denotes a group of persons, animals, places, or things considered as one.
subject
subjective compliment
direct
address
it answers the question who? or what? before the verb
Cuba is a communist country.
Monica, will
you and David attend the meeting?
a noun that functions as direct object, an indirect object, an object of preposition, or an objective compliment in a sentence
direct
object
it answers the question whom? or what? after the verb
NOUN
N O U N S
is the part of speech that names a person, place, or thing.
Contents
I. Types of Nouns
NOUN is the part of speech that names a person, place or thing
and
II. Kinds of proper and common nouns
it's all around us . . .
III. Qualities of nouns
IV. Diagramming
Types of Nouns
is the type of noun that names any class of persons, places, or things
Philippine Airlines
COMMON Nouns
always begin with a CAPITAL letter
is the type of noun that names a particular person, place, or thing
PROPER Nouns
Helen
BMW
CNU
Gabriel
Chocolate Hills
Bishop Tagle
direct address
Kristen
Diagramming
Charles
subject
predicate
(verb)
gave
Danny
indirect object
Kristen, Charles gave Danny, your cousin, the book with St. Paul's picture.
direct object
book
your
(cousin)
the
appositive
with
object of a preposition
picture
adjective
(possessive noun)
St. Paul's
Collective Nouns
COLLECTIVE nouns may be proper or common.
subject
book
The book is English 8.
The
is
Kinds of Proper
and
Common Nouns
choir
fleet
predicate
(linking verb)
subjective
compliment
English 8
this help us to visualize the function of nouns in a sentence
swarm
subject
cardinals
the
predicate
(verb)
class
selected
after
After prayerful deliberation, the cardinals selected Jorge Bergoglio new pope of the Catholic Church.
direct object
deliberation
Jorge Bergoglio
prayerful
herd
objective compliment
new
pope
object of a
preposition
of
Catholic Church
the
Four QUALITIES of Nouns
Person
is a quality that indicates whether the noun is the
Abstract Nouns
third person
first person
second person
- speaker
- one spoken about
- one spoken to
names a thing that is a quality or condition
Concrete Nouns
names a person, a place, a thing that exists in a material or physical form
CASES of Nouns
CASE is the quality of a noun that indicates the function of that noun in a sentence.
Number
is a quality of noun that indicates whether the noun is
Rules for forming the Plural of Nouns
1. for most nouns, add S
2. nouns ending S, X, Z, Ch & Sh, add ES
* parishes
* crutches
* circuses
* buzzes
3a. nouns ending in Y preceded by a consonant,
change Y to i and add ES.
* varieties
* centuries
* fairies
3b. nouns ending in Y preceded by a vowel, add S.
* guys
* turkeys
* plays
4a. most nouns ending in f or fe, add S.
* safes
* giraffes
plural
* motifs
singular
Christopher Columbus discovered America.
Possessive
Case
4b. some nouns ending in f or fe,change f or fe to VES.
it follows another noun or pronoun to identify or explain that noun or pronoun
* halves
* lives
* shelves
An appositive that explains a direct object, an indirect object, or an object of a preposition is in the objective case
appositive
* wives
They gave Agnes, the new bride, a set of towels.
function of a noun to show possession or ownership
Jane's gloves is green
Objective
Case
answers the questions to whom? for whom? or to what? after the verb
is always followed by a direct object
up
of
near
at
indirect
object
follows a preposition
against
across
except
between
about
for
with
off
through
An appositive that explains a subject, a subjective compliment, or a direct address is in the nominative case
appositive
above
Grandpa buys Grandma flowers for her birthday
direct
object
object
of a
preposition
beside
toward
Jacob, my son, have you sold your birthright?
to
among
it follows another noun or pronoun to identify or explain that noun or pronoun
after
in
before
during
on
over
around
behind
down
Damien worked among the lepers on the island of Molokai.
from
under
by
Nominative
Case
The boys' bikes were decorated for the parade.
is the person, place, or thing spoken to and named
remain,
LINKING VERB
seem,
feel
grow,
* express being
smell,
look,
were,
appear,
become,
* any form of the verb be
was,
being
taste,
are,
is,
been,
am,
be,
Kristin, could you bring me that book?
linking
verb
It follows the linking verb and refers to the subject
Prudence is
a virtue that disposes practical reasons to discern our true good
subjective
complement
is separated from the other words in a sentence by comma