1. Nouns
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What is a
Noun?
Singular &
Plural Nouns
Common &
Proper Nouns
Possessive
Nouns
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3. What is a Noun? A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing.
Here are some examples:
William = person
New York City = place
building = thing

4. What are the nouns in the following sentence?
Suzy watched three monkeys swing from trees in the park.
Suzy
monkeys
trees
park

5. What are the nouns in the following sentence?
The dog ran to visit Sam and Joe after the bus arrived.
dog
Sam
Joe
bus

6. What are the nouns in the following sentence?
Many wonderful students attend school in Frankford.
students
school
Frankford

7. What are the nouns in the following sentence?
Andrew went to Shop Rite to buy bread, milk, and bananas.
Andrew
Shop Rite
bread
milk
bananas

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What is a
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9. Singular & Plural Nouns
A singular noun names ONE person, place, or thing
Examples: teacher, school, pencil

10. Singular & Plural Nouns
A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing.
Example: teachers, schools, pencils

11. Singular & Plural Nouns
Add –s to form the plural of most nouns.
Examples: bird - birds
tree - trees
desk - desks
friend - friends

12. Singular & Plural Nouns
Add –es to form the plural of nouns that end with s, sh, ch, or x.
Examples: glass - glasses
bush - bushes
lunch - lunches
box - boxes

13. Singular & Plural Nouns
To form the plural of nouns ending in a consonant and y, change the y to i and add –es.
Examples: baby – babies
family – families
puppy - puppies

14. Can you write the plural form of these nouns?
singular – car
plural - cars

15. Can you write the plural form of these nouns?
singular – lunch
plural - lunches

16. Can you write the plural form of these nouns?
singular – glass
plural - glasses

17. Can you write the plural form of these nouns?
singular – farmer
plural - farmers

18. Can you write the plural form of these nouns?
singular – bus
plural - buses

19. Can you write the plural form of these nouns?
singular – story
plural - stories

20. Can you write the plural form of these nouns?
singular – chicken
plural - chickens

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What is a
Noun?
Singular &
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Common &
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Possessive
Nouns
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22. Common & Proper Nouns A common noun names any person, place, or thing.
Ex: The boy lives in a city.

23. Common & Proper Nouns
A proper noun names a special person, place, or thing.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
Ex: Alexander lives in Boston.

24. Is the green noun common or proper?
Sam walked along the beach.
PROPER

25. Is the green noun common or proper?
Sam walked along the beach.
COMMON

26. Is the green noun common or proper?
The yellow truck pulled into Shop Rite.
COMMON

27. Is the green noun common or proper?
The yellow truck pulled into Shop Rite.
PROPER

28. Is the green noun common or proper?
The students went on a field trip to New York City.
COMMON

29. Is the green noun common or proper?
The students went on a field trip to New York City.
PROPER

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31. What are possessive nouns?
A possessive noun that shows who or what owns something.
Possessive nouns must have an apostrophe (‘) and an “s”.
Examples: Joe’s house
Stephanie’s paper

32. What are possessive nouns?
Usually, the apostrophe (‘) comes before the “s”
However, if the noun ends with an “s” you add the apostrophe after the “s.”
Examples: The three girls’ bikes
Jess’ hat

33. Write the possessive nouns correctly.
The (dog) stick was covered in slobber.
dog’s

34. Write the possessive nouns correctly.
The (plumber) wrench fell on the ground.
plumber’s

35. Write the possessive nouns correctly.
The two (boys) backpacks were left out in the rain.
boys’

36. Write the possessive nouns correctly.
(Sam) paper slipped off the desk and onto the floor.
Sam’s

37. Write the possessive nouns correctly.
I looked out the window and saw (Chris) cat.
Chris’

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