Nouns

Nothing but Nouns

By: Ms. Walsh

Nouns

A noun is a person, place, thing or idea.
A noun is often “clued” by the words “an” “a” and “the”
An ape on the bike hit a bird with a rock at the end of
the long road.
We will learn about:
concrete nouns and abstract nouns.
common nouns and proper nouns
singular nouns and plural nouns.
collective nouns
possessive nouns

Walsh Publishing Co. 2009

Rockin’ Out with NOUNS!
• Let’s see a mini introduction to NOUNS!
• Remember some of the nouns you see…
• Feel free to sing along!

A noun is a person, place, thing or idea…
Person

Place

Thing

Idea/Feeling

girl

Nashua

toy

love

Mr. Robbins

city

tree

happiness

nurse

back yard

arm

freedom

Sam

San Francisco

couch

honesty

boy

mountain

monster

commitment

man

Mount Monadnock

Big Foot

kindness

president

Pennichuck School

Apple Computer

democracy


YOUR TURN….
Click HERE to play the Balloon Noun Game!


Concrete and
Abstract Nouns


Concrete vs. Abstract Nouns
• A concrete noun is a noun that can be experienced
with your five senses. You can touch, smell, see,
hear or taste a concrete noun.

• An abstract noun can not be experienced with
your five senses. An abstract noun exists, but you
cannot see it, taste it, smell it, touch it or hear it.

Concrete Nouns
• A concrete noun can be experienced with
one or more of your five senses.
• An orange is a concrete noun. You can see
an orange, taste one, smell one, touch one.
• A whistle is a concrete noun. You can hear
it and see hit and touch it.


Abstract Nouns

Abstract nouns aren’t detected by your five senses.
Honesty is an example of an abstract noun.
What color is honesty? You don't know because you cannot see it.
What texture is honesty? Who knows? You cannot touch it.
What flavor is honesty? No clue! You cannot taste it!
Does it make a sound? Of course not!
Does it smell? Not a bit! Honesty is an abstract noun!

Other abstract nouns:

anger, peace, hate, pride,

sympathy, bravery, success, courage, beauty, fun, loyalty
pain, knowledge, trust, education, friendship, intelligence

YOUR TURN…Find the concrete and
abstract nouns…
The mother felt love for her baby and she had much happiness
when the child laughed while playing with the toy.
The soldier held his gun tightly as he walked into the city. He
felt hatred for his enemy but dreaded the thought of causing
pain. He hated war and wished he could go home.
Angie was sad that her friend Lily was moving to Florida. She
was filled with sorrow at the thought of losing her friendship.
She looked at her watch. Where had the time gone? She had
spent all night on the computer doing her homework!


Common and
Proper Nouns


Common Nouns vs. Proper Nouns
• A common noun is an ordinary person,
place or thing. A common noun is not
capitalized. (boy, city, house)
• A proper noun is a specific person, place or
thing. A proper noun is capitalized. (Sam,
Nashua, The White House)


Common Noun and Proper Noun
• holiday = common noun
• Valentine’s Day = proper noun


Common Noun and Proper
Noun
• tower = common noun
• Eiffel Tower = proper noun


Common Noun and Proper
Noun
• doctor = a common noun
• Dr. Ed Jones = a proper noun


Common and Proper Nouns
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

doctor
lady
building
city
shoe
college
girl
boy

•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Dr. Paine
Mrs. Jones
The Capital Building
Nashua, NH
Adidas
Rivier College
Mary
James


Your Turn…
Click HERE to Play the Common and
Proper Noun Game…


Singular and Plural Nouns


Singular and Plural Nouns
• Singular means ONE
• ONE crazy guy…
• Plural means MORE THAN ONE
• TWO crazy guys…
• There are rules to making
Singular nouns into plural nouns.

Singular or Plural?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

cats
baby
church
tables
books
Bus
man
oranges
dog
bananas


If a noun ends with “s” “x” “ch” or “sh”,
add “ES” to make it plural:
•s
– buses

•x

– taxes

• ch

– benches

• sh

– dishes

Add ies to make nouns plural that end
with a consonant and a y:

• lady
– Ladies

• fry
– fries


Some nouns that end in f or fe change to
ves when made plural:

• calf
– calves

• knife
– knives

Some nouns that end in o change to es
when made plural. Some change to s:

• kangaroo
– kangaroos

• potato
– potatoes

Some nouns do not change at all when
made plural:

• sheep
– sheep

• deer
– deer

Some nouns change completely when
made plural:

• man
– men

• goose
– geese

Some nouns don’t fit the rules…
• Monkey changes to monkeys not monkies.
That’s just
the English
Language
for you!


