What type of noun names a particular person, place, or thing?
What is a PROPER noun?
100
When a noun ends in "x", such as the word fox, what do you add to the noun to make it plural?
You add an -es, which would make "fox" become "foxes."
100
What is a possessive noun?
A noun that shows ownership or possession.
100
What is an appositive?
An appositive is a noun that is set beside another noun or pronoun to explain or identify it.
100
ladies'
What kind of noun?
What is a possessive noun?
200
What type of noun names any person, place, thing, or idea?
What is a COMMON noun?
200
What do you add to most nouns to make them plural?
You usually add an "s", like in tiger ---> tigers.
200
How would you make the noun "candle" possessive?
You would add: apostrophe + "s" ---> candle's, because it is a singular possessive noun.
200
Where is the one place in a sentence that an appositive cannot be? And why?
An appositive cannot be at the beginning of a sentence because it has to explain a noun that comes BEFORE it.
200
The plural of moose
What is moose?
300
List the common nouns in the following sentence:
"Can you write a paragraph about a sport that you like to play?"
What is "paragraph" and "sport" ?
300
How do you make a noun that ends in "y", like fry, plural?
It depends on whether the noun ends with consonant + y. In this case you change the "y" to "i" and add -es.
...Or if it ends with a vowel + y. In this case you add an "s".
300
How would you make the noun "teenagers" possessive?
You would add an: apostrophe ---> teenagers', because it is a plural possessive noun that ends in "s".
300
What is the appositive phrase in the following sentence?
"My son, the policeman, will be visiting us next week."
the policeman
300
Indianapolis Colts
What kind of noun?
proper noun
400
In the following sentence, which are the common nouns and which are the proper nouns?
"Leaders from around the country met in Indianapolis, Indiana."
Common nouns: leaders, country
Proper nouns: Indianapolis, Indiana
400
How would you form the plural of: leaf ?
You would change the "f" to "ves."
400
How would you make the noun "sirens" possessive?
You would add an: apostrophe ---> sirens', because it is a plural possessive noun that ends in s.
400
Where would the commas go in the following sentence to make an appositive?
"The insect an ugly cockroach was scurrying across the kitchen floor."
"The insect, an ugly cockroach, was scurrying across the kitchen floor."
After insect & before was.
400
"George Washington, the first president of the United States, was a general in the Continental Army.
Name the appositive.
What is the first president of the United States?
500
In the following sentence, proper nouns are not capitalized. Which nouns should be capitalized?
"My stepbrother has been working in india since march."
What are "India" and "March" ?
500
What is the rule for making nouns that end in "o" into plural nouns? This is a bit tricky.
Nouns ending in vowel + o ---> Just add "s".
Nouns ending in consonant + o ---> Add "es".
500
How would you form the possessive of the noun "children"?
You would add an: apostrophe + s ---> children's, because it is a plural possessive noun that does not end in s.
500
How would you combine the following sentences into one sentence that has an appositive?
"Adam bought me an iTouch for my birthday. He is my boyfriend."
"Adam, my boyfriend, bought me an iTouch for my birthday."
500
Name the nouns and identify as abstract or concrete. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.