Noun

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boxdoorhomebeautyfreedom

A person, place, thing, idea, or quality

Common Noun

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• bird• man• doctor• school• idea• park

A person, place or thing that is NOT specific. Any general person, place or thing preceded by an article.

Proper Noun

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• Big Bird• Leonardo DeCaprio• Barbara Bush• Art Dimensional Building• Tularcitos School• Golden Gate Park• Kix• Honda

A specific person, place or thing. Always capitalize the name of this thing

Plural Nouns

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More than one person, place or thing

bushes men churches

leaves women children

dogs books boxes

people

Basic Plural Noun: Spelling

Rules

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Look at the singular noun

1. Most add “s” dog – dogs2. If singular noun ends in: ch, sh, s, ss,

or x - add “es”

wish – wishes church – churcheskiss – kisses box – boxes bus – buses

Plural Noun: Spelling Rules for nouns that end in “y”

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Check the letter before the “y”

1. If vowel – add “s”day – days

toy – toys

2. If consonant – drop “y” add “ies” buddy – buddies

country – countries

Plural Noun Spelling: Rules For Nouns That End In “f” or “fe”

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shelf – shelves

knife – knives

wife – wives

leaf – leaves

Change the “f” to a “v” and add “es”

Plural Noun Spelling: Rules for nouns that

end in “o”

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hero – heroespotato – potatoes

EXCEPTION: IF THE NOUN REFERS TO MUSIC YOU ADD “S”

ALTO – ALTOSPIANO – PIANOS

Some nouns ending in “o” become plural by adding “es”

Irregular Plural Noun

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1. Nouns may change spell ing completely

2. Nouns may stay the same

1. mouse mice goose geese

2. sheep sheep deer deer fi sh fi sh (or fi shes)

Some nouns are irregular in changing to plurals

Plural Nouns: Spelling Rules for Numbers and Letters

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B’s 3’s CD’s

D’s 5’s DVD’s

Form the plural of numbers and letters by adding an apostrophe (‘) and an “s”

Article

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Three words that come before a noun

A, an, theArticles are adjectives.A dog – starts with a consonantAn elephant – starts with a vowel

The animals dogs either elephants

Possessive Noun

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Tom’s hat

teacher’s pen

Jack’s dog

A noun that shows ownership (indicated by an apostrophe)

Singular vs Plural: Possessive Nouns

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Singular Plural

Add (‘s)

e.g. The dog’s tongue The forest’s trees

Plural nouns already end in “s” so add an (‘)e.g. The teachers’ room The boxes’ lidsIrregular plurals that do not end in “s”, add “’s”e.g. men’s Sheep’s fish’s

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Subject of a Sentence

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S V

The birds are singing.

Ask who or what is the sentence about.Who or what is singing?

Subjects are usually nouns. The subject tells “who” or “what” the sentence is about. Subjects usually come before verbs.