And now Nouns!

A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing.

It also one of the eight parts of speech.

Examples: man, city, book, and courage.


Nouns often follow words like a, an, and the.

And here, the nouns in these sentences are in bold-

1. The teacher told the student that a person should always be loyal.

2. People with perseverance will be successful in life.

3. I bought a new pen at the drugstore across the street.

Nouns can be singular or be plural in form.

Plural means two or more.

Plurals are formed by adding s, es, changing y to i and adding 'es'.


Some changes are irregular in spelling as in man becoming men

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Examples: car, cars; fox, foxes; baby, babies; man, men.

Some of the nouns listed below in bold, are plurals and some are not.

1. Computers are making work easier for secretaries.

2. Alaina's children require great energies from both parents.

3. Labors on farms take great effort by workers.

Nouns are classified into two general classifications, proper and common.

Proper nouns name a special person, place or thing and begin with capital letters.

All other nouns begin with small letters and are common nouns.

Examples of common nouns include: city, man, boat, and radio. 

 

These could be changed into proper noun forms by naming specifics:  

Salt Lake City, Mr. Jones, Santa Maria, and Motorola.

The following example sentences have common and/or proper nouns identified in brackets.

1. Becky went with her sisters to Disneyland on Friday.

[Becky, Disneyland, Friday - proper nouns; sisters - common noun]

2. My youngest son is in Brazil until September.

[Brazil and September - proper nouns; son - common noun]

3. Mr. Smith works with his wife in American Fork.

[Mr. Smith and American Fork - proper nouns; wife - common noun]