Composing Sentences

Using Kinds of Nouns

Prepared By:
Morris N. Carreal
Teacher
 Noun
- A word that refers to a person, place, thing, or
idea is a noun.
There are different ways to classify this part of speech,
among which are as follows:
 boss   bosses
        

A noun referring to one is singular while a noun referring to more

than one is plural. Most nouns form their plural by adding -s or -es.
These nouns are called regular nouns.

Examples: Lane – Lanes

Box- Boxes
Boss – Bosses
Tax- Taxes
Bush - Bushes
Noun ending Forming the plural Example
s, x, ch or sh Add -es boss  bosses
tax  taxes
bush  bushes

consonant + y Change y to i then baby babies

add -es candy candies
curry  curries

most others Add -s cat  cats

face  faces
day  days
Not all plural nouns can be formed by simply adding -s or -es.
Such nouns are called irregular nouns.

Examples: Life– Lives

Sky– Skies
Child – Children
Knife- Knives
Noun type Forming the plural Example
Ends with -fe Change f to v knife  knives
then life  lives
Add -s wife  wives
Ends with -f Change f to v half  halves
then wolf  wolves
Add -es loaf  loaves
Ends with -o Add -es potato  potatoes
tomato  tomatoes
volcano  volcanoes
ends with -us Change -us to -i cactus  cacti
nucleus  nuclei
focus  foci
ends with -is Change -is to -es analysis  analyses
crisis  crises
thesis  theses
ends with -on Change -on to -a phenomenon  phenomena
criterion  criteria
ALL KINDS Change the vowel man  men
or foot  feet
Change the word child  children
or person  people
Add a different ending tooth  teeth
mouse  mice
Unchanging Singular and plural sheep
are the same deer
fish (sometimes)
 Common Noun
- Is a general type of noun. It does not specify. A person, place,
thing, or idea. It is not capitalized.
 proper noun
Is specific and is always capitalized.
 concrete noun
A concrete noun can be seen, touched,
felt, smelled, tasted, or heard.
Ex: House flower, music, bear, pie,
tornado, ranch, colony, milk, Niagara
Falls, team, lotion, stars, water,
student, fire fighter, pencil, computer,
incense, table, tree, fox, bang, cloud,
panther, sunset, cinnamon, rain,
cookies, car, etc. 
 Abstract Noun
A noun that we cannot experience with our
senses is called an abstract noun.

Ex: Uniqueness Love, fear, anger,

joy, excitement, Courage, bravery,
cowardice, etc.
 Collective
Nouns that refer to a group of people, animals,
things, or concepts or ideas as a single entity are
called collective nouns.
Examples: team, council, troupe
Nouns ca also be classified according to gender. There are four noun genders.

Masculine
This gender refers to male nouns.
Examples: man, king
Feminine
This gender refers to female nouns.
Examples: woman, queen
 Common
A noun is in the common gender if it can be either male or
female.
Examples: person, child, animal
Neuter
A noun is in the neuter gender if it is neither male nor female.
Lifeless objects and collective nouns are classified as neuter
nouns.
Examples: tricks, teams