Compound Noun Is made of two or more words used together as a single noun. May be written as: -a single word: liftoff, spacecraft, footsteps, birthday -two or more separate words: rocket engine, peanut butter, police officer -a hyphenated word: light-year, self-esteem, sister-in-law, great-grandmother

Plurals of One-Word Compound Nouns To form the plural of a one-word compound noun, follow the general rules for plurals. birthday birthdays printout printouts bookshelf bookshelves photocopy photocopies PP 5-3

Plurals of Hyphenated Compound Nouns With Nouns To form the plural of a hyphenated compound noun with nouns, make the most important word plural. sister-in-law sisters-in-law runner-up runners-up senator-elect senators-elect PP 5-4

Practice Singular Singular possessive Plural Plural possessive boxes family sister-in-law oxen

Practice Singular Singular possessive Plural Plural possessive box box’s boxes boxes' family family‘s families families’ sister-in-law sister-in-law’s sisters-in-law sisters-in-law’s ox ox’s oxen oxen‘s

Nouns as Subjects and Subject Complements A noun can be the subject of a sentence, or it can work as a complement.

Subject A subject tells whom or what the sentence is about. Comets are made of ice, dust, and gas.

Predicate Noun (PN) -will always come after a linking verb -RENAMES the subject Philadelphia is the largest city. Subject= Philadelphia city= PN The capital of Michigan is Lansing. Subject= capital Lansing= PN

Nouns as Direct Objects

Direct Object Asks: What? Whom? Many people ride bicycles. do New Yorkers take the subway. do Mother will drive Kim to her swimming lesson. do

Nouns as Indirect Objects

Indirect object To whom? To what? For whom? For what? Find verb Find direct object Usually will be in the middle verb indirect object direct object

To whom? To what? For whom? For what? FIRST FIND THE DIRECT OBJECT 1. Lisa told the children a story about an elephant. Lisa told what? List told a story. Lisa told the story to whom? Lisa told the story to the children. Children= Indirect object. 2. Pat gave Paul a record for his birthday. s v io do

Find the a. subject b. direct object c. indirect object if there is one 1) We ate steak for dinner. 2) Snow and ice covered the streets. 3) She gave Paul violin lessons. 4) Everyone loves candy. 5) The teacher gave us an assignment.

1) We ate steak for dinner. s v do 2) Snow and ice covered the streets 1) We ate steak for dinner. s v do 2) Snow and ice covered the streets. s s v do 3) She gave Paul violin lessons. s v io do 4) Everyone loves candy. s v do 5) The teacher gave us an assignment. S v io do