Common vs. Proper Nouns
Identify whether the word is a common noun or a proper noun: “museum”
Common
Make this noun plural: “cat”
Cats
Add -s or -es: Which ending for “box” to make it plural?
Boxes
Identify the action verb in the sentence: “The boy kicked the ball.”
Kicked
Replace the noun with a pronoun: “Samantha went to the store.”
Replace Samantha with she
Replace store with there
Write the proper noun form for this common noun: “city”
Madison
Jackson
Make this singular noun possessive: “the teacher”
Make plural: “lady” (apply the correct rule)
Ladies
Identify the linking verb in the sentence: “The soup tastes good."
Taste
Soup=Good
Identify the pronoun type: In “Give the pencil to him,” what type of pronoun is “him”?
A: Personal
B: Indefinite
C: possessive
D: reflexive
A: Personal
Him refers to a person or subject
Choose the correct answer: Which is a proper noun? (A) school (B) Mrs. Rivera (C) dog (D) city
B: Mrs. Rivera
Change to plural possessive: “the dog’s toy” when there are many dogs who share the toy
the dogs' toys
Make plural: “fox”
Foxes
Name the helping verb(s) in the sentence: “She has finished her homework.”
Has
Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence: “Mark and ___ went to the game.” (A) Me (B) I (C) Mine (D) Myself
B: I
Name the proper nouns in this sentence: “On Saturday, Maria and her family went to Yellowstone National Park.”
Saturday
Maria
Yellowstone National Park
Choose the correct plural form: child → (A) childs (B) children (C) childrens (D) childes
B: Children
Make plural: “mouse”
mice
Change this present-tense verb to past tense: “jump” 500
Jumped
Rewrite using a possessive pronoun: “That is the bike of Mark.” (use a single word possessive pronoun)
Mark's bike
Rewrite this sentence replacing the common noun with a proper noun: “The author signed books at the store
Change book to a type of book or store to a type of store!
Explain and give an example: How do you form the possessive of a plural noun that already ends in -s?
add ' after the existing s.
Toys'
Choose correct plural forms (two-part): (1) “knife” → ? (2) “leaf” → ?
Knife --> Knives
Leaf --> Leaves
Write a sentence that uses a helping verb and an action verb together (one sentence).
The boy is running quickly.
Action: running
Helping: is
Identify and explain the pronouns and their types in this sentence: “She gave herself a sticker because it was hers.”
Herself: reflexive
Hers: possessive