1. Noun Unit Review
7th Grade Mrs. Smith

2. Singular and Plural Nouns
A noun is a name word. A singular noun names one person, place, thing or idea.
A plural noun names more than one person, place thing or idea.
Add s to most nouns to form plurals.
For example: writer-writers, hope-hopes
Add es to form the plurals of nouns ending in s,x,z,ch and sh.
For example: dress-dresses, box-boxes
Singular and Plural Nouns

3. More Singular and Plural Nouns……
Form plurals of nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) by adding –s.
For Example: guy-guys, birthday-birthdays
Form the plurals of nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant by changing the y to i and adding –es.
For example: lily-lilies, baby-babies
Some plural nouns are not formed by adding s, or es. Check a dictionary to find the correct plural form.
For example: tooth-teeth, mouse-mice
More Singular and Plural Nouns……

4. More Singular and Plural Nouns
If a noun ends in o preceded by a vowel(a,e,i,o,u,), form the plural by adding s.
For example: trio-trios, rodeo-rodeos
If a noun ends in o preceded by a consonant. Form the plural by adding es.
For example: tomato-tomatoes
There are exceptions! piano-pianos, soprano,sopranos
For most nouns ending in f or fe add s. safe-safes
Some nouns like leaf-leaves, calf-calves
More Singular and Plural Nouns

5. Form plurals of some compound nouns by adding s to the principal word
Form plurals of some compound nouns by adding s to the principal word. Always check a dictionary to be sure.
For example: mother-in-law/mothers-in-law
Form the plurals of compound nouns ending in ful by adding s
For example: handful-handfuls
Some nouns are plural in form but singular in meaning.
For example: news, mathematics, scissors
Compound Plural Nouns

6. Nouns as Subjects The subject tells what the sentence is about.
For Example:
Canada borders the United States on the north.
Nouns as Subjects

7. A subject complement renames the subject and usually follows the linking verb (am, is, are, was, were and so on)
For Example:
The capital of Canada is Ottawa.
Subject Complement

8. Nouns as Direct Objects
A noun can be used as a direct object. The direct object tells whom or what after the verb.
For Example:
Many students joined the drama club.
Nouns as Direct Objects

9. Nouns as Indirect Objects
An indirect object tells to whom, for whom, to what or for what an action is being performed and usually follows the verb.
For Example:
The drama teacher taught the students acting basics.
Nouns as Indirect Objects

10. The object complement renames the direct object, notice in the example, that both usually follow the verb in the sentence.
For Example:
The drama teacher appointed Bridgette costume designer.
Object Complement

11. A noun can be the object of preposition, it usually can be found as the first noun following the prepositional word. Prepositions are words of direction or manner, such as in, about, under, into, on, by, with, for, from
For Example:
The students were talking about their next play.
Object of Preposition

12. An appositive is a word that follows a noun and helps identify or modify it.
An appositive is said to be restrictive if the information is needed to understand the sentence. It is nonrestrictive when the information is not needed to understand the sentence. This type of appositive is usually set off by commas.
For Example:
The famous musician Louis Armstrong was the leader of the Hot Fives, a jazz band.
Appositives

13. Possessive Nouns Possessive nouns express possession or ownership.
To form a singular possessive add ‘s to the singular form of the noun.
student-student’s
To form a possessive with plural nouns ending in s, add an apostrophe only.
cowboys-cowboys’
To form a singular possessive of proper names ending in s, add ‘s.
James-James’s
To form a plural possessive of a proper name add an ‘
The Jones-The Jones’
Possessive Nouns

14. Possessive Compound Nouns
Possessive compound nouns are formed by adding ‘s to the end of the word.
For Example:
Sister-in-law/Sister-in-law’s
Commander-in-chief/ Commander-in- chief’s
Possessive Compound Nouns

15. Separate and Joint Possession
If two or more nouns are used to indicate separate possession each person owns something separately
Example:
Christian’s and Abby’s murals are colorful.
When two or more nouns are used together to indicate joint possession one thing is owned together.
Nick and Harold’s mural is colorful.
Separate and Joint Possession