PJH Types of Nouns

• Common nouns name any person, place, thing, or idea. They are not capitalized unless they come at the beginning of a sentence. 

• Proper nouns are the names of specific people, places, things, or ideas. 

• Proper nouns should always be capitalized.

• A concrete noun refers to a physical object in the real world, such as a dog, a ball, or an ice cream cone. 

• An abstract noun refers to an idea or concept that does not exist physically in the real world and cannot be touched, like freedom, sadness, or permission.

  
  

• A plural noun indicates that there is more than one of that noun (while a singular noun indicates that there is just one of the noun).

• Most plural forms are created by simply adding an -s or –es to the end of the singular word.

• For example, there's one dog (singular), but three dogs (plural).

• Irregular plural nouns are nouns that do not become plural by adding -s or -es, as most nouns in the English language do.

• Irregular Word examples --->

  
  

• A collective noun is the word used to represent a group of people, animals, or things.

• Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqRn1XlsQ6U

• a noun made from two or more words that function together as a single noun

• Rule 1: for singular nouns, add 's

• examples: dog's, girl's, school's

• Rule 2: for name's ending in s, either add 's or just an apostrophe

• example: Silas's OR Silas'

• Rule 3: for plural nouns that end in s, add an apostrophe

• examples: boys', tables', wolves'

  

• A possessive noun is a noun that possesses something—i.e., it has something.

• In most cases, a possessive noun is formed by adding an apostrophe +s to the noun, or if the noun is plural and already ends in s, only an apostrophe needs to be added.

• When a noun ends in the letter s or an s sound, the same format applies.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brxAQDhkUPE

• Appositives are nouns or noun phrases that follow or come before a noun, and give more information about it.

• For example, "The puppy, a goldendoodle, is my newest pet."

• Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1aqkpztuTs

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