Grammar : Types of Nouns Manning – Language Arts

A NOUN is a word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. Definition A NOUN is a word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. thing person ? idea place

There are two basic kinds of nouns: Common Proper

Common Nouns A COMMON NOUN names a general person, place, thing, or idea. It does not refer to something specific. shoe cat house

Proper Nouns A PROPER NOUN names a specific person, place, thing, or idea. It refers to a NAME of a noun. Nike Felix White House

Concrete & Abstract Nouns In addition to common and proper nouns, there are also CONCRETE and ABSTRACT nouns. Hats—concrete noun Love—abstract noun

CONCRETE NOUNS CONCRETE NOUNS are nouns that you can see, hear, touch, smell, or taste.

Abstract NOUNS ABSTRACT NOUNS are nouns that you cannot see, hear, touch, smell, or taste. They are ideas, qualities, and feelings that cannot be seen or touched. RESPONSIBILITY FAIRNESS JUSTICE

Classify these Nouns: bike planet desk scissors Jupiter justice judge dollar Christian snow city Islam Roaring Spring Pennsylvania friendship COMMON PROPER CONCRETE ABSTRACT Jupiter Roaring Spring bike scissors snow planet judge city Christian Pennsylvania desk dollar Islam justice friendship

Check your chart: Jupiter Roaring Spring bike scissors snow planet COMMON PROPER CONCRETE ABSTRACT Jupiter Roaring Spring bike scissors snow planet judge city Christian Pennsylvania desk dollar Islam justice friendship

DEFINITION A POSSESSIVE NOUN is a noun that shows ownership or possession of things or qualities. Ling’s birthday cake

Rule #1 To form the possessive of a SINGULAR NOUN, ADD ’s to the word. Examples: Truck + tires = Truck’s tires Man + wallet = Man’s wallet The ’s is added to all singular words, no matter what letter the word ends with. Waitress + apron = Waitress’s apron Jones + house = Jones’s house

Rule #2 To form the possessive of a PLURAL NOUN that ends in S, simply ADD ’ after the S Examples: Ladies + club = Ladies’ club Cats + dish = Cats’ dish Teachers + workroom = Teachers’ workroom

Rule #3 To form the possessive of a PLURAL NOUN that does NOT end in “S”, add ’s to the word Examples: Children + playground = Children’s playground Geese + formation = Geese’s formation

How to form possessive nouns: Examples All singular nouns; plural nouns not ending in S Add an apostrophe and s (‘s) A girl—a girl’s name The bus—the bus’s route Children—children’s toys Mr. Nevins—Mr. Nevins’s tie Plural nouns ending in S Add just an apostrophe (‘) at the end of the plural noun. Babies—babies’ bottle The Joneses—the Joneses’ car

Singular Possessive Noun Plural Possessive Noun Examples Singular Noun Lyndell has a book about baseball. Singular Possessive Noun Lyndell’s book is about baseball. Plural Noun Several cities have baseball teams. Plural Possessive Noun Several cities’ teams attract fans.

Write the possessive form of the noun in parentheses. Guided Practice Write the possessive form of the noun in parentheses. 1. The hawk stole the eggs from that (bird) nest. 2. (Janel) entry in the soapbox derby won first place. 3. (Oscar) claws are very sharp. 4. The three (students) homework was accepted one day late. 5. (Mr. Nevins) tie is always around his neck. 6. The (bus) wheels go round and round. bird’s Janel’s Oscar’s students’ Mr. Nevins’s bus’s

DEFINITION A CONTRACTION is a word made by combining two words and leaving out one or more letters. An apostrophe shows where the letters have been left out.

SPEAKER’ S Contractions The speaker is happy about her presentation. We can join the two words speaker and is to create a contraction. SPEAKER’ S The speaker’s happy about her presentation.

Complete the following chart Singular Noun Singular Possessive Plural Noun Plural Possessive Noun Contraction woman echo’s countries speakers woman’s women women’s woman’s echo echo’s echoes echoes’ country country’s countries’ country’s speaker speaker’s speakers’ speaker’s

Guided Practice Plural noun Singular Poss. Singular Poss. contraction Identify the bolded word in each sentence by writing plural noun, singular, singular possessive noun, plural possessive noun, or contraction. 1. School hours begin at 7:40 am. 2. Elvis’s cage is in the 7B science room. 3. Micky Rodgers’s bus arrives at 7:25 am. 4. Skylar’s the illustrator for that book. 5. The children’s mittens are lost. 6. My two sneakers’ laces are too short. Plural noun Singular Poss. Singular Poss. contraction Plural Poss. Plural poss.

Testing Your Knowledge 1. What is a possessive noun? AN: A noun that shows ownership 2. How do you form singular possessive nouns? AN: By adding an apostrophe s (‘s) 3. How do you form plural possessive nouns? AN: By adding an apostrophe after the s.

4. How do you form the possessive form of plural nouns that DO NOT end in s? AN: By adding an apostrophe and s (‘s). 5. What is a contraction? AN: a word made by combining two words and leaving out one or more letters using an apostrophe.

Collective Nouns What do these words have in common? fleet committee team crew crowd herd What do these words have in common?

They are collective nouns. A collective noun is the general name of a group of persons, animals, or things.

A collective noun can name a: Person Animal Place Thing tribe class congregation litter gaggle herd United States Rockies Bahamas batch cluster bunch

Find the collective noun in each sentence. The night crew are asked to take separate breaks. A flock of geese flew over the fleet of ships. The fans cheered when the team won the game. The entire family played the game together. We spied a school of fish under the lily pads. That committee is made up of a large group of people. 7. The children ran from the swarm of bees.