Nouns ©2008 Wichita Public Schools. All Rights Reserved.

Nouns

©2008 Wichita Public Schools. All Rights Reserved.

KS Standards and Activity Instructions

Standards and Activity InstructionsELA5C1 The student demonstrates

understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats. The student a. Uses and identifies the eight parts of speech (e.g., noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, interjection).

Nouns

A noun is a PERSON, PLACE or THING!

What NOUNS do you see in this picture?

Can you sort the nouns from other words?

Common Nouns

Nouns are words that name a person, place or thing. Every noun can be further classified as common or proper.

Common nouns name general things and do not begin with capital letters unless they begin a sentence.

What are four other items that would be considered common nouns and that can be found in your classroom?

desk pencil paperclip

Examples of common nouns found in your classroom would be

Lesson 1

Writing with Nouns

Man, clay, and hands are nouns - words that name.

A noun can name a person, place, or thing.

We can see or touch all of these.A noun can also name an idea.

Guided Practice

1. Ralph is reading a book about handicrafts.

2. Potters in ancient Greece made vases.

3. Such objects were valued for their usefulness and beauty.

4. Handicrafters use tools in their trades.

SINGULAR and PLURAL Nouns

Sometimes there is

only ONE noun, it is SINGULAR!

Sometimes there is

MORE THAN ONE noun, it is PLURAL!

Singular Nouns

Plural Nouns

1. Click on the frog2. Read the word3. Click the blue arrow4. Put the word in the correct category in the boxes to the right.

Singular and Plural Noun Sort

Lesson 2

Singular and Plural Nouns

Singular Plural Rule

girl, tiger, mirror girls, tigers, mirrors

Add -s

bush, lunch, dress, tax bushes, lunches, dresses, taxes

Add -es

lady, baby, country ladies, babies, countries

change y to i and add -es

boy, valley, turkey boys, valleys, turkeys

add -s

leaf, wolf, knife leaves, wolves, knives

change f to v and add -es

foot, tooth, man feet, teeth, men

salmon, deer, moose salmon, deer, moose

TOTD

Make them plural

Person

Student

Fox

Sheep

Gully

Common and Proper Nouns

Proper Nouns are specific nameof people, places,

and things.They need a

CAPITAL LETTER!

Common Nouns are not specific names.

They use a LOWER CASE

LETTER!

Abraham Lincolnman

Proper Nouns

A proper noun is a name given to a specific person, place or thing. Proper nouns always begin with capital letters.

Examples of proper nouns found in your classroom would be:

Mrs. Teacher Mevi's Cell computer

What are four other items that would be considered proper nouns that can be found in your classroom?

Common and Proper Nouns

Read the following sentences carefully. Note that the common nouns are in red and the proper nouns are in green.

Although there are five chairs in the room, Jim likes to sit on the Dazy Boy chair.

Having an excellent waiter at a restaurant is important. That is why we always ask for Craig when we go to Valentino's.

Each day before Mrs. Retzer came to school, she stopped at Tarbuck's for a coffee.

Can you sort the COMMON and PROPER nouns?

ProperNoun

ProperNoun

commonnoun

commonnoun

commonnoun

Proper Noun

commonnoun

commonnoun

commonnoun

ProperNoun

commonnoun

commonnoun

commonnoun

ProperNoun

ProperNoun

These words are either common or proper nouns. Click on the tile to reveal the type of noun.

Common and Proper Nouns

Based on what you have learned about common and proper nouns, fill out the chart below:

Common Noun Proper Noun

ocean Pacific

restaurant

teacher

countrymovie

book

school

city

dog

Common and Proper Nouns

Write down as many proper nouns as you can think of that match the common noun listed.

Common noun: state

Common noun: basketball team

Common noun: candy

Common and Proper Nouns

In the following sentences, circle the common nouns and underline the proper nouns.

1) Is Angela really moving to a new city?

2) My brother went fishing on a lake in Louisiana and caught a fish.

3) I have a dog whose name is Theo. He loves to visit Ms. Smith's house because she always gives him a cookie.

4) Amy went shopping at Northcenter Mall and bought herself a pair of Lap jeans.

