Nouns

NounA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

A person

teacher chefstudent

doctor grandmawizard

A place

cabin

school

church

beach kitchen

A thing

baseballbed

bus

car

mouse

butterfly

Common and Proper Nouns

A common noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.

A proper noun names a particular person, place, things, or idea and begins with a capital letter.

Common Nouns Proper Nouns

book

pencil

house

cat

Statue of Liberty

President Obama

The White House

Golden Gate Bridge

Write common if the underlined word in each sentence is a common noun. Write proper if it is a proper noun. Title your paper Common and Proper Nouns and do 1-6.

1. Morgan Boulevard is a busy street. 2. We went on vacation to Oregon last year. 3. Did you see Kevin at the party? 4. Laura and Emily sang a song at the town

meeting. 5. The car stopped quickly. 6. Volunteers for 4-H clubs donate time and

money.

For number 7-8 under Common and Proper Nouns, write one sentence using two common nouns

and one proper noun.

Singular and Plural NounsA singular noun names only one

person, place, thing, or idea.A plural noun names more than

one person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural Nouns Add s to most singular nouns to make them

plural.

pencils books vegetables

basketballs cars

Plural NounsAdd es to a singular noun that ends in s, x, ch, and sh,

foxes

dishesglasses

sandwiches

brushes

Plural NounsIf the noun ends in a vowel and a y, add s.

keys

highwaystoys

monkeys boys

Plural NounsIf a noun ends in a consonant and a y, change the y to an i and add es

puppy ies

puppies

lady ies

ladies

bunny ies

bunnies

Is each noun Singular or Plural?

foot

gardens

father

names

years

tree

country

world

medicine

plants

scientists

neighborhood

goose

sandwiches

half

tools

On the back of the same sheet, title your paper Singular and Plural Nouns. Then whether the underlined nouns are

singular or plural for numbers 1-7? 1. You can have half of my pizza. 2. Please put all of the bottles

outside. 3. Mom bought a loaf of bread. 4. The blueberries stained my shirt. 5. I will cut the apple into halves. 6. Did you see the baby fox? 7. My neighbor's dog just had

puppies.

Some plurals do not follow the rules. Adding an s, es, or ies to the singular form of the

noun does not make it plural.

child childrenfoot feet

tooth teeth

goose geese

Special Plurals

shelf shelves

On the same sheet write the plural form of the following words.

8. goose

10. sheep

12. foot

14. supply

9. shelf

11. monkey

13. leaf

15. copy