nounsnaming words

OneTwo

ThreeFour

4 knds of nouns

What’s in a noun?

• Everything has a name.• That name is nounEx. babble, lullaby, softness, smoothness,

roughness, love, patriotism, heroism, Tom Hanks, masala, avocado, Mount Kachenjunga, Fox Lake

Root: nomen (Latin)= name, nombre. nominal (just in name), nominate (suggest a

name) misnomer (wrong name), nomenclature (scientific name)

KINDS OF NOUNS

• COMMON meaning “any one”. boy, girl • PROPER specific to one. Mississippi• COLLECTIVE a collection. class, army, choir • ABSTRACT a feeling, quality. goodness

Singular & Plural Nouns

SINGULAR• one book

• one box, bush

• one man, foot

• one half, one child

PLURAL• two books

• two boxes, bushes

• two men, feet

• two halves, two children

NOUN AS SUBJECT

• PERSON, PLACE, THING, OR IDEA THAT THE SENTENCE IS ABOUT

• Freedom should not be taken for granted.

• Frank and Elise wanted to attend the lecture.

• The flavor of parsnips is improved by roasting.

• The students of Kelvyn Park are amazing.

NOUN AS OBJECTOF A SENTENCEOBJECT IS RECEIVER OF THE

ACTIONJuan hit the door.Mary reads poems

• DIRECT OBJECT(Wrote what?)Maria wrote a check.She gave me a candy.

SUBJECT IS DOER OF THE ACTION

Birds fly.Girls giggle.

• INDIRECT OBJECT:(Wrote to whom?)Maria wrote Jose a check.She gave me a candy.

NOUN AS OBJECT OF A PREPOSITIONA NOUN THAT FOLLOWS A PREPOSITION is

called the object of the preposition.

• The cat on the fence wanders among the houses.

• The students of Kelvyn Park are hardworking.

Note: The object of a preposition is never the subject of the sentence.

NOUN AS THE OBJECT OF A VERBAL

Planning an attack, the children hid in a cave.

Noun that follows a gerund

Noun that follows a participle

Running the mile is a requirement.

Noun that follows an infinitive

To kill an animal is a crime

NOUN AS A PREDICATE NOMINATIVE

NOUN THAT FOLLOWS A LINKING VERB that restates or stands for the subject: IS, WAS, AM, ARE, WERE.

Tiger Woods is a leader.The fans were an embarrassmentDehydration became a threat.Mr. A is our teacher.

Summary

• 4 kinds of nouns: common, proper, collective, & abstract

• Have singular & plural forms• Used as subject, object, &

predicate nominative• Used as object of preposition &

object of a verbal