Nouns

A noun names a person, place, thing or idea. Person teacher mom Alice Place school library Jonesboro Thing desk book cat Idea love happiness equality

California has a lot of beautiful trees. The boy ate an apple, banana, and a sandwich. Ms. Davis picked up the dirty dishes and took them to the kitchen.

Directions: Read the paragraph. Circle the 10 nouns in the paragraph. On Sundays, my dad cuts the grass with a lawnmower. The engine makes roaring noise as dad pushes it over the yard. After the lawn is cut, he uses a rake to rake up the clippings and put them into a big bag.

Directions: Circle the nouns in each sentence. 1. The teacher told the student that a person should always be loyal. 2. People with perseverance will be successful in life. 3. I bought a new pen at the drugstore across the street. 4. The man said to the policeman that he had not seen the accident. 5. What time do you need to leave to go to the dentist? 6. I prefer pepperoni and onions on my pizza.

Nouns
Common and Proper Nouns

A common noun does not name a specific person, place, thing, or idea. A common noun is not capitalized.

Examples: girl, city, book, movie, holiday, restaurant, shirt, dog,

A proper noun names a specific person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun is always capitalized.

Examples: Little Rock, Maryann, Starbucks, Microsoft, Sparky, Mr. Smith, Arkansas

Directions: Read each sentence. Underline the common nouns. Circle the proper nouns.

1.

I found out that Alex bought the lights for his Honda at Wal-Mart.

2. The truck got all dirty from the drive to the Grand Canyon. 3. The blue bicycle belongs to Melissa. 4. The new game from Activision puts you in a race car on Mars. 5. May we go to North Beach next weekend? 6. I've been to France, but I have not been to Germany.

7. The strawberries in the ice cream came from Hanson Farms. 8. There were a few boats out on Lake Zurick last Tuesday. 9. Uncle Jack and I went to see a movie.

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Abstract and Concrete Nouns

A concrete noun names something that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched or tasted. Concrete nouns can be common or proper.

Examples: grass, desk, store, car, rain, sunshine, boat, magazine, Texas, window, tomato, perfume, smoke, music, soap, shower, sand, bells, velvet, air, breath, girl, Pizza Hut

Abstract nouns name ideas, characteristics, or qualities. Abstract nouns cannot be smelled, touched, heard, seen or tasted. Abstract nouns can be common or proper.

Examples: bravery, love, friendship, happiness, crime, wisdom, hope, childhood, justice, Judaism, marriage, democracy, talent, pride, envy, doubt, comfort, liberty, confusion,

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Concrete and Abstract Nouns

Directions: Label the following nouns concrete (C) or abstract (A).

1. anger ___

9. sand ___

2. bookcase ___

10. Tommy ___

3. boy ___

11. silk ___

4. disappointment ___

12. adventure ___

5. perfume ___

13. loneliness ___

6. Arkansas ___

14. idea ____

7. sadness ___

15. Target ___

8. apple ___

16. pencil ___

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Compound Nouns Compound nouns are formed by combining two or more words.

The words can be combined into one word Examples: haircut, rainfall, toothbrush, headache, notebook, weatherman, crosswalk

The words can be separated: Examples: full moon, real estate, post office, gas tank, ice cream

The words can be connected by a hyphen. Examples: mother-in-law, drive-in, jack-in-the-box, light-years

Directions: Underline the compound noun in each sentence.

1. In a desert, both people and animals search for water holes.

2. The dining room in our hotel is quite near the swimming pool.

3. This new typewriter belongs to my father-in-law.

4. She has pictures of a wolf spider, a horned beetle, and a praying mantis.

5. Our teams excel in football and basketball

Nouns
Count and noncount nouns

Count nouns are things that can be counted. Count nouns have a singular and plural form.

Examples: dogs, couches, chairs, apple, computer, girl, women, green beans, house, car, frog

Noncount nouns are things that cannot be counted individually. ] They are only in singular form. You cannot add an s to the end of these words. You cannot add a number to the front of these words.

Examples: furniture, knowledge, bread, meat, clothing, coffee, sugar, electricity, dust, dirt, rice, weather, butter, smoke, money, traffic, jewelry, fruit, luggage,

Nouns Count and Noncount nouns

We often make nouns countable by using them together with container words. For example, we cant say two soaps but we can say two bars of soap.

The most common container word is piece. Piece of fruit, piece of furniture, piece of jewelry More examples: a slice of cheese. a slice of toast. a sheet of paper. a bar of soap. a bar of chocolate. a blade of grass. a bolt of lightning. a pinch of salt. a tube of toothpaste. a grain of sand. a packet of rice. a piece of furniture. a piece of chocolate. a piece of luck. a piece of jewelry. a piece of advice. a drop of water. a loaf of bread. a pint of milk. a piece of news.

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Count and Noncount nouns Directions: Decide if the following noun is a count or noncount noun. Write C for count and N for noncount.

