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1 3 NOUN Categories A noun is a person, place, or thing.

2 There are Common and Proper Nouns.

3 Common nouns don’t have to be capitalized because they are general. Apples – state- person- teacher- balloon

4 Proper nouns need to be capitalized because they name specific people, places, and things. Ms. Banks Georgia Statue of Liberty Mrs. Reese

5 What 3 categories can nouns be grouped into? *Singular (1) *Plural (more than 1) *Possessive (ownership)

6 Singular nouns are 1 person, place, thing. Truck Apple School Television Tree

7 Plural nouns are more than 1 person, place, thing. Trucks Trees Schools TVs

8 Sometimes there are special plural nouns. They don’t end in S. *geese*children *deer*people *fish*sheep

9 The last category is possessive. These show OWNERSHIP. Look for an apostrophe. *Matthew ’ s book *Tree ’ s branches *Chad ’ s guitar

10 See if you can determine whether these words are plural, singular, or possessive.

11 Boy’s possessive

12 apple singular

13 children plural

14 house singular

15 singer singular

16 teacher’s possessive

17 dog’s possessive

18 dogs plural

19 presidents plural

20 president’s possessive


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