Grammar : Types of Nouns Manning – Language Arts

Grammar :Types of Nouns

Manning – Language Arts

Definition

A NOUN is a word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.

person

place

thing

idea

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Kinds of Nouns

There are two basic kinds of nouns:

1. Common2. Proper

Common Nouns

A COMMON NOUN names a general person, place, thing, or idea. It does not refer to something specific.

cat

house

shoe

Proper Nouns

A PROPER NOUN names a specific person, place, thing, or idea. It refers to a NAME of a noun.

Felix

White House

Nike

Concrete & Abstract Nouns

In addition to common and propernouns, there are also CONCRETE andABSTRACT nouns.

Hats—concrete noun

Love—abstract noun

CONCRETE NOUNS

CONCRETE NOUNS are nouns that youcan see, hear, touch, smell, or taste.

Abstract NOUNS

ABSTRACT NOUNS are nouns that youcannot see, hear, touch, smell, or taste. Theyare ideas, qualities, and feelings that cannotbe seen or touched.

RESPONSIBILITY

FAIRNESS

JUSTICE

Classify these Nouns:

COMMON PROPER

CONCRETE

ABSTRACT

bike

planet

desk

scissors

Jupiter

justice

judge

dollar

Christian

snow

city

Islam

Roaring Spring

Pennsylvania

friendship

bikeplanet

desk

scissors Jupiter

justice

judge

dollar

Christiansnowcity

Islam

Roaring Spring

Pennsylvania

friendship

COMMON PROPER

CONCRETE

ABSTRACT

bikeplanet

desk

scissors Jupiter

justice

judge

dollar

Christiansnowcity

Islam

Roaring Spring

Pennsylvania

friendship

Check

your

chart:

DEFINITION

A POSSESSIVE NOUN is a nounthat shows ownership or possession ofthings or qualities.

Ling’s birthday cake

Rule #1Rule #1• To form the possessive of a SINGULAR NOUN,

ADD ’s’s to the word.

– Examples:• Truck + tires = Truck’s tires

• Man + wallet = Man’s wallet

• The ’s’s is added to all singular words, no matter what letter the word ends with.– Examples:

• Waitress + apron = Waitress’s apron

• Jones + house = Jones’s house

Rule #2Rule #2• To form the possessive of a PLURAL NOUN that

ends in SS, simply ADD ’’ after the SS – Examples:

• Ladies + club = Ladies’ club

• Cats + dish = Cats’ dish

• Teachers + workroom = Teachers’ workroom

Rule #3Rule #3

• To form the possessive of a PLURAL NOUN

that does NOT end in “SS”, add ’s’s to the word– Examples:

• Children + playground = Children’s playground

• Geese + formation = Geese’s formation

How to form possessive nouns:

Nouns To Form Possessive

Examples

All singular nouns; plural nouns not ending in S

Add an apostrophe and

s (‘s)

A girl—a girl’s nameThe bus—the bus’s routeChildren—children’s toysMr. Nevins—Mr. Nevins’s tie

Plural nouns ending in S

Add just an apostrophe (‘) at the end of the plural noun.

Babies—babies’ bottleThe Joneses—the Joneses’ car

Examples

Singular Noun

Lyndell has a book about baseball.

Singular Possessive

Noun

Lyndell’s book is about baseball.

Plural Noun Several cities have baseball teams.

Plural Possessive

Noun

Several cities’ teams attract fans.

Guided PracticeWrite the possessive form of the noun in parentheses.

1. The hawk stole the eggs from that (bird)(bird) nest.

2. (Janel)(Janel) entry in the soapbox derby won first place.

3. (Oscar)(Oscar) claws are very sharp.

4. The three (students) (students) homework was accepted one day late.

5. (Mr. Nevins)(Mr. Nevins) tie is always around his neck.

6. The (bus)(bus) wheels go round and round.

bird’s

Janel’s

students’

Oscar’s

Mr. Nevins’s

bus’s

DEFINITION

A CONTRACTION is a word made by combining two words and leaving out one or more letters. An apostrophe shows where the letters have been left out.

Contractions

The speaker is happy about her presentation.

We can join the two words speaker and is to create a contraction.

SPEAKER’S

The speaker’s happy about her presentation.

Complete the following chartSingular

NounSingular

PossessivePlural Noun Plural

Possessive Noun

Contraction

woman

echo’s

countries

speakers

woman’s women women’s woman’s

echo echoes echoes’ echo’s

country country’s country’s

speaker speaker’s speakers’ speaker’s

countries’

Guided PracticeIdentify the bolded word in each sentence by writing plural noun, singular, singular

possessive noun, plural possessive noun, or contraction.

1. School hours begin at 7:40 am.

2. Elvis’s cage is in the 7B science room.

3. Micky Rodgers’s bus arrives at 7:25 am.

4. Skylar’s the illustrator for that book.

5. The children’s mittens are lost.

6. My two sneakers’ laces are too short.

Plural noun

Singular Poss.

contraction

Singular Poss.

Plural Poss.

Plural poss.

Testing Your Knowledge1. What is a possessive noun?

AN: A noun that shows ownership

2. How do you form singular possessive nouns?

AN: By adding an apostrophe s (‘s)

3. How do you form plural possessive nouns?

AN: By adding an apostrophe after the s.

4. How do you form the possessive form of plural nouns that DO NOT end in s?

AN: By adding an apostrophe and s (‘s).

5. What is a contraction?

AN: a word made by combining two words and leaving out one or more letters using an apostrophe.

Collective Nouns

herd

fleet

crew

crowd

team

What do these words have in common?

committee

They are collective nouns.

A collective noun is the general name of a group of persons, animals, or things.

A collective noun can name a:

Person

Animal

Place

Thing

tribe class congregation

litter gaggle herd

United States Rockies Bahamas

batch cluster bunch

Find the collective noun in each sentence.

1. The night crew are asked to take separate breaks.

2. A flock of geese flew over the fleet of ships.

3. The fans cheered when the team won the game.

4. The entire family played the game together.

5. We spied a school of fish under the lily pads.

6. That committee is made up of a large group of people.

7. The children ran from the swarm of bees.