NOUNS
Common & Proper Nouns • A noun is a word that names a person, place, animal, idea, or thing.
A common noun names any person, place, animal, idea, or thing. Common nouns are general names. Thus, they are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence or are part of a title.
Common Nouns: That girl plays basketball at our school.
A proper noun names a particular person, place, animal, idea, or thing. Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
Proper Nouns: Sandy will play for Centerville on Friday.
Some proper nouns have more than one word, such as Boston Celtics. Some include titles that tell what a person is or does, such as Aunt Rosa or Captain Edwards.
Singular & Plural Nouns Singular nouns name one person, place, or thing.
Plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing. Add -s to form the plural of most nouns. bird becomes birds
snake becomes snakes
monkey becomes monkeys
Add -es to form the plural of nouns that end in ch, sh, s, ss, or x. finch becomes finches
dish becomes dishes
gas becomes gases
dress becomes dresses
box becomes boxes
To form the plural of nouns that end in a consonant followed by a y, change the y to i and add -es. butterfly becomes butterflies
puppy becomes puppies
Irregular Plural Nouns A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing. Most nouns add -s to form the plural.
An irregular plural noun has a special form for the plural.
Singular Nouns: The man saw a wolf and a moose on the prairie.
Irregular Plural Nouns: The men saw some wolves and some moose on the prairie.
Some nouns that end with the -f sound loose the -f sound and are replaced with -ves.
leaf becomes leaves
life becomes lives
loaf becomes loaves
wolf becomes wolves
wife becomes wives
Other nouns change altogether.
child becomes children
foot becomes feet
man becomes men
mouse becomes mice
tooth becomes teeth
Some nouns remain the same as plural:
deer stays as deer
moose stays as moose
sheep stays as sheep
Singular Possessive Nouns A possessive noun shows ownership. A singular possessive noun shows that one person, place, or thing has or owns something.
Add an apostrophe (’) and the letter s to a singular noun to make it possessive.
Singular Noun: The horse had a mane that was thick and brown.
Singular Possessive Noun: This horse’s mane was thick and brown.
Plural Possessive Nouns A plural possessive noun shows that something is owned or shared by more than one person, place, or thing.
Add an apostrophe (’) to a plural noun that ends in -s, -es, or -ies.
our parks’ popularity
animals’ rights.
Add an apostrophe (’) and -s to a plural noun that does not end in -s, -es, or -ies.
the deer’s feeding ground
the children’s vacation
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Game to learn your common and proper nouns
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Play Battleship to learn your nouns
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NOUN GAMES
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NOUNS GAMES
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