What is a noun? Pull out blue Parts of Speech chart

On the next slides, try to find as many nouns as you can. Look for common, proper, and concrete nouns.

Possessive vs. Plural A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing. A possessive form of a noun shows an ownership or relationship.

Possessive Nouns The possessive form of a noun shows ownership or relationship. Jack’s teacher discussed the Civil War. Charlie could see the shooting stars through his father’s telescope.

Collective vs. Plural What are collective nouns? How are they different from plural nouns? Let’s hear examples of collective nouns. a word that names a group of people or things

Collective Noun Practice A group of athletes are called… A group of buffalo is called… A group of bees are called… A group of wolves are called… … a team … a herd … a colony … a pack

Review… All nouns have to be either common or proper. All nouns also have to be either concrete or abstract. Be careful when looking for collective nouns! It is NOT just a pluralized noun. Must actually identify a GROUP.

Plural Nouns Remember, some nouns are irregular when you pluralize them!

Example #1 The first astronauts squeezed food from tubes.

2. Astronauts in the Space Shuttle Program eat from a tray with forks and spoons. 3. They use straws to drink beverages from sealed pouches. 4. NASA employs a team of dietitians to make sure the astronauts eat properly. 5. Before the flight, each astronaut chooses food from a large group of items.

6. There is a supply of snacks available to the crew. 7. Yet most astronauts crave certain favorite foods. 8. Shannon Lucid missed her favorite candy during her six-month mission. 9. Astronauts cannot gain weight in space. 10. The extra fat will show up on their return to Earth.

Change each singular noun to a plural noun. SingularPlural person child sheep knife fish mouse woman

Pluralizing Nouns Practice and Apply Exercise on Page 40

1.Stars are made of hydrogen, helium, and small _____________ of other elements. 2.They create enormous ____________ of energy when their hydrogen atoms join together and change into helium. 3.Like human _____________, stars go through a life cycle. 4.Stars fall into ______________, mainly based on their size.

5. Many stars shrink as they age into smaller __________ known as white dwarfs. 6. Other stars, called supergiants, may end their ___________ in explosions called supernovas. 7. ______________ believe our sun is a middle-aged star. 8. Most of the sun’s surface consists of __________ of energy. 9. There are also dark _____________ on its surface, called sunspots. 10. The sun’s powerful _________ can damage your eyes.

Singular, Plural: Making it Possessive On the next two slides, complete the charts entirely to list the singular and plural possessive forms of each noun.

Singular Singular Possessive PluralPlural Possessive friend school church planet city

Singular Singular Possessive PluralPlural Possessive Mrs. Sheetz Mr. Stephens goose sky family

Let’s work in our books. Page 40 Practice & Apply #3 Page 43 Practice & Apply #3

Compound Nouns A compound noun is made of two or more words used together as a single noun. liftoff, spacecraft rocket engine, peanut butter light-year

Let’s quickly go over Exercise 3 on page 45 together.

Review What is the subject a sentence? What is the predicate of a sentence? Example: Judy and her dog run every morning.

Nouns as ComplementsFunctionExample Predicate NounRenames or defines the subject after a linking verb Carolyn Shoemaker is an astronomer. Direct ObjectNames the receiver of the action of the verb She has discovered many comets. Indirect ObjectTells to whom or what or for whom or what an action is done One of her discoveries gave astronomers a thrill.

Direct and Indirect Objects These objects are nouns. Direct asks WHAT? Indirect asks WHO? She has discovered many comets. One of her discoveries gave astronomers a thrill. Important note: YOU CAN NEVER HAVE AN INDIRECT OBJECT WITHOUT A DIRECT OBJECT!

Step-by-Step Direct/Indirect Objects 1. Highlight the verb. 2. Then cross out the subject. 3. Finally, label the direct/indirect object(s). The teacher gave a lecture. Then she assigned the students homework.

Direct and Indirect Practice 1. We ate steak for dinner. 2. Snow and ice covered the streets. 3. Who doesn’t like candy? 4. Sarah gives violin lessons to Jacob. 5. I brought a balloon home for Diane.

1.Comets orbit the sun just as planets do. 2.A small comet gave human beings a scare in The comet destroyed a forest when it crashed into Siberia. 4.People felt its impact hundreds of miles away.

5. Asteroids are another potential danger to us. 6. An asteroid could destroy all life on our planet if it crashed here. 7. Such a collision may have killed off the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago.

Noun Phrases 1 of 2 An object of a preposition is the noun or pronoun that follows a preposition. Example: Mount Wilson is an observatory in California.

Noun Phrases 2 of 2 An appositive is a noun or pronoun that identifies or renames another noun or pronoun. Example: The Milky Way, our galaxy, is one of many.