Nothing but Nouns By: Ms. McNeil
Nouns A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. A concrete noun is another name for a noun. HINT: A noun is often clued by the words an a and the Example: An ape on the bike hit a bird with a rock at the end of the long road.
Rockin Out with NOUNS! Let s see a mini introduction to NOUNS! Remember some of the nouns you see Feel free to sing along!
A noun is a person, place, thing or idea Person Place Thing Idea/Feeling girl Paris toy love Ms. McNeil city tree happiness nurse back yard arm freedom Sam San Francisco couch honesty boy mountain monster commitment man Mount Washington Big Foot kindness president Brookville School Apple Computer democracy
Collective Nouns
Collective Nouns When you collect something, you put together a group of more than one. Collective means a group. Collective nouns are groups of something. Here are some collective nouns: herd fleet colony tribe pack family team flock group army mob class
Practicing Collective Nouns Turn to page 195 in your grammar book. -In the grammar section of your notebook write down the key concept on the top of the page. - Do exercise 2 #1-5
Compound Nouns
Compound Nouns Nouns made up of two or more words. There are three forms for compound nouns: open or spaced - space between words (tennis shoe) hyphenated - hyphen between words (six-pack) closed or solid - no space or hyphen between words (bedroom)
Practicing Compound Nouns Turn to page 196 in your grammar book. -In the grammar section of your notebook write down the key concept and the types of compound nouns on the top of the page. - Do exercise 3
Common and Proper Nouns
Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns A common noun is an ordinary person, place, or thing. A common noun is not capitalized. (boy, city, house) A proper noun is a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun is capitalized. (Sam, Brookville, The White House)
Common and Proper Nouns doctor lady building city shoe college girl boy Dr. Paine Ms. McNeil The Capital Building Brookville, PA Adidas Clarion University Mary James
Common Noun and Proper Noun Which word is common and which one is proper? holiday Valentine s Day
Common Noun and Proper Noun Which word is common and which one is proper? tower Eiffel Tower
Common Noun and Proper Noun Which word is common and which one is proper? Dr. Ed Jones doctor
Practicing Common and Proper Nouns Turn to page 197 in your grammar book. -In the grammar section of your notebook write down the key concept on the top of the page. - Do exercise 4 #1-10 and exercise 5
Singular and Plural Nouns
Singular and Plural Nouns Singular means ONE ONE crazy guy Plural means MORE THAN ONE TWO crazy guys There are rules to making singular nouns into plural nouns.
If a noun ends with s x ch or sh, add ES to make it plural: s buses x taxes ch benches sh dishes
Add ies to make nouns plural that end with a consonant and a y: lady Ladies fry fries
Some nouns that end in f or fe change to ves when made plural: calf calves knife knives
Some nouns that end in o change to es when made plural. Some change to s: kangaroo kangaroos potato potatoes
Some nouns do not change at all when made plural: sheep sheep deer deer
Some nouns change completely when made plural: man men goose geese
Then some nouns don t fit the rules Monkey changes to monkeys not monkies. That s just the English Language for you!
1. cats 2. baby 3. church 4. tables 5. books 6. Bus 7. man 8. oranges 9. dog 10. bananas Singular or Plural?
Noun type Forming the plural Example Ends with -fe Ends with -f Ends with -o Change f to v then Add -s Change f to v then Add -es Add -es ends with -us Change -us to -i knife - knives life - lives wife - wives half - halves wolf - wolves loaf - loaves potato - potatoes tomato - tomatoes volcano - volcanoes cactus - -cacti nucleus - nuclei ALL KINDS Unchanging Change the vowel or Change the word or Add a different ending Singular and plural are the same man - men foot - feet child - children person - people tooth - teeth mouse - mice sheep deer fish
Can you make these nouns plural? 1. half 2. foot 3. piano 4. spy 5. brush
Plural Nouns 1. halves 2. feet 3. pianos 4. spies 5. brushes
Can you make these nouns plural? 1. mouse 2. memo 3. shelf 4. leaf 5. child
Plural Nouns 1. mice 2. memos 3. shelves 4. leaves 5. children
Can you make these nouns plural? 1. thief 2. woman 3. fish 4. photo 5. die
Plural Nouns 1. thieves 2. women 3. fish 4. photos 5. dice