1. A noun is a person, place, or thing.
3 NOUN Categories
A noun is a person, place, or thing.

2. There are Common and Proper Nouns.

3. Common nouns don’t have to be capitalized because they are general.
Apples – state-person- teacher-balloon

4. Mrs. Bullington Georgia Statue of Liberty Mrs. Johnson
Proper nouns need to be capitalized because they name specific people, places, and things.
Mrs. Bullington Georgia Statue of Liberty Mrs. Johnson

5. What 3 categories can nouns be grouped into?
*Singular (1) *Plural (more than 1) *Possessive(ownership)

6. Singular nouns are 1 person, place, thing.
Truck Apple School Television Tree

7. Plural nouns are more than 1 person, place, thing.
Trucks Trees Schools TVs

8. Sometimes there are special plural nouns. They don’t end in S.
*geese *children *deer *people *fish *sheep

9. *Matthew’s book *Tree’s branches *Chad’s guitar
The last category is possessive. These show OWNERSHIP. Look for an apostrophe.
*Matthew’s book *Tree’s branches *Chad’s guitar

10. See if you can determine whether these words are plural, singular, or possessive.

11. Boy’s
possessive

12. apple
singular

13. children
plural

14. house
singular

15. singer
singular

16. teacher’s
possessive

17. dog’s
possessive

18. dogs
plural

19. presidents
plural

20. president’s
possessive