1. NOUNS Singular and plural nouns Possessive Nouns Appositives
Nouns as Subjects (S) & Subject Complements(SC)
Nouns as Objects – Direct Object (DO), Indirect Object (IO), Object of the Preposition (OP), Object Complements (OC)

2. Nouns WB 1-2 A noun is a naming word
Names a person, place, thing, or idea
A noun can be used as the subject, an appositive, the direct object, the indirect object, the object of the preposition, object complement, and the subject complement
Refer to notes – “Sentence Elements”

3. Singular and Plural Nouns
Add –s to most nouns to form the plurals
Add –es to form the plurals of nouns ending in s, x, z, ch, sh
dress=dresses church=churches
box=boxes flash=flashes
Form the plurals of nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel by adding –s
toy=toys attorney=attorneys
birthday=birthdays guy=guys

4. Singular and Plural Nouns
Form the plurals of nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant by changing the y to i and adding =es
lily=lillies baby=babies
colony=colonies party=parties

5. Singular and Plural Nouns
If a noun ends in o preceded by a vowel, form the plural by adding –s
trio=trios rodeo=rodeos
If a noun ends in o preceded by a consonant, form the plural by adding –es
Tomato = tomatoes
There are exceptions to this rule…check a dictionary
Zero= zeros or zeroes pianos=pianos

6. SINGULAR & PLURAL NOUNS
P. 2-5; WB 1-2 p. 3 Ex. 1 9/28/15 1 soccer (S), sport (S), countries (P) 2 soccer (S), football (S), United States (S) 3 sport (S), England (S) 4 World Cup (S), many (P), world (S) 5 players (P), team (S)

7. Singular and Plural Nouns
p. 3 Ex. 1 #6-10 9/28/15 6. Sport (s), teams (P), nets(P), ball (S) 7. Goalkeeper (S), ball (S), net (S) 8. Player (S), ball (S), legs (P), head (S) 9. Children (P) soccer (S), schools (P), parks (P) 10. Enthusiasts (P), ball (S), yard (S)

8. WB 1 red = irregular plurals
Highway = highways
Cherry = cherries
College = colleges
Fish = fish
Wish = wishes
Goose = geese
Gas = gases
Box = boxes
Path = paths
Species = species
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9. WB 2 Singular and Plural Nouns
Shelf = shelves
Tomato = tomatoes
Mother-in-law = mothers-in-law
Echo = echoes
Break-in = break-ins
Piano = pianos
Half = halves
Spoonful = spoonfuls
Knife = knives
Cliff = cliffs
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