Caps or no caps?!
The difference between a plural and singular noun is...
What is... a singular noun is one person, place, thing, or idea; a plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
What is... the amount of a person, place, thing, or idea
A noun that is made up of two or more words is called...
What is a compound noun?
Rewrite the appropriate noun in the fragment below to make it possessive. "The shoe owned by John..."
What is John's shoe?
When a noun is placed next to another noun to identify it or add information about it, that noun is called...
What is an "appositive"?
The word "florida" is this type of noun.
What is a proper noun? Should be written Florida.
The plural of "elephant" is...
What is elephants?
This compound noun names a game in which a round, orange ball is tossed skillfully into a hoop.
What is basketball?
Rewrite "the garden owned by the family" to make the appropriate noun possessive.
What is the family's garden?
Identify the appositive: "My big sister, Judy, turns 42 on Monday."
What is "Judy"?
Write a sentence with a common and proper noun in 20 seconds.
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The plural of "wish" is...
What is wishes?
This compound noun names the place someone would go to participate in a speedy trial.
What is a courthouse?
How would you say "the backpack owned by Charles" by making the appropriate noun possessive?
What is Charles's backpack?
Identify the appositive: "Judy, my big sister, turns 42 on Monday."
What is "my big sister"?
Find the proper noun in the following sentence:
People love Virginia.
What is Virginia?
The plural of "essay" is...
What is essays?
The plural form of the compound noun "mother-in-law" is...
What is mothers-in-law?
Rewrite "the garden owned by the families" to make the appropriate noun possessive.
What is the families' garden?
Create an appositive or appositive phrase for the sentence: "The boys, ___, went to the store."
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Find the common noun in the following sentence:
Ally and Aileen live in the Bay Area and love books.
What are books?
The plural of "country" is...
What is "countries"?
This noun is made up of the names of two different animals. Many people like to season, fry, and eat this tasty sea creature.
What is a catfish?
Find the mistake in the following sentences:
The student's coats help to keep them warm in the winter. For example, Lee's coat is fleece lined. Martha's is too.
What is students'?
Compose a sentence that accurately uses an appositive or an appositive phrase. Add commas appropriately.
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