1. Noun – is a part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
2. There are two kinds of nouns – proper and common
Proper Noun – always begins with a capital letter because it names a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
Example: person – George Washington, place- Chicago, thing – Nintendo,
idea – United States Democracy
Common Noun – does NOT begin with a capital letter unless it begins a sentence. Common nouns name any person, place, thing, or idea.
Example: person – waitress, place – museum, thing – ball, idea – peace
3. Properties of a Noun – concrete or abstract, singular or plural
Concrete Noun – names a thing that is physical and affects the 5 senses.
Abstract Noun – names something you can think about, but you cannot
see, taste, smell, hear, or touch.
Singular Noun – names only ONE person, place, thing, or idea.
Plural Noun – names more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Endings – most common S, ES, or IES Irregular Plural Nouns – mouse to
mice, thief to thieves, moose to moose
4. Compound Noun – is a new word, which is a noun, and is made up of joining
at least 2 other words together.
Examples: butterfly, bedroom, football, high school, mother-in-law

5. Collective Nouns – names a group or collection of persons, animals, places,
or things.
Examples of Collective Nouns – Person – tribe, congregation, band, team
Animals – gaggle, flock, herd, litter
Things – batch, cluster, bunch, bundle
6. Suffix Endings That Signify a Noun – -ty, -ism, -ment, -hood, -ness, -ion,
- tion, -sion, -dom, -ance, -ence
7. Article – The purpose of an article is it signals an upcoming noun. The
articles are: a, an, the. ALL articles act like adjectives. a – singular, points to any common noun beginning with a
consonant.
an – singular, points to any common noun beginning with a
vowel or a vowel sound. Ex: an egg, an hour the – singular or plural, points to a specific noun beginning
with a consonant or vowel. Ex: the dogs, the Earth,
8. Functions of a Noun – a noun can have 7 functions in a sentence, which
can be diagrammed to show the functions.
Simple Subject
Direct Object
Subject Complement
Indirect Object
Object of the Preposition
Appositive
Noun of Direct Address