Nouns  Person, place, thing, idea happiness School bus chef The Statue of Liberty

When should I capitalize a noun?  common noun = not specific  teacher  school  baseball team  state  book  baseball player  Proper Noun = specific (name of someone or something)  Miss Kowalsky  Iselin Middle School  New York Yankees  California  The Fault in Our Stars  Derek Jeter

Singular v. Plural Nouns  Singular  a noun that names only one person, place, thing, idea  box, car, friend, parent, dog  Plural  a noun that names more than 1 person, place, thing, idea  Boxes, cars, friends, parents, dogs

How to form plural nouns  Ends with an –s, -x, -ch, or –sh  ADD an –es.  fox   dish   lunch   bus   Ends with a vowel and a y  ADD an –s.  highway   key   boy   tray 

How to form plural nouns  Ends with a consonant and a y  change the y to an i, and add –es.  lady   puppy   butterfly   Some have special plural forms.  goose   man   woman   foot   child 

How to show possession  Singular Noun  add an apostrophe and an s (‘s)  character   novel   Plural Nouns  for nouns that end in –s, add an apostrophe (‘)  students  ___________ books  characters  ___________ discussions