Singular & Plural Nouns
This is a word used to identify one person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a singular noun?
A noun can be this of an action verb and tells us this about the sentence.
What is a subject and what the sentence is about?
After asking whom or what after an action verb, this is what you'll find.
What is direct object?
Find the preposition in this sentence:
"Earth is the third planet from the sun."
What is "from"?
An appositive is a word that follows what, and it helps to identify this or add more information about it.
What is a noun?
Turn this word into a plural noun and describe why this change is made.
"Battery"
What is batteries? What is a noun ending in -y changing to an -i and adding es?
This is what the form "to be" is called.
What is a linking verb?
After asking to whom or to what, or for whom or for what, the action is done, you will find this.
What is indirect object?
Find the prepositional phrase in this sentence:
"We took a long drive along the East coast."
What is "along the East coast"?
An appositive that can be removed from a sentence is known as this.
What is a nonrestrictive appositive?
Correct this sentence:
"Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson are attorney-at-laws."
What is "attorneys-at-law"?
A noun can be this, and it refers to the same person/place/thing as the subject, and follows this.
What is a subject complement and linking verb?
Find the direct object in this sentence:
Gather your things and leave the classroom.
What is "your things"?
To find the object of a preposition, ask this question.
What is "Whom or what?" (after the prepositions)
Find the appositive in this sentence and identify if it is restrictive or nonrestrictive.
The poet Emily Dickinson is credited as the creator of the "em-dash."
What is Emily Dickinson?
Correct this sentence:
The businesswomans have a meeting down at the courthouse today."
What is "businesswomen"?
Find the subject & subject complement in this sentence:
Willow was the most vocal husky we have ever had.
What is...
subject: Willow
subject complement: husky?
Find the indirect object in this sentence:
Susan and Dylan handed Mr. Murphy their completed homework.
What is "Mr. Murphy"?
An object complement renames this in a sentence, and provides what in a sentence.
What is direct object and information?
When discussing possessive nouns, there are many rules to follow. Describe the rule used for this noun's possession:
Children's literature has become increasingly diverse over the last ten years.
What is adding an 's to the end of the plural noun not ending in "s"?
Correct this sentence:
"My three dogs have lost all of their baby teeth to a countless amount of toys."
What is no correction/teeth is correct?
Find the subject & subject complement in this sentence:
"Miss Ashleigh was the student observer for half of the school year."
What is...
subject: Miss Ashleigh
subject complement: observer?
Find the direct and indirect object in this sentence:
"Miss Ashleigh gave her 6th graders a very challenging assignment."
What is...
DO: assignment
IO: (her) 6th graders?
Find the object complement in this sentence and identify what it is complementing:
We considered our basketball game a success.
What is...
Object Complement: success.
Direct Object: Game?
When discussing possessive nouns, there are many rules to follow. Identify the type of possession used in this sentence:
Willow and Olive's toys fit in a light blue bin downstairs.
What is joint possession?