There are many things in our language that come easy to us because we can hear what is right and wrong. They don’t want none of the ice cream. The elephant stepped on a egg. We sits in our desks.

But other things in our language are hard to hear. Their going to the movie tonight. I had the most craziest week in the world. Someone put their books on my desk. I have drank all the milk. My sister and me are the same height as him. Is Susie there? This is her.

Nouns A noun is a name word. (VIE p. 247) –Several types Common – general - building Proper – specific – Mall of America Collective – unit – class (as a singular noun it still represents many as one) Concrete – touchable – desk Abstract – quality/condition - respect

How is the word used? Words that look like nouns may be actually used in a different way. –As verbs (action) Please don’t fly that plane around the house. –As adjectives (description) The garden fence needed repair. Other words may appear to be nouns but are really pronouns (take the place of a noun) –We gave it to everyone.

Plural Noun Rules (p ) 1. book(s) 2. wish(es) 3a. fly - flies 3b. attorney(s) 6. mouse-mice 7. ox(en) 8. moose-moose 9. brother-in-law brothers-in-law 10a. i(’s) 10b. 1980(s) 4a. roofs 4b. scarf- scarves 5a. radio(s) 5b. hero(es) 5c. piano(s)

The Many Jobs of a Noun A noun can play many different roles in a sentence = CASE –Nominative = the noun being talked about –Possessive = a noun showing ownership –Objective = noun as an object of the verb

Nominative Case = the CEO of Nouns Horace, your sister, Macy, became the captain of the soccer team yesterday. Sister = subject = who/what is? Macy = appositive = renames subject (surrounded by commas) Captain = subjective complement = also renames subject but comes after verb Horace = direct address = person being spoken to (set off from the sentence by commas)

Possessive Case = the Owner of Nouns The apostrophe identifies ownership – (’) 1.One owner (singular possessive) = ’s fox’s / man’s 2.More than one owner (plural possessive) a)If noun ends in s – add only ’ – foxes’ b)If noun does not end in s – add ’s – men’s 3.Proper names ending in s – add ’s – Chris’s 4.Compound nouns – add ’s to the end of word – sister-in-law’s

Objective Case = the Consumer of Nouns After lunch Martin offered Morton, his friend, a chocolate chip cookie. Cookie = direct object (D.O.) – what/whom is being offered Morton = indirect object (I.O.) – to whom or what the cookie is being offered Lunch = object of the preposition (o.o.p.) – the noun that follows a preposition Friend = appositive – renames a noun (in this sentence it renames the I.O.)

CEO-OWNER-CONSUMER REVIEW 1.Billy’s bike broke at the bottom of the big berm. 2.Annie, my favorite aunt, arrived after Arnie, an absurd alligator. 3.Sandra sent her sister a slippery slimy snake. 4.Iris is an intelligent inventor in Istanbul. 5.Rafael, read your rowdy rat The Runaway Racehorse by Ron Roy. 6.Please, Patricia, pay Polly, Poland’s princess, pennies for the prince’s pumpkins.