Lesson 6

Possessive Nouns

To form the possessive of

Add Examples

a singular noun 's

a plural noun ending in -s

'

a plural nouns not ending in -s

's

Possessive Nouns

Possessive nouns show ownership.

The thing or person who possesses something gets the apostrophe.

Plural nouns that do not show ownership do NOT have apostrophes.

Possessive pronouns do NOT have apostrophes.

Move the boxes to see the word that completes the sentence.

Possessive Nouns

Singular Nouns

ALWAYS add 's

Plural Nouns

If the noun ends in s, add '

If the noun doesn't end in s, add 's (just like singular nouns).

How to make Nouns PossessiveMove the box to reveal the

answers.

Possessive Nouns

Circle the words that are possessive pronouns

that shouldn't have apostrophes.

theirs'

his' one's

others'

her's someone's

they're

our'syour's

girl's person's

who's

the CDs belonging the the students

the desk the teacher uses

the roof of the house

the salary received for this week

the pet owned by the little girl

the knob on the front door

the stall for the horse

Possessive NounsCircle the word that would get the apostrophe

if the phrase were in possessive form.

Possessive Nouns

television's

Henrietta's

plant's

explorer's

bus's

man's

computer's

teenager's

horse's

Ross's

Mrs. Stokes's

cap's

woman's

paper's

Circle all the singular possessive nouns that should not end in 's.

HINT: This is a trick question.

Possessive Nouns

Put the correct punctuation in these plural possessive nouns.

mice

lambs

glasses

people

shoes

The Browns

's '

cars

pencils

geese

ponies

wolves

alumni

casts

Possessive NounsChoose ' or 's or s' to put in the

phrases below.

six children chalk

's 'Harry hands

Jenifer jewelrynine computers chords

one school bus wheelsthe Browns new carseveral women wishes

an eye eyelashes

two turkeys tails

six boys bicyclesour team triumph

Mr. Brooks broom

many men machismo

our class clumsiness

nine neighbor noses

a person power

Possessive Nouns

Challenge: Use the rules to make these nonsense words possessive.

Plural words are already plural.

a gerafta jubesen

several honeris linips

one dasof borfun

that luftaws luxerib

eight redolphis stenig

some kewiki ninodi

two endufa fufito

those mamtories hendes

a tarpugh jonti

a visted wendila

' 's

Possessive Nouns

Let's try these interactive websites.

http://www.wecosoft.com/School/English/nouns2.htm

Multiple Choice

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/possessive_noun/

Tic Tac Toe

http://college.hmco.com/cgi-bin/SaCGI.cgi/ace1app.cgi?FNC=AcePresent__Apresent_html___dev_eng_writing_apostrophes_01

Choose the Right Answer

Click on the tiles. Match the definition with an example noun.

1. Ava and Lucy love their grandmas sweet apple pie she makes each year for Thanksgiving.

2. The clowns shoes were bright red and yellow.

3. The childrens screams were heard a mile away.

4. The crumbs led us to the mices home in the wall.

5. Our church is having a rummage sale of childrens used clothing and toys.

6. The man filled up the dogs bowl with food.

7. The girls room needs to be cleaned.

8. Leahs diary was mistakenly left open for all of her siblings to read.

9. A new puppy shows affection by nibbling on its owners ears.

10.

Several neighborhoods citizens formed a neighborhood watch program.

11.

Franks mom brought snacks for the class.

1.

word: pony

The __________________ rider was too big.

2.

word: students

When the teacher was out sick, the __________________ research reports were collected by the substitute.

3.

word: Nate

__________________ blanket had a striped pattern.

4.

word: penguins

At the zoo, the __________________ homes were my favorite spots.

5.

word: child

The __________________ plate was filled with cookies.

6.

word: witches

The __________________ brooms were all made of wood and straw.

7.

word: doctors

The __________________ names were written on the door.

8.

word: cat

The __________________ toy was a little ball.

1.

The cookies made by Grandma

2.

talking of the students

3.

waves of the ocean

4.

The vacation of his parents

5.

castle of the king.

6.

names of the doctors

Click on the dice. Use this letter for your noun dictionary.