GRAMMAR BASICS NOUNS KATE RIGGS CREATIVE EDUCATION
Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Liddy Walseth Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed in the United States of America Photographs by Getty Images American Images Inc Alistair Berg Burazin MoMo Productions Newspix Andy Ryan Joel Sartore Gandee Vasan Art Wolfe iStockphoto by_nicholas Eric Isselée Valerii Kaliuzhnyi Steve Snowden Shutterstock Jaimie Duplass Copyright 2013 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Riggs Kate Nouns by Kate Riggs p cm Grammar basics Summary A simple overview of nouns the words that name things including their uses in sentences their common and proper types and how to spot singular and plural forms Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-60818-238-1 hard cover ISBN 978-1-56660-188-7 eBook 1 English language Noun Juvenile literature I Title PE1205 R57 2013 428 2 dc23 2011050689 First Edition 246897531
TABLE OF CONTENTS 05 Introduction 07 What Are Nouns 08 Nouns in Use 10 Common or Proper 13 A Capital Idea 15 When One Isn’t Enough 16 Hunting for Plurals 18 Check the Spelling 20 Look out for Nouns 22 Grammar Game Time 24 Grammar Word Bank 24 Read More 24 Web Sites 24 Index