Noun Rules
What is a plural noun?
A noun that names more than 1 person, place, thing, or idea
Make the following word plural: cat
cats
What do you do to make the word "girl" possessive?
Add an 's
Is the following noun common or proper?: city
common
What is a noun?
person, place or thing
If a singular noun ends in ‑s, -sh, -ch, or -x, how do you make it plural?
Add -es
Make this word plural: child
children
Make this possessive: the bone that belonged to the dog
the dog's bone
Is the following noun common or proper? Mexico
proper
What does singular mean?
only one
If a singular noun ends in a vowel and a y, how do you make it plural? Example: toy
Add s to make toys
Is this word singular, plural, or both: moose
It is both because whether you are talking about 1 or more than 1, it's always moose.
Make this possessive: the babies that belong to the deer
the deer's babies
Change the proper noun, "July", to a common noun.
month
What is a proper noun?
a noun that names a specific noun
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
Change pennies to the singular form.
penny
Make this possessive: The eraser that belonged to the pencil
The pencil's eraser
Change the common noun, "teacher", to a proper noun.
any teacher's name
What is a common noun?
any regular noun
If a noun ends with ‑f or ‑fe how do you make it plural?
Change the -f or -fe to -v and add -es
Change bookshelf to the plural form.
bookshelves
Rewrite the possessive noun correctly: The donkeys water was too cold for him.
donkey's
Name 3 proper nouns for "state".
any 3 states
What does a possessive noun show?
ownership
What do you do to a singular noun to make it possessive?
add an 's
What is the singular form of elves?
Elf
Rewrite the possessive noun correctly: The crowns of the princesses.
princesses' crowns
This gives it away that a noun is a proper noun.
a capital letter
What do you do to most plural nouns to make them possessive?
add an s'