Nouns A person, place, thing, or idea. personplacethingidea girlhousebookhappiness studentparkshirtfreedom.

Nouns

A person, place, thing, or idea.

person place thing idea

girl house book happiness

student park shirt freedom

Common Propertown Shickshinnypark Yellowstone

National Parkdog Katey

teacher Mrs. Woytko

Capital letter

Singular & Plural Nouns

boy Boysmouse miceberry berriesbench benches

Rule # 1 – add an “s”

• Girl – girls• Book – books• Toy – toys• Street- streets• Student - students

Rule # 2

Nouns that end with s, z, ch, sh, xAdd “es”

Dress – dressesBox – boxesDish – dishesBench - benches

Rule # 3

Nouns that end with a vowel and a “Y” – add “s”

•Valley – valleys•Turkey - turkeys

Rule # 4Nouns that end with a consonant and a “Y”Change the y to i and add “es”

City- cities

Lady – ladies

Puppy- puppies

Rule # 5

Nouns that end in f or feChange the f to a v and add “s” or “es”

•Life- lives•Calf – calves•leaf - leaves

Rule # 6

Nouns that end in a vowel plus “o” add “s”

•Radio – radios

•Stereo - stereos

Rule # 7Nouns that end with a consonant

plus “o” add “es”

•Hero – heroes• Tomato - tomatoes

Exceptions

•Solo – solos•Piano - pianos

Rule # 8

Change the word•Foot- feet•Man- men•Mouse – mice•Child- children

Rule # 9

Nouns that stay the same•Trout•Salmon•Deer•Sheep•moose

Possessive Nouns

Nouns that show ownership are called Possessive Nouns-

they own something

Possessive Nouns

The dog’s scarf was red.Sara’s hat and mittens match.The sun’s rays were very hot today.

Remember:nouns can be singular or plural

Singular Pluralboy boysdog classesbook men

You either add:

add’s or s’

Step number 1

Look at the noun. Decide if the noun is singular or plural.

If the noun is singular, add’ s

• Examples:

boy The boy’s coat

hat The hat’s brim

girl The girl’s dress

book The book’s cover

brother My brother’s desk

pencil The pencil’s tip

If the noun is Plurallook at the ending

If the noun ends in s – add only an apostrophe

dresses The dresses’ rufflesberries The berries’ stemsleaves The leaves’ colorsbooks The books’ covers

If the noun is Plurallook at the ending

If the noun DOES NOT end in s – add apostrophe s

men The men’s coatsfeet The feet’s smellswomen The women’s shoesteeth The teeth’s color

?Ask yourself- is the noun

singular or pluralthen, decide what to do

My __ eyes are beautiful. Dog This store sells__ shoes. BoysWe are going to __ after school. MaryThe ___ bottle was on the floor. child

Appositives

A group of words that explains – set off by commas•Mary, my best friend, is moving to a new town.•My dog, Katey, is a Golden Retriever.•I have a beautiful dog, Katey.