NOUNS UNIT 2 - 6th GRADE

By: Angélica Guerra, MS

Greater Miami Adventist Academy

Noun: a person, place, thing, or idea Lucy likes books about history from Europe. person thing idea place

A noun can be made up of MORE THAN ONE word.

Statue of Liberty / Red Sea / fire engine

Lesson 1 – Recognizing Nouns

Name some NOUNS:

PROPER: Name a particular person, place, thing, or idea

COMMON: Do NOT name a particular person, place, thing, or idea

city / New York dog / Bibi day / Monday If the proper noun is made up of more

than 1word, capitalize all the important words.

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Lesson 2- Common & Proper Nouns

Make a sentence using proper and common

nouns:

When you use a word for a person in your family as a name, capitalize it, otherwise don’t capitalize the name.

◦Would you come here, Mom?◦My mom works all day.

APPOSITIVES - p 90 A word or phrase that comes RIGHT AFTER

the noun it explains. They are set apart from the rest of the

sentence by commas or parentheses. They can be serious, scientific, funny, etc.

French Fries, potatoes cut into strips and deep-fried, are a staple of American food.

French Fries (potatoes cut into strips and deep-fried) are a staple of American food.

When you use a noun in one sentence and explain it in another, it is a good idea to combine both sentences into ONE by adding an appositive.

◦ I like going to Marciano’s. Marciano’s is a wonderful Italian restaurant in West Palm Beach.

◦ I like going to Marciano’s, a wonderful Italian restaurant in W.P.B.

Use appositives to make your writing clearer and more fun!

Choose a picture and write a sentence about it using an

appositive.

SINGULAR: A noun that names ONE person, place, thing, or idea

PLURAL: A noun that names MORE THAN ONE person, place, thing, or idea

SEE CHART ON PAGES 92 & 93.

Some nouns are spelled the same in singular and plural: sheep / sheep moose / moose

Other nouns are spelled differently in the plural: child / children mouse / mice

3 - SINGULAR AND PLURAL

You can change the form of a noun to show ownership or possession.

A Possessive Noun names who or what owns something.◦ Peter’s boat / the babies’ mother (they are

twins)

Learn rules on CHART on page 96!◦ Practice using items Teacher will show you.

4 – POSSESIVE NOUNS

Write or wrong?◦ The boy’s play soccer together.◦ One boy’s hat got dirty.◦ The boys’ grandmother gave them some fruit.◦ The boys sister gave him a hug.

PLEASE DO NOT CONFUSE POSSESSIVES AND PLURALS. DO NOT

ADD APOSTROPHES TO FORM PLURALS!!!!!!

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