| A | B |
|---|
| Abstract | Names ideas and feelings that can’t be seen |
| Collective | Names a group of persons or things. It is singular in form |
| Common | Names one person |
| Concrete | Names a person |
| Plural | Names more than one person |
| Possessive | Nouns that show ownership. Uses an apostrophe s |
| Proper | Names a specific person |
| Singular | Names any one of a group of people |
| For most nouns | Add –s |
| For most nouns that end with a vowel plus o | Add –s |
| For most nouns that end with f or fe | Change to v and add –es |
| For nouns that end with a consonant plus y | Change the y to i and add –es |
| For nouns that end with a vowel plus y | Add –s |
| For nouns that end with x z ch sh s or ss | Add –es |
| For some nouns that end in a consonant plus o | For some add –s for others add –es |
| For some nouns that end in f and to all nouns that end in ff | Add –s |
| To form the possessive of most singular nouns | Add ‘s |
| To form the possessive of plural nouns ending in s | Add only an apostrophe |
| To form the possessive of plural nouns that do not end in s | Add ‘s |
