NOUNSCorrectly using nouns as a the subject of a sentence.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this lesson students should be able to:

Use plural and singular nouns. Recognise and identify the noun in a

sentence. Identify the parts of a sentence. Increase vocabulary. Use capital letters for the correct noun type.

WHAT IS A NOUN?

A noun is a person, a place, a thing, an idea or a concept.

Person: the postman, a teacher, Tom, a neighbour.

Place: a village, England, Hubli, a street, a park.

Thing: a box, a banana, a computer. Idea or concept: beauty, information,

importance.

The subject of a sentence is always a noun:

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COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS

A noun is a person, place, or thing Common Nouns

A general word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract idea. Ex. teacher, bottle, boy, computer, hope, love, city

Proper Nouns Proper nouns are the names of specific things,

people, or places. They always begin with a capital letter.

Examples include days of the week, months, historical documents, institutions, organizations, religions, their hold texts and their adherents are proper nouns. Ex. Hubli, Joseph, Christian, Friday, Coca- Cola

POSSESSIVE NOUNS

In the possessive case, a noun or pronoun changes its form to show that it owns or is closely related to something else.

When a noun does not end in with an “s,” the possessive is formed with an apostrophe “s.” The bus driver’s seat was worn. David’s hair was brown.

When a noun does end with an “s,” simply add an apostrophe. The bus’ seats were worn. James’ hair was brown.

WHICH NOUNS SHOULD BE CAPITALIZED/ OR SHOW POSSESSION?1. The telephone company suspended babus

account.

The telephone company suspended Babu’s account.

2. The doctor said that he bought his honda in japan last february.

The doctor said that he bought his Honda in Japan last February.

3. My son, david, has many books, but his favorite is gullivers travels.

My son, David, has many books, but his favorite is Gulliver’s Travels.

SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

Nouns can be singular (there is one thing):

My chair is near the window.

Or they can be plural (there is more than one thing):

There are enough chairs in the classroom.

IRREGULAR PLURALS

Plural nouns usually end in ‘s’, but are sometimes irregular:

Woman - women Child - children Person- people Man- men Myself – ourselves

PAIR WORK ACTIVITY

Write a list of 5 singular nouns

Swap lists with your partner, and make the nouns plural.

POSTCARD ACTIVITY

ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR?

Singular

Plural

Possessive

CLASS ACTIVITY

Person Place Thing Concepts/ideas

In your groups, you have 30 seconds per column to write as many nouns which are in that category as possible. (2 minutes in total!)

5 RULES

Rule 1: To change a singular form of a word to a plural we usually just add s to the end of the word. E.g. girl/girls, shoe/shoes, bangle/bangles

Rule 2:If the singular form of the word ends in ss,

X, zz, ch or sh, then add es on the end of the word to make its plural form.

E.g. Box boxesChurch churches

Rule 3: If the singular form of the vowel ends in y, but is preceded by a vowel, then for the plural add s. E.g. boy/boys, tray/trays,

Rule 4: If the singular form of the verb ends in y and the preceding letter is a consonant, replace y with i and add ies to the end. E.g. baby/babies, city/cities, country/countries.

Rule 5: If the singular form of the letter ends with f, or fe, to make the plural you take the v and add ves, e.g. leaf/leaves, knife/knives.

SOME EXCEPTIONS

Singular Plural

half halves

fish fish

sheep sheep

goose geese

fly flies

ox oxen

mouse mice

foot feet

church churches

SINGULAR (1) PLURAL (+1)

QUIZ

Please go to:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/nouns

Click Entry 3 Quiz, then complete level C.

WRITING ACTIVITY

Write 1 paragraph about your favourite thing. This can be a person, place, object or idea.

Try to include. Singular, plural and possessives in your writing.

After this, cross out all of the nouns.

See how nouns are a very important part of the sentence, and commonly occurring.

SUMMARY

A noun is a person, place, thing, idea or concept.

The subject of a sentence is always a noun.

Nouns can be singular and plural.

Capital letters for proper nouns.

‘s for possessives: e.g. Lindsey’s, Wednesday’s, the cat’s, if the noun ends in s, then it is Jesus’.