Common Nouns
How many nouns in the sentence below. Count them and name them!
The young lad flew his blue kite high in the sky.
What are three common nouns?
lad, kite, sky
The young lad flew his blue kite high in the sky.
How many proper nouns?
Tower Hill is going to crush Friends into the ground on Saturday.
What are three proper nouns:
Tower Hill
Friends
Saturday
Find the abstract noun(s) in the sentence:
I believe in telling the truth even if it brings you no joy.
What are truth and joy?
I believe in telling the truth even if it brings you no joy.
plural of cherry?
cherries
consonant + y= change the y to ies
vowel +y= add s
Where does the apostrophe belong?
Sallys short is covered in paint.
Sally's short is covered in paint.
Sally is one person so 's
How many nouns?
A giant spider crawled down its web and sat on the chair next to me.
What are three nouns:
spider, web, chair
A giant spider crawled down its web and sat on the chair next to me.
How many proper nouns?
Jill and Jack went up to Tower Hill to see Mrs. Taylor roll down.
What are four:
Jill, Jack, Tower Hill and Mrs Taylor
Jill and Jack went up to Tower Hill to see Mrs. Taylor roll down.
What is the collective noun in this sentence?
I couldn't believe that I stumbled upon a herd of moose in the forest.
What isi herd?
I couldn't believe that I stumbled upon a herd of moose in the forest.
plural of deer
What is deer?
This is an irregular plural.
Others: fish, moose
Where does the apostrophe belong?
All of the students backpacks got wet in the rain.
All of the students' backpacks got wet in the rain.
More than one student so s'
How many nouns?
A gust of wind blew the tree onto my car.
What are four nouns:
gust, wind, tree, car
A gust of wind blew the tree onto my car.
What should be capitalized here?
I traveled to egypt this summer to see the pyramids.
What is Egypt?
Find the abstract nouns.
For our democracy to work, we must trust the process.
This was a mean one:
democracy and process
Trust is a verb in this sentence!!
For our democracy to work, we must trust the process.
plural of marsh?
What is marshes?
s, ss, x, sh, ch. add -es
batch= batches; kiss= kisses, tax= taxes
Where does the apostrophe belong?
Mrs. Zehners favorite outdoor activity is skiing.
Mrs. Zehner's favorite outdoor activity is skiing.
One Mrs Zehner so 's
How many nouns?
A busy bee buzzed by my bus before ballet yesterday.
What are three nouns
bee, bus, ballet
A busy bee buzzed by my bus before ballet yesterday.
What should not be capitalized in this sentence?
Mr. Weymouth offered to get a Gorilla for a mascot if we all came in dress code on Friday.
What is gorilla- animals do not need to capitalized unless they are specific- like Bengal tiger
What is the collective noun in this sentence?
Did you know that a gang of penguins is called a parcel of penguins?
What are gang and parcel?
Did you know that a gang of penguins is called a parcel of penguins?
plural of child?
What is children?
Other irregulars: mouse=mice; person=people, man=men; goose=geese
Where does the apostrophe belong?
I hope that the boys kites string does not get tangled.
Well this is a mouthful. We do not know how many boys there are- so this one could go either way:)
I hope that the boy's kite's string does not get tangled. or
I hope that the boys' kites' string does not get tangled.
How many nouns?
I hope you liked the chocolate sundae; I made the dessert just for you.
What are two
sundae and dessert
*Don't be fooled by pronouns (I, you) - they are not nouns
I hope you liked the chocolate sundae; I made the dessert just for you.
List all the mistakes in this sentence
I went to six flags in virginia with grandma june, and she loved going on the rollercoasters with me.
What are 5 capital mistakes
Here is the correct answer:
I went to Six Flags in Virginia with Grandma June, and she loved going on the rollercoasters with me.
Find the collective and abstract nouns in this sentence. one of each.
A fleet of ships sailed on the horizon bringing hope to the soldiers on shore.
What is fleet and hope?
A fleet of ships sailed on the horizon bringing hope to the soldiers on shore.
plural of monkey
What is monkeys- not monkies:)
Where does the apostrophe belong?
Where do the childrens lunchboxes go?
Where do the children's lunchboxes go?
This is a mean one. Children is already plural so you put it before the s.
men's, women's, people's