Nouns
What is a noun?
What is a Common noun?
What is a Proper noun?
What is a Compound noun?
Noun names a person, place, thing, idea, or feeling.
Common nouns name general people, places, things, ideas, and feelings.
Proper nouns name specific people, places, things, and ideas. They are always capitalized.
Compound nouns are made of more of more than one noun. They may be spelled as one word, as two words, or as two or more hyphenated words.
What is an appositive?
What can an appositive do?
Where can you find an appositive in the sentence?
How can commas be used for an appositive?
A noun or noun phrase that renames or gives more information about a noun.
An appositive can expand a sentence or clarify its meaning.
An appositive comes immediately after the noun it renames.
Commas are used to set off an appositive from the rest of the sentence.
What is a singular possessive noun?
What is a plural possessive noun?
A singular possessive noun shows that one person, place, or thing owns something.
A plural possessive noun shows that more than one person, place, or thing owns something.
Identify Common or Proper and underline the noun.
- students' cheers
- Edison's invention
- Grandma's house
- Spartans' bravery
Common; cheers
Proper; Edison's
Common; house
Proper; Spartans'
Where is the appositive in the following sentence?
- Rice, an edible grain, is considered a dietary staple.
- Rice, the main ingredient in many Asian recipes, is sticky and white.
- an edible grain
- the main ingredient in many Asian recipes
Which will complete the sentence?
-(Hayden, Hayden's) older brother plays on a football team.
- His (brother's, brothers) position is quarterback.
- Hayden's
- brother's
Underline the correct plural form of each noun.
- Animals can be trained to unlock (boxes, boxs) using (keyes, keys).
- Sometimes, chickens play ( pianoes, pianos ) in circus acts.
- Animal (babies, babys) are dressed and treated like human babies.
- boxes; keys
- pianos
- babies
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What is the appositive phrase in each sentence?
- Ethiopia, an African nation, receives rice from other countries to help feed starving citizens.
- Louisiana, a major exporter of rice, is located in the southern United States.
- The chief river of the United States, the Mississippi River, emptied into the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana.
- Rice farming, a prosperous occupation in Louisiana, requires flooding of the silty soil.
- an African nation
- a major exporter of rice
- the Mississippi River
- a prosperous occupation in Louisiana
Rewrite each sentence
- the leather of the football
- the numbers on the scoreboard
- the uniform belonging to my brother
- football's leather
- scoreboard's numbers
- brother's uniform
Underline the noun in each sentence
- Some animals can be trained to perform tricks.
- Trainers at carnivals spend hours with the animals.
-animals; tricks
-Trainers, carnivals, hours, and animals
Combine the pairs of sentences using an appositive phrase.
- Cajun food includes spicy rice dishes. Cajun food is a Louisiana trademark.
- Saffron is added to rice in India. Saffron is a spice.
- Rice is a popular food in Hawaii. Rice is the main ingredient in many Polynesian dishes.
- Cajun food, a Louisiana trademark, includes spicy rice dishes.
- Saffron, a spice, is added to rice in India.
- Rice, the main ingredient in many Polynesian dishes, is a popular food in Hawaii.
Rewrite each phrase.
- the refreshments from the concession stand
- the call from the referee
- the shouts of the fan
- concession stand's refreshments
- referee's call
- fan's shouts