NOUNS OCTOBER 2015

What is a NOUN? A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Some nouns name people, like daughter, passenger, and firefighter. Some nouns name places, like forest, zoo, and island. Some nouns name things, like canoe, lion, and hammer. Some nouns name ideas, like courage, wisdom, and happiness.

ABSTRACT AND CONCRETE NOUNS A concrete noun names a person, place, or thing that is a physical object. This means that you can see, hear, smell, taste, or touch it. friend home Luke flower An abstract noun names an idea, feeling, quality, or concept. It is not a physical object. This means you can think about an abstract noun, but you can't see, hear, smell, taste, or touch it. power fear wisdom Sunday

COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS A common noun names a general type of person, place, thing, or idea. It is not the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. A common noun is not capitalized unless it is the first word of a sentence. A proper noun is the specific name of a person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun is always capitalized. Common Nouns Proper Nouns boy Jacob day Tuesday street Elm Street city Chicago

PLURAL NOUNS To form the plural of most nouns, add -s. one tree → two trees If a noun ends in -s, -ch, -sh, -x, or -z, then add -es to make it plural. one bush → two bushes If a noun ends in consonant-y, then drop the y and add -ies to make it plural. one baby → two babies

PLURAL NOUNS If a noun ends in -f or -fe and the /f/ sound changes to /v/ when it's plural, drop the -f or-fe and add -ves to make it plural. one wolf → two wolves If a noun ends in -f or -fe and the plural form keeps the /f/ sound, just add -s to make it plural. one chef → two chefs

PLURAL NOUNS If a noun ends in -o, usually add -s to make it plural. However, add -es for the following exceptions: tomato, potato, hero, echo, tornado, volcano, and mango. one piano → two pianos one tomato → two tomatoes