1. water ____________

2. fruit ____________

3. coconut ____________ 14. table____________ 4. bread ____________ 15. cream____________ 5. dvd ____________ 16. money____________ 6. meat ____________ 17. oil ____________ 7. ball ____________ 18. insect____________ 8. snack____________ 19. sofa____________ 9. glasses____________ 20. yogurt____________ 10. pen ____________ 21. school____________ 11. milk____________ 22. bus ____________ 12. chair____________ 23. food ____________ 13. gasoline____________ 24. chocolate ____________

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Collective nouns

Nouns that name a group of people or things are called collective nouns.

Examples: deck of cards, gaggle of geese, pack of wolves, pride of lions, choir of singers, litter of puppies, team of players, pride of lions, flock of birds, galaxy of stars, swarm of bees

Directions: Read each sentence. Circle the collective nouns.

1. The cast is composed of eight members. 2. The Eskimo chased a herd of reindeer. 3. Outside an Alaskan town lives a pack of wolves. 4. A group of happy swimmers dived into the pool. 5. Deweys fleet entered the harbor of Manila. 6. A troop of children followed Rip Van Winkle. 7. Along the hillside a shepherd tended a flock of sheep. 8. A covey of partridges flew over the field. 9. Listen to the bevy of quails. 10. Our family is a happy one. 11. The audience watched the silent movie.

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12. The majority favored the issue. 13. Our history club meets every Wednesday. 14. The mob shouted, Throw them out! 15. The Civil War ended with the surrender of Lees army. 16. The entire class supported the project.

17. Our team has another game to play this season. 18. Rosa has been appointed chairperson of the committee. 19. This company is very generous to its employees. 20. The orchestra played my favorite selection. 21. Mary Beths father is an officer in the navy. 22. Before noon the party had assembled. 23. Years ago a yoke of oxen often pulled a heavy burden. 24. The crew fought desperately to save the ship. 25. The jury was taken to the hotel.

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Plural Nouns A singular noun names one person, place, thing or idea. A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing or idea. To make most nouns plural, just add an s at the end. Example: cats, dogs, pencils, desks, cans

Directions: Write the plural form of each noun.

singular form frog snowflake drink song truck chicken

plural form

singular form paragraph elephant window button dragon car

plural form

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Plural Nouns If a noun ends in ch, -sh, -s, -x, or z, add es at the end. Example: church -> churches radish -> radishes watch -> watches wish -> wishes fox -> foxes kiss -> kisses

dish -> dishes buzz -> buzzes

Directions: Write the plural form of each noun.

singular form

plural form

singular form

plural form

beach tax trench lunch fax box

boss gas match brush dress quiz

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Plural Nouns If a noun ends in y and there is a consonant before the y, change the y to i and add es. Examples: family -.> families baby -> babies sky -> skies library -> libraries

Directions: Write the plural form of each noun. singular form company enemy plural form singular form strawberry penny plural form

daisy fly

puppy spy

If a noun ends in y and there is a vowel before the y just add s. Examples: holiday -> holidays boy -> boys toy -> toys

Directions: Write the plural form of each noun. singular form key tray day plural form singular form pulley alley trolley plural form

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Plural Nouns If a noun ends in f or fe change the f or fe to ves. Examples: knife -> knives wife -> wives wolf -> wolves shelf -> shelves

The exceptions to this rule are: roof, hoof, chief, belief. Just add s to these four words.

Directions: Write the plural form of each noun.

singular form elf calf half dwarf self

plural form

singular form loaf leaf scarf thief life

plural form

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Plural Nouns

Some nouns have a special plural form. Examples: child -> children cactus -> cacti man -.> men goose -> geese

Directions: Write the plural form of each noun. singular form woman people plural form singular form foot mouse plural form

ox

goose

A few nouns do not change in their plural form. Examples: sheep fish moose scissors sheep

Directions: Write the plural form of each noun. singular form sheep fish plural form singular form deer moose plural form

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Possessive nouns A possessive noun shows ownership.

To make most singular nouns possessive, add 's. to the end of the noun. Examples:: Moms car books pages dogs house

To make most plural nouns possessive add an apostrophe () after the s at the end of the word.. Examples: boys parents teachers lounge birds feeder

Special cases: Plurals that do not end in s, -es, or ies will add s to the end of the noun. Examples: childrens game mens tools deers food geeses pen

Special Cases: If a singular noun ends in s, you can either add s or just add . Either is correct. Example: Ms. Sims room or Ms. Simss room Charles' birthday or Charles's birthday.

Nouns Possessive nouns Directions: Circle the possessive noun in each sentence. 1. The boy's shirt was torn and covered with mud. 2. When the power came back on, all the clocks' faces displayed a different time. 3. Cory collects many of Babe Ruth's baseball cards. 4. The trees' markings told us a buck had gone this way not long ago. 5. The cowboys could hear the thundering of the horses' hooves in the distance. 6. The roses' smell was overpowering. 7. The fly's buzzing woke me up. 8. My grandma's garden is full of mums, daisies, and marigolds.

9. Several classrooms' recycling bins were overflowing. 10. The children's screams were heard a mile away. 11. Ava and Lucy love their grandma's sweet apple pie she makes each year for Thanksgiving.