) For a letter or a numeral, add –s.
X xs s
6) To form the plural of a noun ending in o, add –s or –es.
Piano pianos
Zero zeroes
Potato Potatoes

6. Singular and Plural Nouns
7) To form the plural of some nouns ending in f or fe, change the f or fe to ve and add –s. For others, simply add –s.
Loaf loaves
Life lives
Chief chiefs
8) Some singular nouns change form in the plural.
Man men
Child children
9) Some singular nouns are the same in singular and plural.
Deer deer
Sheep sheep

7. Singular and Plural Nouns
10) Compound Nouns are made up of more than one word. Often compound nouns are separated by a hyphen. The main word in a compound noun is made plural.
Sister-in-law sisters-in-law
Great-grandfather great-grandfathers
Man-of-war men-of-war