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A word representing a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun A word representing a person, place, thing, or idea.
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Person: child teacher Place: park school Thing: table disease Idea: kindness generosity
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Nouns can be either concrete or abstract
Nouns can be either concrete or abstract. Concrete nouns are objects that can be sensed; abstract nouns are concepts that cannot be touched or seen. Concrete: door desk television mountain Abstract: chemistry relaxation argument loneliness
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Nouns can also be common or proper; proper nouns are specific examples of common nouns, and always have the first letter capitalized. Common nouns: state car park school Proper nouns: California Chevrolet Disneyland Quartz Hill High School
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The plurals for most nouns are formed by adding –s or –es.
--s es book / books hero / heroes apple / apples potato / potatoes
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Words that end in “y” have two rules when converting to plurals
Words that end in “y” have two rules when converting to plurals. Sometimes you just add –s. Other times, you change the “y” to “i” and add –es. The letter directly in front of the “y” determines which way you form the plural. When the letter in front of the “y” is a vowel, you only add –s: donkey / donkeys play / plays When the letter in front of the “y” is a consonant, change the “y” to “i” and add –es: berry / berries tendency / tendencies
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How would you form the plurals for each of the following words?
Library Valley Pony Enemy Boy Duty Tray Key
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How would you form the plurals for each of the following words?
library (libraries) valley (valleys) pony (ponies) enemy (enemies) boy (boys) duty (duties) tray (trays) key (keys)
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Compound nouns: nouns made up of two or more words that together name a person, place, thing, or idea. Collective nouns: a noun that names a group of people, places, things, or ideas compound nouns: basketball mother-in-law Quartz Hill High School collective nouns: audience swarm crowd
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