Parts of Speech All About Nouns

Nouns A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea There are many different kinds of nouns: Common Proper Abstract Concrete Compound Collective Count Non count

Common Nouns A common noun can be ANY person, place, or thing. Do not capitalize common nouns. Examples: firefighter (person) town (place) book (thing)

Proper Nouns A proper noun names a person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are ALWAYS capitalized. Examples: Chief Wilson (firefighter) (person) Kansas City (town) (place) Where the Red Fern Grows (book) (thing)

A noun will be EITHER a common or a proper noun. Common vs. Proper Nouns Common Noun Proper Noun teacher cookie restaurant school city state country dog explorer Mr. Davis Chips Ahoy Surf’s Up Grill Clover City High School Austin Texas The United States Boomer Christopher Columbus A noun will be EITHER a common or a proper noun.

Abstract Nouns An abstract noun is a type of noun that is intangible. You cannot see, touch, taste, smell, or hear abstract nouns. Examples: love courage knowledge

Concrete Nouns A concrete noun can be experienced with one of the five senses. You can see, touch, taste, smell, or hear concrete nouns. Examples: lightning (you can see it) thunder (you can hear it) ice cream (you can touch and taste it)

Abstract vs. Concrete Nouns Abstract Noun Concrete Noun skill beauty intelligence faith dream information trust friendship pizza rain writer roller coaster penguin pen house park A noun will be EITHER abstract or concrete.

A notebook is a compound noun! Compound Nouns A compound noun contains two or more words that join together to make a single noun. There are three kinds of compound nouns: closed form hyphenated open form A notebook is a compound noun!

Compound Nouns Closed Form Hyphenated Open Form doghouse baseball Two words are meshed together to make one word doghouse baseball racecar Two or more words are held together by hyphens son-in-law over-the-counter Two separate words are considered one compound noun post office real estate middle class

Collective Nouns A collective noun names groups of things and people. Examples: family group majority team class To avoid subject/verb agreement errors, these collective nouns need to be treated as singular nouns. Examples: The family held its reunion at the park. The team celebrated its victory.

Plural Nouns A plural noun is a word that indicates that there is more than one person, animal place, thing, or idea.

Plural Nouns Rule #1 Most nouns are made plural by simply adding an “s” to the singular noun

Plural Nouns Rule#2 If a noun ends in “s, c, x, ch, or sh”, add “es” to the singular noun.

Rule #3 If a word ends in “y”, change the “y” to “i” and add “es”. Plural Nouns Rule #3 If a word ends in “y”, change the “y” to “i” and add “es”.

Plural Nouns Rule #4 Some words are made plural by changing the spelling to make a new word.

Rule #5 Some words remain the same when they are plural. Plural Nouns Rule #5 Some words remain the same when they are plural.

Plural Nouns Rule #6 For most nouns that end in “f” or “fe”, change the “f” to “v” and add “es”.

Possessive Nouns A possessive noun shows ownership of something. To show possession using ‘s or s’

Possessive Nouns A singular possessive noun shows that one person, animal, place, or thing has or owns something. To make a singular noun show possession, add an apostrophe and “s”. (example: a bird’s song)

Possessive Nouns A plural possessive noun shows that more than one person, animal, place, or thing has or owns something. To make a plural noun that ends in “s” show possession, just add an apostrophe. (example: several weeks’ work) To make a plural noun that does not end in “s” possessive, add an apostrophe and “s”. (example: the women’s papers)