Transcript What is a noun?

What is a noun?
A noun is a word
that names a person,
a place, or a thing.
Common or Proper?
A common noun names any one of a class
of person, places, or things.
A proper noun names a particular person,
place or thing. Proper nouns begin with
capital letters.
On the next slide, tell which words are common, and
which are proper.
For additional help, review p. 314-315 in your VOYAGES IN ENGLISH book.
Singular or Plural
Do you know how to make
singular nouns into plural nouns?
Some Plural Rules
1. The plural of most nouns is formed by
adding –s to the singular form.
girl-girls
pencil-pencils
top-tops
2. Add –es to form the plural of nouns
ending in s, x, z, ch, and sh.
box-boxes watch-watches wish-wishes
3. For nouns ending in y after a consonant,
change the y to I and add –es.
story-stories
lady-ladies
ally-allies
Some More Plural Rules
4. For nouns ending in y after a vowel, simply
add –s.
Monday-Mondays
toy-toys tray-trays
5. For most nouns ending in f or fe, add –s.
safe-safes
chief-chiefs reef-reefs
6. For some nouns ending in f or fe, form the
plural by changing the f or fe to v
and adding –es.
leaf-leaves
shelf-shelves
life-lives
For additional practice/review, go to p. 316-319 in your English book.
Rules for Forming the Possessive
– Form the possessive of nouns not ending in s by
adding an apostrophe plus the letter s.
• the cat's kittens
• the children's toys
• the women's room
– Form the possessive of nouns that end in s by
adding just an apostrophe.
• both boys' parents
• two squirrels' nuts
• girls' dresses
• Jesus’ law of love
Rules for Forming the Possessive
– The possessive of a singular proper Noun
ending in s is formed by adding ‘s.
• James’s song
• Tess’s rainbow
– The plural possessive of a proper noun is
formed just as the plural possessive of a
common noun is formed.
• Phillipses’ house (the house belonging
to Tom Phillips and Mary Phillips)
There are a number
of exceptions including:
• In some cases, to added ‘s would make the
word difficult to pronounce as in the case of
many biblical or classical names. In those
cases it is acceptable and often preferred to not
add the ‘s when the proper noun ends in an s.
Just the apostrophe is added.
» Jesus’ Law of Love
» Moses’ Journey
Collective Nouns,
Count and Noncount Nouns
A collective noun names a group of
persons, animals, places, or things that
are considered a unit. A collective
nouns usually acts as a singular noun.
Collective Nouns,
Count and Noncount Nouns
A count noun names items that can be
counted separately.
one boy, two boys
one orange, two oranges
Noncount nouns name items that cannot
be counted separately. Noncount
nouns generally take singular verbs.
Some noncount nouns name ideas.
Which of these noncount nouns
name IDEAS?
Uses of Nouns
Nouns can be used in different ways in
different sentences.
– Subject
– Subject Complement
– Direct Object
– Indirect Object
– Object of a Preposition
– Direct Address
Subject
• The subject tells what a sentence is about.
The girl had a great idea.
• The subject answers the question “who” or
“what” before the verb.
Who had a great idea?
The girl had a great idea.
• The subject tells what a
sentence is about.
The girl had a great idea.
(Girl is a simple subject.)
• The simple subject with all the
words that describe it is called
the complete subject.
The young, athletic girl had a great idea.
Complete
Subject
Subject
linking verb
subject complement
The Subject Complement
• Follows a linking verb
• Renames the subject
Debbie
is
friend
The Subject Complement
• Friend follows the linking verb is.
• Debbie is the subject. Friend renames
Debbie in this sentence.
Nouns Used
as Objects
Direct Object
Indirect Object
Object of
a Preposition
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Direct Object
• Answers the question “who” or “what” after
an action verb
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Direct Object
• What did Reggie score? Touchdowns
• Touchdowns is the direct object in this
sentence because touchdowns answer
“what” after the action verb scored.
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_________________
Indirect Object
• Tells “to whom” or “for whom” an action is done
• There must be a direct object for the action verb
in the sentence.
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Indirect Object
• For whom did Mom bake cookies? Susan
• Cookies is the direct object for the
action verb in this sentence.
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Object of the Preposition
• Object of the Preposition follows a preposition.
• Object of the Preposition has a special
relationship with another word in the sentence.
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Object of the Preposition
• Church follows the preposition in.
• Church tells the place where dad sat.
These are some words often used as prepositions.
Direct Address
• A direct address is the name of the
person (normally) who is being
directly spoken to.
• It is always a proper noun.
• Use a comma to separate the name
of someone who is being addressed
from the message.
Direct Address
• A direct address is the name of the
person (normally) who is being directly
spoken to.
– Kelly, please eat your soup.
– Where are you going, Tom?
• It is always a proper noun.
Direct Address
• Use a comma to separate the name of
someone (Direct Address) who is being
addressed from the message and the rest of the
sentence.
,
– Please hand me the sharpener Theresa.
,
– Cindy where is your mom?
– Did you know, Class, that we are going to study jazz
in Louisiana History?
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