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Sentence Essentials Worksheet

SENTENCE ESSENTIALS – ENC 0002

NOUNS - REVIEW

Nouns

A noun is a word that names a person, a place, a thing, an idea, or an activity.

Examples: astronaut, Mars, spaceship, knowledge, orbiting

Nouns may function as subjects, objects of verbs, objects of prepositions, or complements of linking verbs:

The young man gave up his seat on the bus. He was a true gentleman.

subject

obj. of vb

obj. of prep.

link. vb. complement

Common and Proper Nouns

Common Nouns refer to people, places, things, ideas, or activities in general terms. Common nouns are

not capitalized except at the beginning of a sentence.

Examples: bridge, woman, street, college

Proper Nouns refer specific people, places, or things. These nouns are capitalized.

Examples: Golden Gate Bridge, Eleanor Roosevelt, Main Street, Fairfax Community College

Noun Markers

Noun Markers signal that a noun will follow and often tell you if the noun will be singular or plural. The

most common noun markers are the words an, an, the. Adjectives such as number words are often noun

markers to signal that a noun will follow. [see chart on page 17]

Some Common Singular Noun Markers: a, an, one, each, every, a single

Some Common Plural Noun Markers: two ... , all, some, many, both, few, several, most, one of

Possessive nouns always function as noun markers: Jeremy's books were stolen.

Singular and Plural Nouns

Singular Nouns refer to only one person, place, thing, idea, or activity.

Examples: the astronaut, the planet, the rocket, a flight, an achievement

Plural Nouns refer to more than one person, place, thing, idea, or activity. Most nouns form their plural by

adding -s or -es. [see rules on pages 19 & 20]

Examples: astronauts, planets, rockets, flights, achievements, watches, churches

Watch out: Plural nouns are NOT formed by adding an apostrophe.

This summer, I went on two trips. [NOT two trip’s]

Sentence Essentials Worksheet