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Parts of Speech – NOUNS
A noun is a word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
Types of nouns:
 Common Noun – names any person, place, thing, or idea.
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Proper Noun – names a particular person, place, thing, or idea.
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Singular – names one person, place, thing, or idea
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Plural Noun – names more than one person, place, thing, or idea
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Possessive Noun – shows ownership or possession of things or qualities
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Appositives – a noun that is placed next to another noun to identify it or add information
about it.
o Appositive
o Appositive phrase
Forming Plural Nouns
Nouns ending with
s, z, ch, sh, x
o preceded by a vowel
o preceded by a consonant
y preceded by a vowel
y preceded by a cons.
f or fe
To For Plural
Add –es.
Add –s.
Usually add –es.
Sometimes add –s.
Add –s.
Usually change y to
I and add –es.
Usually change f to
v and add –s or –es.
Sometimes add –s.
Examples
bus/ buses
buzz/buzzes
box/boxes
rodeo/rodeos studio/studios
Hero/heroes potatoe/potatoes
Zero/zeros
photo/photos
Day/days
turkey/turkeys
toy/toys
City/cities
diary/diaries penny/pennies
Wife/wives
leaf/leaves
Roof/roofs
chief/chiefs
half/halves
belief/ believs
Possessive Nouns
Singular Noun
Singular Possessive Noun
Plural Noun
Plulral Possessive Noun
Rita has a book about baseball.
Rita’s book is about baseball.
Several cities have baseball teams.
These cities’ teams attract fans.
Other Examples of Nouns
Plural Nouns
Speakers
Women
Echoes
Countries
Singular Possessive
Nouns
Speaker’s
Woman’s
Echo’s
Country’s
Plural Possessive
Nouns
Speakers’
Women’s
Echoes’
Countries’