UNIT 2

 A noun is a person, place, thing or idea.
 Person – boy, girl, player, Mrs. Bates
 Place- school, house, restroom
 Thing- ball, gun, horse, dog, pencil
 Idea- love, freedom, anger, jealousy, loyalty, racism, happiness, greed, grief

A volcano erupted in the Hawaiian Islands.
The noise from the eruption could be heard for miles.
The force from the blast could be felt by many people.

 A common noun is a noun that is very general. It does NOT name a specific person, place, or thing.
 You DO NOT capitalize common nouns.
 boy, desk, picture, car, radio, song, actress, book, pencil, shoe, jeans

 Proper nouns name a specific person, place or thing.
 They are ALWAYS CAPITALIZED!
 John Henry, Coach Robinson, Hollister,
New Balance, the Black Eyed Peas,
Beyonce, George Bush, Toyota, Ford, the
Golden Gate Bridge

 Common Proper
 boy ---------------------------?
? ------------------------------ Dr. Pepper school -----------------------?
? --------------------------Chihuahua country -------------------------?

 A concrete noun is a noun that is tangible .
It is a noun that you can touch, taste, smell, or hear. It is a noun that you can get your hands on.
 Dog, pencil, book, student, boy, girl, Brad
Pitt, movie, chair, desk, car, paper

 Abstract nouns are nouns that can NOT be touched. You can NOT get your hands on these nouns. They are intangible.
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They are our “ idea” nouns.
 Love, beauty, fear, anger, greed, hatred, passion, freedom, democracy

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Tuba
Music
Oranges
Joy
Radiator
Cafeteria
Monitor
Cleanliness idea
10. success
11. bedspread
12. courage
13. baby
14. ability
15. teardrop

 Compound nouns are nouns that are made up of two or more words .
 They may be written as one word, contain a hyphen, or be more that one word.
 Doorknob, homeroom
 Age-group, runner-up, great-grandmother
 Dining room, motion picture, music box, maid of honor, father in law

 Plural means more than one.
 You need to add an –s , or an –es to the end of a noun to make it plural.

 girl —girl s cat —cat s room —room s
Piano —piano s runner-up ---runner s –up
Potato – potato es echo --echo es
Dress —dress es church --church es

 When a singular noun ends in o --add s photo – photos stereo –stereos
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EXCEPTION- potato (potatoes) echo(echoes) hero(heroes) tomato(tomatoes)
When it ends in –y , change to –i and add
-es
Study- studies story —stories copy--copies

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 When a vowel (a,e,i, o, u) comes before
–y, Do NOT change to i, just add –s .
toy —toys key—keys play—plays
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Some “f” ending nouns
Roof – roofs chief – chiefs
Shelf – shelves thief -- thieves

 Some nouns just stay the same!
deer sheep moose salmon trout
• Some nouns form plurals in special ways
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Tooth – teeth woman—women
Man —men foot – feet child --children

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Party 9. deer
Alley 10. porch
Radio
Dish
Box
11. solo
12. chief
17. fly
18. book
19. calf
20. family
13. minute 21. cello
Potato
Foot
14. piano
15. day
Woman 16. baby
22. moose
23. century
24. life

 A possessive noun shows ownership!
 It has an apostrophe
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Mike’s book is missing.
 The dog’s water bowl is empty.

 ALL singular nouns --‘s
 Even if they end in s.
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A girl’s coat Wes’s car Chris’s toy

 Plural noun that DO NOT end in s----‘s
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The children’s room
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The women’s bathroom
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The men’s locker room

 Plural nouns that end in s ---GET s’
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Boys’ shoes
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Books’ indexes
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Monkeys’ tails
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Skiers’ clothing

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Marie Curie discovery 12. brothers room
Scientist experiments 13. cow milk
Gus house 14. children plans
Ellie jacket 15. turkey feathers
Machines designers
Coach speech
Queen Isabella policy
Principals offices
Men store
Boss office

Possessive Nouns
Write the possessive form of the highlighted noun
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George Washington troops crossed the Delaware
River.
Sondra was surprised by her son interests.
Charles new bike sparkled in the sun.
The class projects impressed the teacher.
My part-time job fits most students needs.
Fresh vegetables flavor is better than frozen ones.
Many countries goals include less crime.
The animals habitats are quickly being destroyed.
A crop yield can supply hundreds with food.
The two teachers classes all followed the same theme.

 Contractions are the shortened version of a word.
 You must be careful not to confuse contractions and possessive nouns. They both have apostrophes.
 A contraction can be broken down into 2 words. She’s =she is
 A possessive must OWN something!

 Collective Nouns name a group of individuals
 Committee family flock gaggle
 Herd team
 Orchestra troop swarm audience
 Club crowd faculty jury class pack

 If the group stays together ---- singular
 If the group breaks apart --- plural
 BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW???????

These words indicate that a collective noun is
SINGULAR
It, its, a , an , entire, same, whole
And NO clue word
So --Singular subjects have verbs that end in S
I
Ex. The family ( begins, begin) its trip.

 These words are clue words that signal a plural collective noun.
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Their individual vote them
Separate many different themselves
 So ----plural subjects have verbs that DO NOT end in –s
 Ex. The family ( eat, eats) their sandwiches.

 SINGULAR subjects have verbs that end in ----S
 PLURAL subjects have verbs that DO
NOT end in ----S
 LEARN THIS!!! WE WILL USE THIS
OVER AND OVER IN ENGLISH !!!

 An appositive is a noun that is placed next to another noun to identify it or add information about it.
 Coach Sutton, the math teacher , is a former student of Mrs. Bates.
 It is almost always set off by commas.

 Appositives can appear at the beginning, middle or end of a sentence.
 Our fourth president , James Madison held many jobs.
 James Madison, our fourth president , held many jobs.
 Many historians have studied the life of
Madison, our fourth president.