They Are What You Eat
They Are What You Eat
They Are What You Eat
What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.
Patsy (Person) bakery (Place) rolling pin (Thing) happiness (Idea)
Plural nouns
Most of the time you add an s to the end to make the noun plural
snake goes to snakes pie goes to pies
Words that end in -ch, x, s or s-like sounds, however, will require an -es for the plural
witch goes to witches box goes to boxes
Irregular Nouns
For some nouns youll just have to know what the plural forms are.
child goes to children moose goes to moose goose goes to geese
Proper Nouns
Proper nouns are nouns that name a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
Mr. Cook South Caldwell High School World of Warcraft Collectivism
is the best game ever
Common Nouns
Common nouns name general items.
teacher school game ideology
Concrete Nouns
Nouns that can be tasted, touched, smelled, heard, or seen (5 senses) are called concrete nouns.
boy clouds hug
Abstract Nouns
These are the opposite of concrete nouns. They cannot be tasted, touched, smelled, heard, or seen. (5 senses)
love hatred anger solidarity ambiguity irregularity peace happiness
Compound Nouns
Compound nouns are made up of two or more words that create a noun. PLEASE NOTE: both of the words do not have to be nouns; they just usually are
bed and room bedroom broom and stick broomstick police and man policeman hair and cut haircut
Collective Nouns
Collective nouns refer to groups They are treated as singular when you are using them as the entire group They are treated as plural when you are talking about every member in the group
A dozen is enough. (eggs) A dozen are coming over tonight. (people)