NOUNS I. Definition A. A noun is a word, which is the name of ...

NOTETAKER: NOUNSI. DefinitionA. A noun is a word, which is the name of something: a person, place, thing, oridea.II.FormA. Number1. A singular noun refers to one person, place, thing, or idea.a. actor, stadium, child, __________2. A plural noun refers to more than one person, place, thing, or idea.a. actors, stadiums, children, __________B. Gender1. Gender indicates whether a noun is masculine, feminine, neuter, orindefinite.a. masculine: uncle, brother, men, __________b. feminine: mother, queen, woman, __________c. neuter (without sex): book, cobweb, __________d. indefinite (masculine or feminine): president, doctor,__________C. Case1. The nominative case describes a noun used as the subject of a clauseor a predicate noun.a. Mike caught a bass a Secret Lake.(_Mike____= subject)b. John Elway was a quarterback.(__quarterback__= predicate noun)2. The possessive case describes a noun that shows possession orownership.a. The teacher’s face curled into a smile as he spoke.(__teacher’s___= possessive noun)3. The objective case describes a noun used as a direct object, an indirectobject, or an object of a preposition.a. Mike caught a trout. (_ trout___= direct object)b. I gave Katie the keys. (_Katie__= indirect object)c. He parked the car. (___car__= object of preposition)III.ClassA. A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. Propernouns are always capitalized.1. Abraham Lincoln, Friday, __________B. A common noun is any noun which does not name any particular person,place, thing, or idea. Common nouns are not capitalized.

1. child, winter, book, _________C. A concrete noun names a thing that is tangible (can be heard, seen, smelled,tasted, and/or touched). Concrete nouns are either common or proper.1. heard= thunder2. seen= book3. smelled= perfume4. tasted= soup5. touched= baseballD. An abstract names an idea, a condition, or a feeling­ in other words,something that cannot be heard, seen, smelled or tasted, and touched. Abstractnouns are either common or proper.1. greed, poverty, love, peace, _________E. A collective noun named a group or unit. Collective nouns are either commonor proper.1. flock, class, faculty, _________F. A compound noun is a noun made up of two or more words. Some compoundnouns are written as one word (football), some as two words (high school), oras a hyphenated word (brother­in­law).IV.The big pictureA. A noun phrase will lack a subject and/or verb, and it will function as a noun.1. Spotting the tiny mouse was easy for the hawk(__gerund_ phrase= subject)2. To shake every voter’s hand was the candidate’s goal.(__infinitive_ phrase= subject)B. A noun clause will have a subject and a verb, and it is used in place of a noun.1. The teacher said that the essay questions are based only on the lasttwo chapters. (direct object)