Bell Ringer

New unit:
NOUNS
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CHAPTER 2:
NOUNS
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Bell Ringer
Make a list of your 5 favorite things in the
whole entire world.
Lesson 1: Recognizing Nouns
Noun
A word that names a
person, place, thing, or
idea

Nouns can be:

Common or Proper
Concrete or Abstract (ideas)


Concrete Nouns
Concrete Nouns
Names a thing that can be
seen, heard, smelled, touched
or tasted.

Examples:
Dog, chocolate, desk, floor, etc.
Abstract Nouns
Abstract Nouns
Name an idea, quality, feeling,
quantity or characteristic

Examples:
Love, greed, freedom,
generosity, courage, etc.
3 Compound Noun Forms
Single Word
Toothbrush, homework

Two or more separate words
Sleeping bag, book bag, hot
dog

Hyphenated Words
Mother-in-law, merry-go-round
Lesson 2:
Common and Proper Nouns
Common Noun
A general name for a person,
place, thing or idea. Not
capitalized unless it is at the
beginning of a sentence.
Examples:
dog, cat, road, subject, car


Proper Nouns
Proper Nouns
The name of a particular
person, place, thing, or idea.
Examples:
Rover, Fluffy, Route 115,
Algebra, Corvette
Lesson 3:
Singular and Plural Nouns
Singular Noun
Names one person, place,
thing, or idea

Plural Noun
Names more than one person,
place, thing, or idea


Irregular Plurals
Some nouns are changed to
plural in an irregular way.

man, men
child, children
woman, women
Plural Spelling Rules

Glue the chart into notebooks.
Lesson 4: Possessive Nouns
Lesson 5: Plural and Possessive
Nouns

Possessive Nouns
A possessive noun shows
ownership or relationship



Singular Possessive
Most nouns take an apostrophe
and an s.

Examples:
teams jerseys
Johns book
Tesss necklace
Plural Possessive
Add an apostrophe at the end of
the entire word.

Examples:
players jerseys
citizens club
Plural Possessive
Irregular Plural Possessives
Just add s

Examples:
deers antlers
mens hockey team
Appositives
A word or group of words that immediately
follows a noun and identifies or explains it.
Usually set off from the rest of a sentence by
commas.
Can be found throughout the sentence
(beginning, middle, end)
Examples:
Mrs. Patchett, a 6
th
grade teacher, works at
Herscher Grade School.
Mrs. Patchett read her favorite book yesterday,
Hatchet.