N OUNS Mrs. Miller’s Language Arts Class. C OMMON N OUNS A common noun names and person, place, or thing.

N OUNS Mrs. Miller’s Language Arts Class

C OMMON N OUNS A common noun names and person, place, or thing.

C OMMON N OUNS city day ocean street book apple dog

P ROPER N OUNS A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing.

P ROPER N OUNS Sacramento Thursday Pacific ocean Amsterdam Avenue Florida Ocala Pride and Prejudice Tammy

P LURAL N OUNS A plural noun refers to more than one person, place, thing or idea.

P LURAL N OUNS For words that end in –x, -ch, - sh, add an es. Examples: box/boxes fox/foxes church/churches ranch/ranches bush/bushes

P LURAL N OUNS For words that end in a consonant plus y, change the y to an I and add –es. Examples: pony/poniesfly/flies butterfly/butterflies

P LURAL N OUNS Some words that end in –f or –fe have plurals that end in – ves. Examples: calf/calvesknife/knives

P LURAL N OUNS The plurals of some nouns are different words. Examples: goose/geese mouse/mice

P LURAL N OUNS Some plural nouns remain the same. Example: fish/fish

P LURAL N OUNS boxboxes churchchurches ponyponies flyflies calfcalves knifeknives goosegeese mousemicefish

C ONCRETE N OUNS Concrete nouns name people, places, or things that can be perceived by the five senses. Examples: child dog street Jeff apple

A BSTRACT N OUNS Abstract nouns name ideas, beliefs, qualities, or concepts. Examples: freedom childhood love kindness truth

P OSSESSIVE N OUNS Possessive nouns show ownership or belonging. They end in ‘s or s’. Examples: child’s coat freedom’s appeal

V IVID C ONCRETE N OUNS She cooks good stuff for me. She cooks lasagna, fried chicken, and blueberry muffins for me. Vague Specific

V IVID C ONCRETE N OUNS He likes rides.He likes roller coasters and water slides. Vague Specific

C OMPOUND N OUNS sister-in law Winnie-the Pooh brother-in law grapefruit juice Taco Bell fireman hardware firefly

C OMPOUND N OUNS C LOSED F ORM Secondhand Softball notebook

C OMPOUND N OUNS H YPHENATED F ORM six-pack over-the-counter daughter-in-law

C OMPOUND N OUNS O PEN F ORM middle class full moon post office real estate

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