this is a quick review created for elementary and intermediate school students

1. All about
Nouns

2. Definition
Nouns are words that name
people, places, things, or
ideas.

3. Common Nouns
name kinds of people, places or
things (not specific ones)
Examples
girl, valley, continent, cave, city,
school, bat, company

4. Proper Nouns
name specific people, places, or
things
Examples
Bob Smith, Mount Rushmore, Texas,
Black Sea, Nike,
Leaning Tower of Pisa

5. Abstract Nouns
are nouns that you can't perceive
with your five senses such as ideas
or qualities
Examples
peace, poverty, sorrow, self-esteem,
hate, terror, dreams, social studies,
freedom, hope

6. Countable Nouns
are nouns that you can count
Examples
chair, puppy, game, truck, city,
novel, iPad, cup, voice, radio,
marker, Stan, piano, strawberry

7. Non-count Nouns
are nouns that can’t be counted
Examples
grass, sand, hair, grain, snow,
trash, art, ice

8. Compound Nouns
are made up of two or more
words (words may or may not be hyphenated)
Examples
whiteboard, eyelash, New
Jersey, baseball, ponytail, sunbea
m, granddaughter, raindrop

9. Collective Nouns
refer to things or people as a unit or
group
Examples
committee, police, government,
board, class, team, swarm,
congregation, herd, pack, brood

10. Singular Nouns
name one person, place, thing, or
idea
Examples
TV, telephone, bench, lamp, fork,
rug, cabinet, teacher, surgeon,
valley, school, pride, silence

11. Plural Nouns
name two or more people, places,
things, or ideas
Examples
tents, canaries, oxen, foxes, teeth,
valleys, knives, geese, waltzes,
fish, trees, joys

12. Rules for Plural Nouns
 Generally add “s” = cat > cats
 Ends in “s” add “es” = glass > glasses
 Ends in “ch” add “es” = church > churches
 Ends in “sh” add “es” = bush > bushes
 Ends in “x” add “es” = fox > foxes
 Ends in “z” add “es” = waltz > waltzes
 Ends in vowel “y” add “s” = boy > boys
 Ends in consonant “y” change to “ies” = fly > flies
 Note: there are some irregular plurals 

13. Possessive Nouns
show ownership or possession
Examples
Nancy’s, bird’s, birds’,
strawberry’s, strawberries’, fox’s,
foxes’, child’s, children’s

14. Singular Possessive Nouns
show ONE person, place, thing, or idea owning
or possessing something
Forming a singular possessive noun:
No matter what the ending of the noun is,
just add an apostrophe and then an “s”
Examples
Fred’s dog, teacher’s pen, dog’s bone, toy’s battery

15. Plural Possessive Nouns
show TWO or MORE people, places, things, or ideas
owning or possessing something
Forming a plural possessive noun:
 1. make the noun plural
 2. check the ending
 3. if the plural form ends in “s”, only add an
apostrophe EX: cats = cats’
 4. if the plural does NOT end in “s”, add both an
apostrophe and then an “s” EX: mice = mice’s

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