1. Parts of Speech
All About Nouns

2. Nouns A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea
There are many different kinds of nouns:
Common
Proper
Abstract
Concrete
Compound
Collective
Count
Non count

3. Common Nouns A common noun can be ANY person, place, or thing.
Do not capitalize common nouns.
Examples:
firefighter (person)
town (place)
book (thing)

4. Proper Nouns A proper noun names a person, place, or thing.
Proper nouns are ALWAYS capitalized.
Examples:
Chief Wilson (firefighter) (person)
Kansas City (town) (place)
Where the Red Fern Grows (book) (thing)

5. A noun will be EITHER a common or a proper noun.
Common vs. Proper Nouns
Common Noun
Proper Noun
teacher
cookie
restaurant
school
city
state
country
dog
explorer
Mr. Davis
Chips Ahoy
Surf’s Up Grill
Clover City High School
Austin
Texas
The United States
Boomer
Christopher Columbus
A noun will be EITHER a common or a proper noun.

6. Abstract Nouns An abstract noun is a type of noun that is intangible.
You cannot see, touch, taste, smell, or hear abstract nouns.
Examples:
love
courage
knowledge

7. Concrete Nouns
A concrete noun can be experienced with one of the five senses.
You can see, touch, taste, smell, or hear concrete nouns.
Examples:
lightning (you can see it)
thunder (you can hear it)
ice cream (you can touch and taste it)

8. Abstract vs. Concrete Nouns
Abstract Noun
Concrete Noun
skill
beauty
intelligence
faith
dream
information
trust
friendship
pizza
rain
writer
roller coaster
penguin
pen
house
park
A noun will be EITHER abstract or concrete.

9. A notebook is a compound noun!
Compound Nouns
A compound noun contains two or more words that join together to make a single noun.
There are three kinds of compound nouns:
closed form
hyphenated
open form
A notebook is a compound noun!

10. Compound Nouns Closed Form Hyphenated Open Form doghouse baseball
Two words are meshed together to make one word
doghouse
baseball
racecar
Two or more words are held together by hyphens
son-in-law
over-the-counter
Two separate words are considered one compound noun
post office
real estate
middle class

11. Collective Nouns A collective noun names groups of things and people.
Examples:
family
group
majority
team
class
To avoid subject/verb agreement errors, these collective nouns need to be treated as singular nouns.
Examples:
The family held its reunion at the park.
The team celebrated its victory.

12. Plural Nouns
A plural noun is a word that indicates that there is more than one person, animal place, thing, or idea.

13. Plural Nouns
Rule #1 Most nouns are made plural by simply adding an “s” to the singular noun

14. Plural Nouns
Rule#2 If a noun ends in “s, c, x, ch, or sh”, add “es” to the singular noun.

15. Rule #3 If a word ends in “y”, change the “y” to “i” and add “es”.
Plural Nouns
Rule #3 If a word ends in “y”, change the “y” to “i” and add “es”.

16. Plural Nouns
Rule #4 Some words are made plural by changing the spelling to make a new word.

17. Rule #5 Some words remain the same when they are plural.
Plural Nouns
Rule #5 Some words remain the same when they are plural.

18. Plural Nouns
Rule #6 For most nouns that end in “f” or “fe”, change the “f” to “v” and add “es”.

19. Possessive Nouns
A possessive noun shows ownership of something. To show possession using
‘s or s’

20. Possessive Nouns
A singular possessive noun shows that one person, animal, place, or thing has or owns something.
To make a singular noun show possession, add an apostrophe and “s”.
(example: a bird’s song)

21. Possessive Nouns
A plural possessive noun shows that more than one person, animal, place, or thing has or owns something.
To make a plural noun that ends in “s” show possession, just add an apostrophe.
(example: several weeks’ work)
To make a plural noun that does not end in “s” possessive, add an apostrophe and “s”.
(example: the women’s papers)