Noun Rules
When do you use the indefinite article "an"?
When the next word starts with a vowel or vowel sound.
Make the following word plural: person
people
Find the nouns in the sentence:
Kevin slid down the long hallway and crashed into the steel door.
Kevin, hallway, door
What is a noun?
person, place, characteristic or thing
___ parrot is in the cage.
a
What is a plural noun?
A noun that names more than 1 person, place, thing, or idea (e.g. boys, girls, students)
Make this word plural: child
children
Find the nouns in the sentence:
Teresa loves her bulldog more than cotton candy!
Teresa, bulldog, cotton candy
What does singular mean?
only one
Have you got ___ umbrella?
an
What do you add to a singular noun that ends in x? Example: How would you spell the plural form of fox?
Add -es
fox --> foxes
Is this word singular, plural, or both: sheep
It is both because whether you are talking about 1 or more than 1, it's always sheep.
Find the nouns in the sentence:
I banged my knee on the coffee table, and screamed, "YEOWTCH!"
knee, table
What letters are vowels in the alphabet?
i, e, a, o, u
Goose
The ____ were flying high in the sky.
Geese
If a singular noun ends in a consonant and y, how do you make it plural? Example: lady
Change the "-y" to "-i" and add "-es" to make ladies
sky --> skies
study --> studies
Change pennies to the singular form.
penny --> pennies (change "y" to 'i" and add "es")
Find the nouns in the sentence:
Hagrid rubbed Fluffy's ears gently to calm him down.
Hagrid, Fluffy, ears
Find the nouns in the sentence:
"Jack, quit tormenting your sister!" mom screeched from the top of the stairs.
Jack, sister, mom, stairs
Mouse
I saw two ____ on the way to the zoo
Mice
If a noun ends with ‑f or ‑fe how do you make it plural? Example: Life
Change the -f or -fe to -v and add -es
knife --> knives
life --> lives
Change bookshelf to the plural form.
bookshelves
(if a word ends in -f or -fe, change it into "v" and add "es", e.g. yourself --> yourselves, chef --> chefs).
Find the nouns in the sentence:
Lucy ran down the dark alley towards the Halloween festival, convinced that a vampire was chasing her!
Lucy, alley, Halloween, festival, vampire
How would I show possession if I wanted to say the phone belonged to Natalie?
Natalie's phone
deer
They saw two million ____ on the field.
deer
Deer is the preferred plural form of deer, although deers (rarely used) is also an accepted plural.