English Chapter 1 – Noun Study Sheet
USE YOUR BOOK & NOTES TO REVIEW!
Common and Proper Nouns: Pages 2 – 3
What is a noun? – a word that names a person, place, or thing
What is the common noun? – names any one of a class of people,
places, or thing
Ex: student, library, book
What is the Proper Noun? – names a particular person, place, or
thing
Ex: Ohio, James, Olympics
Singular & Plural Nouns: Pages 4 – 7
Know the difference between singular and plural nouns, and how to
make certain singular nouns plural.
Singular Nouns – tells about one person, place, or thing
Plural Nouns – Tell about more than one person, place, or thing
Possessive Nouns: Pages 8 - 9
Make sure you can identify a possessive noun in a sentence and how to
make a noun possessive.
Possessive Noun – expresses possession, or ownership. Use an
apostrophe (‘)
Collective Nouns: Pages 10 - 11
Make sure you can identify a collective noun in a sentence.
Collective Nouns – names a group of people, animals, places, or
things that are considered a unit
Nouns as Subject Complements: Pages 12 - 13
Make sure you can identify the subject complement of the sentence.
Subject Complement: Follows a linking verb. It is usually a noun or
adjective that tells more about the subject, renames it or describes it.
Ex: Martin Luther King Jr. was a minister.
Direct Objects & Object of a Preposition: Pages 14 - 15
Make sure you can identify the direct object of the sentence along with
the action verb it follows. Also be able to identify Prepositions and the
object of a preposition
Direct Object – the noun or pronoun that receives the action of the
verb. To find the Direct Object of a sentence, ask whom or what after the
verb.
Ex: The Mississippi River divides the country.
Action Verb: divides
What does the Mississippi River divide?
Direct Object: Country
Object of a Preposition – Noun in a prepositional phrase
Prepositions: about, at, by, for, from, in, into, of, on,
throughout, to, with, and without
**Prepositions are underlined & Objects of preposition are bolded**
Ex: The comic strip appeared in many newspapers.
Indirect Objects: Pages 16 – 17
Make sure you can identify the indirect object of the sentence.
Indirect Object: Tells to whom, to what, for whom, or for what the
action was done.
**When finding the indirect object first find the action verb, then the direct
object, and then you will find the indirect object**
An Indirect Object will come after the verb and before the indirect object
Ex: Mother Teresa showed people compassion.
Verb: showed
Direct Object: compassion
Indirect Object: people
Direct Address: Pages 18 – 19
Make sure you can identify a direct address in a sentence.
Direct Address – Names the person spoken to in a sentence, set off
by commas from the rest of the sentence
Ex: Class, here are the scripts for our play on the American
Revolution.
Words Used as Nouns or as Verbs: Pages 20 – 21
Make sure you can identify if a word is being used as a noun or a verb.
Noun – names a person, place, or thing
Verb – Expresses action or being
Ex:
Our practice lasted for about an hour.
Practice = noun
We practice soccer every day.
Practice = verb
Words Used as Nouns or as Adjectives: Pages 22 – 23
Make sure you can identify if a word is being used as a noun or a verb.
Noun – names a person, place, or thing
Adjective – describes a noun
Ex:
We really enjoy baseball.
Practice = noun
I play on the baseball team.
Practice = adjective