NOUNS

1. Singular and plural nouns

2. Possessive Nouns

3. Appositives

4. Nouns as Subjects (S) & Subject Complements(SC)

5. Nouns as Objects – Direct Object (DO), Indirect Object (IO), Object of the Preposition (OP), Object Complements (OC)

NounsWB 1-2

A noun is a naming word

Names a person, place, thing, or idea

A noun can be used as the subject, an appositive, the direct object, the indirect object, the object of the preposition, object complement, and the subject complement

Refer to notes – “Sentence Elements”

Singular and Plural Nouns Add –s to most nouns to form the plurals

Add –es to form the plurals of nouns ending in s, x, z, ch, sh

dress=dresses church=churches

box=boxes flash=flashes

Form the plurals of nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel by adding –s

toy=toysattorney=attorneys

birthday=birthdays guy=guys

Singular and Plural Nouns Form the plurals of nouns ending in y preceded

by a consonant by changing the y to i and adding =es

lily=lillies baby=babies

colony=colonies party=parties

Singular and Plural Nouns If a noun ends in o preceded by a vowel, form

the plural by adding –s

trio=trios rodeo=rodeos

If a noun ends in o preceded by a consonant, form the plural by adding –es

Tomato = tomatoes

There are exceptions to this rule…check a dictionary

Zero= zeros or zeroes pianos=pianos

SINGULAR & PLURAL NOUNS

P. 2-5; WB 1-2

p. 3 Ex. 1 9/28/15

1 soccer (S), sport (S), countries (P)

2 soccer (S), football (S), United States (S)

3 sport (S), England (S)

4 World Cup (S), many (P), world (S)

5 players (P), team (S)

Singular and Plural Nouns

p. 3 Ex. 1 #6-10 9/28/15

6. Sport (s), teams (P), nets(P), ball (S)

7. Goalkeeper (S), ball (S), net (S)

8. Player (S), ball (S), legs (P), head (S)

9. Children (P) soccer (S), schools (P), parks (P)

10. Enthusiasts (P), ball (S), yard (S)

WB 1red = irregular plurals

1. Highway = highways

2. Cherry = cherries

3. College = colleges

4. Fish = fish

5. Wish = wishes

6. Goose = geese

7. Gas = gases

8. Box = boxes

9. Path = paths

10. Species = species

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WB 2Singular and Plural Nouns

1. Shelf = shelves

2. Tomato = tomatoes

3. Mother-in-law = mothers-in-law

4. Echo = echoes

5. Break-in = break-ins

6. Piano = pianos

7. Half = halves

8. Spoonful = spoonfuls

9. Knife = knives

10. Cliff = cliffs

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