Grammar Study Sheet Unit 2 A noun names a person, place, animal, or thing. Proper nouns are special names for people, places, animals, and things. They begin with capital letters. Days of the week, months of the year, and holidays also begin with capital letters. Titles for people begin with a capital letters. Many titles end with a period. Ronald Morgan plays baseball. Mr. Spano is the coach. The first game is at Hull School on Saturday, April 28. A singular noun names one person, place, animal, or thing. A noun that names more than one is called a plural noun. duck (one) snakes (more than one) You add –s to most nouns to show more than one. If a noun ends in s, ch, sh, or x, add –es to the noun to show more than one. birds (add –s) dishes (add –es) A plural noun names more than one person, place, animal, or thing. Some nouns change spelling to name more than one. Singular child man tooth foot Plural children men teeth feet A noun that shows who or what own something is a possessive noun. To show ownership, add an apostrophe (‘) and –s when the noun is singular. Add just an apostrophe (‘) when the noun is plural. the goat’s legs (one goat) the bears paws’ (more than one bear)