NOUNS Unit 2 7 th Grade By: Anglica Guerra, MS Greater Miami
Adventist Academy Slide 2 Kinds of Nouns Lesson 1 CONCRETE &
ABSTRACT 1. CONCRETE: A noun that names something that can be
experienced with the senses (can be seen, heard, tasted, or
touched) 2.ABSTRACT: A noun that names an idea, a quality, or a
feeling. COMMON & PROPER 1.COMMON: Refers to ANY person, place,
thing, or idea. 2.PROPER: Names a PARTICULAR person, Place, thing,
or idea. Always capitalized. If it contains more than 1 word,
capitalize all important words. Slide 3 Write sentences using all 4
types of nouns just learned: Slide 4 Collective & Compound
Nouns - 2 COLLECTIVE NOUNS Refers to a GROUP of people, animals, or
things. a bunch of grapes a flock of birds the baseball team
COMPOUND NOUNS Two or more words used as a single noun. Can be
written as a single word: watermelon separate words: Miami Beach
hyphenated words: father-in-law Slide 5 SINGULAR & PLURAL NOUNS
- 3 A SINGULAR NOUN: Names ONE person, place, thing, or idea A
PLURAL NOUN: Names MORE THAN ONE person, place, thing, or idea
Check and memorize rules on pages 76 & 77. Slide 6 Make a
sentence using several singular and plural nouns: Slide 7
APPOSITIVES p. 79 A word or phrase that comes RIGHT AFTER the noun
it explains or identifies. They are set apart from the rest of the
sentence by commas or parentheses. They can be serious, scientific,
funny, etc. When the appositive is needed to identify the noun it
follows, dont use commas. My friend Marty likes to eat raspberries.
Slide 8 Write a sentence using an appositive: Slide 9 POSSESSIVE
NOUNS 4 Possessive Noun Possessive Noun: A noun that shows
ownership (or possession) OF HAVE Possessive forms replace the word
OF or the verb HAVE: of Legs of the table = tables legs has The dog
has a bone. = the dogs bone Slide 10 (continuation) RULES FOR
POSSESSIVES: For a singular noun, add an apostrophe and s (s) Annas
purse -- Jamess car For a plural nouns that ends in s, add an
apostrophe ONLY (). The students books --animals babies For a
plural noun that does not end in s, add an apostrophe and s (s).
Childrens toys --mices cheese For a compound noun, add an
apostrophe () and s (s) to the end of the compound. Mother-in-laws
shoes --the rainbows colors Slide 11 Make a sentence or phrase
using a POSSESSIVE NOUN: Slide 12 The End