Noun type

Forming the plural

Example

Ends with -fe

Change f to v
then
Add -s

knife - knives
life - lives
wife - wives

Ends with -f

Change f to v
then
Add -es

half - halves
wolf - wolves
loaf - loaves

Add -es

potato - potatoes
tomato - tomatoes
volcano - volcanoes

Ends with -o

ends with -us

Change -us to -i

ALL KINDS

Change the vowel
or
Change the word
or
Add a different
ending

Unchanging

Singular and plural
are the same

cactus - -cacti
nucleus - nuclei
man - men
foot - feet
child - children
person - people
tooth - teeth
mouse - mice
sheep
deer
fish

Can you make these nouns plural?

1. half
2. foot
3. piano
4. spy
5. brush


1. halves
2. feet
3. pianos
4. spies
5. brushes


1. mouse
2. memo
3. shelf
4. leaf
5. child


1. mice
2. memos
3. shelves
4. leaves
5. children


1. thief
2. woman
3. fish
4. photo
5. die


1. thieves
2. women
3. fish
4. photos
5. dice

You Try It!
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Collective Nouns…


Collective Nouns…
When you collect something, you put
together a group of more than one.
Collective means a group. Collective nouns
are “groups of something.”
Here are some collective nouns:
herd
group

fleet
army

colony
mob

tribe
class

pack

family

team

flock


Possessive Nouns…
I believe that
belongs to
me…


Possessive Nouns…
A possessive noun is a noun that shows
ownership. To “possess” means to own
or to have.
I am Bob
and this is
my towel.


Possessive Nouns…
To show ownership, an apostrophe is used.
Most people have a hard time putting the
apostrophe in the correct place!
The rule for the apostrophe depends on
whether the noun is singular or plural.


Possessive Singular Nouns
Use an apostrophe with -s for possessives of singular nouns.
SINGULAR MEANS ONE.
Use an apostrophe plus -s to show the possessive form of a
singular noun, even if that singular noun already ends in -s:
Frank’s crayon
my friend’s dad
Robert Frost’s poetry
today's weather report
the boss's problem
Star Jones's talk show
That boy’s shirt

I am one
boy and
this is my
shirt.


Possessive Plural Nouns
Use an apostrophe without an -s for most possessives plural nouns.
PLURAL MEANS MORE THAN ONE.
To form the possessive of a plural noun that already ends in -s, add an
apostrophe:
the girls' swing set (the swing set belonging to the girls)
the students' projects (the projects belonging to the students)
the Johnsons' house (the house belonging to the Johnsons)

If the plural noun does not end in -s, add an apostrophe plus -s:
women's conference (the conference belonging to the women)
the children's toys (the toys belonging to the children)
the men's training camp (the training camp belonging to the men)

Singular Possessive vs. Plural Possessive
Basically….

The project belonging to
one student: (singular)

The project belonging to more than
one student: (plural)

The student’s project

The students’ project

The apostrophe comes
before the s.

The apostrophe comes after the s.

Singular Possessive vs. Plural Possessive
Finally….

The shoes belonging to many women:
The shoes belonging to one
woman:
WOMAN’S SHOES

WOMEN’S SHOES
The apostrophe comes before the s because the noun is a
collective group and has no s on the end. It would be
“ladies’ shoes if the base word was lady.:
Lady’s shoes (the shoes belonging to one lady)
Ladies’ shoes (the shoes belonging to more than one
lady.


Can you make this sentence
possessive?

• Adam owns that
car.


Answer:
• That is Adam's
car.


Which answer best fits in the
blank?
____________ bicycle is
broken.
A. Seths'
B. Sethes
C. Seths
D. Seth's

Which answer best fits in the blank?
The trash can will attract a lot of
____________ if you leave the lid
off.
A. flys
B. flies
C. flie's
D. fly's

The trash can will attract a lot of
____________ if you leave the lid off.
A. flys
B. flies
C. flie's
D. fly's

The ____________________ skin is
red.
A.
tomatoes
B.
tomato's
C.
tomatos'
D.
tomatos's

The ____________________ skin is
red.
A.
tomatoes
B.
C.
D.

tomato's
tomatos'
tomatos's

Emily has two hamsters named Barry and
Steve. The ____________________ cage
looks like a tiny house.
A. hamsters'
B. hamsters
C. hamster's
D. hamsterers


Billy will carry his ____________
suitcase.
A. sister's
B. sisters
C. sisteres
D. sister'

I borrowed ___________
sweater.
A.
Jane's
B.
Janes
C.
Jane
D.
Janes'

I borrowed _________
sweater.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Jane's
Janes
Jane
Janes'

I am Jane
and
this is my
sweater.

You Try It!
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