Nouns, Nouns, Nouns!

Common or Proper

100

What is a common noun?

a general, unspecific noun - it could be any

200

What is a proper noun? Give an example.

a specific noun - you know exactly which one - Miss Fitz

300

Common or proper?

bison

 How do you know?

bison

400

There are errors in some common and proper nouns in the following sentence. Correct them.

Mary and tucker went to the Library last saturday.

Mary and Tucker went to the library last Saturday.

500

Write a sentence with 2 proper nouns and 2 common nouns. Label them.

Answers will vary.

Singular or Plural

100

What is a plural noun?

more than one

200

What is a singular noun? Is children singular?

One noun - no, children = more than one child

300

How do you make a noun that ends in consonant + y plural?

Drop the y and add ies

400

Write the plural form of hoof.

hooves

500

Write each noun in the sentence. Underline singular nouns. Circle plural nouns.

Gerald and Mark went to the pizza shop and bought calzones and cheesy breadsticks for supper.

Gerald 

Mark

(pizza) shop

calzones

(cheesy) breadsticks

supper

Possessive Nouns

100

Change this phrase so that it shows possession: the bone that belonged to the dog

 the dog's bone

200

Change the phrase to show possession:  the brushes that belong to the ponies

the ponies' brushes

300

Change the phrase to show possession:  the babies that belong to the deer

the deer's babies

400

Make the following phrase show possession: the crowns that belonged to the princesses

the princesses' crowns

500

Rewrite the possessive noun correctly: The donkeys water was cold for them.

donkeys'

Appositives

100

An appositive must be surrounded by what?

commas

200

What is the appositive in the sentence?

Charlie, my brother, loves to go fishing.

my brother

300

What is the appositive in the sentence?

Jerry and Kendra like fishing, boating, and skiing, a water activity that takes skill.

a water activity that takes skill

400

Add an appositive to the following sentence.

Preston went to Walmart and bought boots.

Answers will vary.

500

Combine the two sentences into a sentence that uses an appositive.

Heather's favorite subject is math. It is her last class of the day.

Heather's favorite subject, her last class of the day, is math.

Random

100

Singular and Plural possessive nouns show what?

ownership

200

What is an appositive?

a word or group of words that follows a noun and tells more about it

300

Make this noun plural: ox

oxen

400

Name 3 common nouns and their matching proper nouns.

Answers will vary.

boy - Max

store - Dollar Tree

school - Princeton Elementary

500

Rewrite the following sentence. Label all nouns in the sentence as common/proper, singular/plural, and possessive.

"We should go to Princeton's Dollar General after school and buy Tic-Tacs and sodas," said Jax.

Princeton's

Dollar General

school

Tic-Tacs

sodas

Jax