Transcript NOUNS - Ms. Blain's English 9

Nouns
Singular and Plural Nouns
• Nouns can be singular or plural,
depending upon whether they name one
person, place, thing, or idea or more than
one.
• Singular: boy, body, watch, wife, ox
• Plural: boys, bodies, watches, wives,
oxen
Possessive Nouns
• The possessive form of a noun can show
possession, ownership, or the general
relationship between two nouns. Add an
apostrophe and –s to form the possessive
of a singular noun, even one that already
ends in –s. Use an apostrophe alone to
form the possessive of a plural noun that
ends in –s.
Possessive Nouns
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Singular Possessive
the car’s hood
the baby’s bottle
the dish’s pattern
the valley’s town
the calf’s mother
the business’s payroll
Possessive Nouns
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Plural Possessive
the cars’ hoods
the babies’ bottles
the dishes’ patterns
the valleys’ towns
the calves’ mothers
the businesses’ payrolls
Concrete and Abstract Nouns
• A concrete noun names an object that
occupies space or that can be recognized
by any of the senses.
– petal smoke
cough
orange
An abstract noun names an idea, a
quality, or a characteristic.
motion
humor
quantity
tact
Proper Nouns
• A proper noun is the name of a particular
person, place, thing, or idea.
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Person: Sean Connery Uncle Peter
Place: Mexico Lake George
Thing: Statue of Liberty Thanksgiving
Idea: Baroque Age Judaism
Common Nouns
• A common noun is the general-not the
particular-name of a person, place, thing,
or idea.
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Person: actor uncle
Place: country lake
Thing: statue holiday
Idea: era religion
Collective Nouns
• A collective noun names a group.
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family
(the) public
team
(the) press
(the) senate
(a) gaggle (of geese)
(an) audience
(the) board (of directors)
Collective Nouns
• You consider a collective noun singular
when you talk about a group as a whole.
• Singular: The audience shouts its
approval.
Collective Nouns
• You consider a collective noun plural when
you talk about the individual members of
the group.
• Plural: The audience have arrived in small
groups.