A NOUN is a NAMER.
Its job is to NAME things.
A NOUN names a PERSON, PLACE, THING, or IDEA.
What are the FUNCTIONS (CASES) of a NOUN?
A NOUN has 3 functions (or Cases)
Nominative Case
- Subject of the Sentence
- The hamster escaped.
- Appositive
- Bob, the smartest kid in class, aced the test.
- Subject Complement (when a linking verb is used)
- The woman is an astronaut
Objective Case
- Direct Object
- He bought his wife a dozen roses.
- Indirect Object
- He bought his wife a dozen roses.
- Object of the Preposition
- He drove over the bridg
Possessive Case
- Noun that shows ownership
- The bike’s tires.
- The rabbit’s foot.
What are the different kinds of NOUNS?
There are 7 categories of nouns.
- Proper Noun - A Noun that names a specific place, person, thing, or idea
- Jerry – Mount Rushmore – Germany – Sony
- Common Noun – A Noun that names a general place, person, thing, or idea
- boy – mall – country – game – dream – bike
- Concrete Noun – A Noun you can touch, smell, see, hear, feel, or taste
- eggs – building – sky – hamster – Erie – Statue of Liberty
- Abstract Noun – A Noun you cannot touch, smell, see, hear, feel, or taste (The ideas)
- imagination – fear – love – hate – childhood – faith
- Count Noun – Nouns that change when pluralized
- dogs – buildings – trees – frames – cakes – phones
- Non-Count Noun (mass nouns) - Nouns that do not change when pluralized
- oxygen – furniture – water – sugar – dust – air
- Collective Noun - A Noun that represents a group of things, people, places, or ideas
- troop – army – council – crowd – public – society – team
** A Noun can fall into many categories **
Take the Noun – elevator
elevator is a Common Noun + Concrete Noun + Count Noun
Take the Noun - tribe
tribe is a Common Noun + Concrete Noun + Count Noun + Collective Noun
Take the Noun – wisdom
wisdom is a Common Noun + Abstract Noun + Non Count Noun
Take the noun Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is a Proper Noun + Concrete Noun + Non Count Noun
