1. NOUNS WHAT IS A NOUN?

2. 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.

3. PRACTICE The birds rested in their nests in the trees by my house. There were 4 nouns in that sentence.

4. EXAMPLES Persons: girl, student, Ms. Knapp, policeman Places:school, park, Dearborn, Alaska Things: flag, book, pencil

5. COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS

6. 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.

7. COMMON VS. PROPER Are the following words common or proper? school october monday frog los angelos beach

8. SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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

12. RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR TO PLURAL For nouns ending in a vowel and a y, add “–s”. key  keys toy  toys pray  prays

13. 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

14. 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

15. RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR TO PLURAL For nouns ending in a vowel and o, add “s”. rodeo  rodeos radio  radios

16. 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

17. RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR TO PLURAL Some nouns have unique changes from singular to plural. mouse  mice goose  geese octopus  octopi foot  feet

18. RULES FOR CHANGING SINGULAR TO PLURAL Some nouns stay the same from singular to plural. deer  deer moose  moose fish  fish

19. SINGULAR POSSESSIVE NOUNS

20. 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)

21. EXAMPLES The fur of the dog  The dog’s fur The tail of the fox  The fox’s tail

22. EXAMPLES The name of the dog  The dog’s name The class of Ms. Knapp  Ms. Knapp’s class

23. PLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUNS

24. 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.

25. EXAMPLES The yards of the neighbors  The people’s names The cars of the teachers  The teachers’ cars

26. EXAMPLES The names of the people  The neighbor’s yards The crayons of the children  The children’s crayons