Singular and Plural Nouns
What is the plural form of the following words:
a) pancake
b) victory
c) goose
a) pancakes (regular pluralization -- add -s)
b) victories (change y to i, and add -es)
c) geese (irregular plural spelling -- different word)
Identify the subject and the subject complement in the following sentence:
English is my favorite class.
Subject: English
Subject Complement: class
Tell whether the underlined noun is a direct object, an indirect object, an object complement, or an object of the preposition:
The doctor gave Mary a prescription for her sinus infection.
Direct object
Identify the appositive or appositive phrase and state whether it is restrictive or nonrestrictive:
My grandfather, a retired geologist, loves visiting the Grand Canyon.
Appositive phrase: a retired geologist
Nonrestrictive
Write the singular and plural possessive of each noun:
a) frog
b) loaf
a) frog's, frogs'
b) loaf's, loaves'
Write the plural of each noun:
a) lash
b) datum
c) donkey
a) lashes (add -es when words end in -s, -x, -sh, -ch
b) data (irregular -- different word)
c) donkeys (just add -s when a vowel comes before the -y.
Identify the subject and the subject complement in the following sentence:
The delicious green beans were the best part of the meal.
Subject: beans
Subject complement: part
Tell whether the underlined noun is a direct object, an indirect object, an object complement, or an object of the preposition:
The doctor gave Mary a prescription for her sinus infection.
Indirect object
Identify the appositive or appositive phrase and state whether it is restrictive or nonrestrictive:
The favorite movie The Princess Bride can almost always be found playing on cable T.V.
Appositive: The Princess Bride
Restrictive
Write the singular and plural possessive forms of each noun:
a) dress
b) Jones
a) dress's, dresses'
b) Jones's, Joneses'
Write the plural form of each noun:
a) deer
b) sister-in-law
c) loaf
a) deer (word is both singular and plural)
b) sisters-in-law (irregular compound word)
c) loaves (change -f to -v, add -es)
After rooming together at camp, the two girls became best friends for years to come.
Subject: girls
Subject complement: friends
Tell whether the underlined noun is a direct object, an indirect object, an object complement, or an object of the preposition:
The doctor gave Mary a prescription for her sinus infection.
Object of the preposition
Identify the appositive or appositive phrase and state whether it is restrictive or nonrestrictive:
Santa Barbara, a sunny beach town north of Los Angeles, is where I attended college.
Appositive phrase: a sunny beach town north of Los Angeles
Nonrestrictive.
Write the singular possessive or plural possessive form of the noun in parentheses:
Many of the (tomato) stems were broken
tomatoes' (The word "many" indicates that the noun is plural -- made by adding an "-es" to the word tomato. Then, because it is plural, the apostrophe comes AFTER the s)
Write whether each noun is singular, plural, or both:
a) handfuls
b) Japanese
c) sheep
a) plural
b) both
c) both
Identify the subject and the subject complement in the following sentence:
The movie was quite a disappointment after all the hype it had received.
Subject: movie
Subject complement: disappointment
Tell whether the underlined noun is a direct object, an indirect object, an object complement, or an object of the preposition:
I consider Mary a good friend of mine.
Direct object
My husband's brothers, John, Mike, Jim, and Bob, are all wonderful uncles to my daughter, Hannah.
Appositive phrase: John, Mike, Jim, and Bob
Additional appositive: Hannah
Nonrestrictive
Say whether the noun shows separate possession or joint possession:
Teresa and Emma's parents are coming to the party tonight.
Joint possession
(the 's comes only after the second name)
List all the nouns in the following sentence:
The bus that will take our children to camp will make a stop at the station to get gas.
bus, children, camp, stop, station, gas
Identify the subject and the subject complement in the following sentence:
The old oak tree on the top of the hill is home to birds, rodents, and many insects.
Subject: tree
Subject Complement: home
Tell whether the underlined noun is a direct object, an indirect object, an object complement, or an object of the preposition:
I consider Mary a good friend of mine.
Object complement
Visiting the ancient Mayan temple Chichen Itza was one of the highlights of my trip to Mexico.
Appositive: Chichen Itza
Restrictive
Say whether the noun shows separate possession or joint possession:
Teresa's and Emma's parents are coming to the party tonight.