Nouns 6 th Grade English

Nouns Noun ▫Names a person –scientist ▫Names a place- fire station ▫Names a thing- microscope ▫Names an idea (something that cannot be touched)- friendship Common noun ▫Do not name a particular person, place, thing, or idea ▫Lower case ▫Friend, reporter

Noun Proper noun ▫Names a particular person, place, thing, or idea ▫Capitalize ▫Baltimore, Thursday, White house Singular noun ▫Names one person, place, thing, idea Plural noun ▫Names more than one person place, thing, idea ▫Usually add an “s” ▫In some cases add “es”, “ies”, “ves” ▫Consul ▫t a dictionary if in doubt ▫Some nouns spelled the same for singular and a plural

nouns ▫Irregular noun  Does not follow the plural pattern  Changes form  Child-children  Man-men ▫Examples  Truck-trucks  Potato- potatoes  Baby-babies  Wolf- wolves  Moose- moose  Goose- geese

Nouns Possessive nouns ▫Who or what owns something ▫Singular possessive  One person, place, thing owns something else  Always add‘s to the end of word  Woman’s gloves Plural possessive ▫More than one owns something ▫Plural noun that ends with “s”  Students  Add only an apostrophe  Students’ papers ▫Plural noun that does not end in “s”  Women  Add ’s  Women’s hats