5. Common Nouns and Proper Nouns
• A noun that names any person,
place, or thing is a common noun.
•A noun that names a particular
person, place, or thing is a proper
noun.
6. Statue of Liberty
pencil
book
President County Line Rd.
house Reagan
cat man White House
7. Singular and Plural Nouns
• A noun that names only one person,
place, or thing is called a singular noun.
• A noun that names more than one person,
place, or thing is called a plural noun.
8. Plural Nouns
• Add s to most singular nouns to make them plural.
baseball
s
s
books
pencils truck s
girls
9. Plural Nouns
•Add es to a singular noun that
ends with s, x, ch, or sh.
foxes churches
dish es glasses
lunches bus es brushes
10. Plural Nouns
•If a noun ends with a vowel and a y,
add s.
highways boys
key s
monkeys
toys
trays
11. Plural Nouns
• If a noun ends with a consonant and a y,
change the y to an i and add es.
butterflyies
butterflies
lady ies
puppy ies ladies
puppies
bunny ies
bunnies
12. Plural Nouns
•Some nouns have special plural forms.
•Since these words follow no special
pattern, you must learn them.
13. Singular Possessive Nouns
• Add an apostrophe and an s to a singular
noun to make it possessive. swimming
pool
web
roof
boy’s swimming pool
slingshot
spider’s web house’s roof Mark’s slingshot
14. Plural Possessive Nouns
•When a plural noun ends with s, add an
apostrophe. birds’ nest
wings
girls’ cat nest
butterflies’ wings
teacher
strollers
cat
babies’ strollers students’ teacher
15. Plural Possessive Nouns
2. When a plural noun doesn’t end with s,
add an apostrophe and an s.
fur children’s blocks
blocks
The children’s blocks are big.
eyes
mice’s fur women’s eyes
The mice’s fur is black. The women’s eyes are brown.
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