Common/Proper
Abstract/Concrete
Collective/Compound
Plurals
Possessives
100
Photographers took pictures.
What is photographers, pictures (common)?
100
The earliest fliers imitated BIRDS.
What is concrete?
100
She will travel to Atlanta with her family.
What is family (collective)?
100
monkey
What is monkeys?
100
the shirt of Tom
What is Tom's shirt?
200
The Springfield Sentinel sent an experienced photographer.
What is The Springfield Sentinel (Proper) and photographer (common)?
200
They wore artificial WINGS and jumped from high TOWERS.
What is concrete and concrete?
200
Her grandparents live in East Point, near Atlanta.
What is East Point (compound)?
200
waitress
What is waitresses?
200
the children have books
What is children's books?
300
Over the cheers of the crowd, Dave shouted.
What is cheers (common), Dave (Proper)
300
With great PATIENCE, Wilbur and ORVILLE WRIGHT first worked with kites.
What is abstract, concrete?
300
Lynn has told everyone in her class about her trip.
What is class (collective)?
300
track meet chiefs
What is chiefs?
300
the dresses of the girls
What is girls' dresses?
400
Did the early americans sew their clothing by candlelight?
What is Americans (Proper), clothing (common), candlelight (common)?
400
Beauty is in the EYE of the beholder.
What is (beauty) abstract (eye) concrete, and beholder (concrete)?
400
Mr. Harris now belongs to a club for firefighters.
What is club (collective) firefighters (compound)?
400
piano & potato
What is pianos & potatoes?
400
the tests of the teachers
What is teachers' tests?
500
Full of hope and confidence, the lieutenant governor approached the microphone.
What is hope (common), confidence (common), lieutenant governor (common), microphone (common)?
500
For our convenience Elias Howe invented a new device.
What is (convenience) abstract, (Elias Howe) concrete, (device) concrete?
500
Charles Harris loves to visit bookstores along the seacoast with a group of friends.
What is Charles Harris (compound), bookstores (compound), seacoast (compound), group (collective)?
500
filly & grapefruit
What is fillies & grapefruit?
500
the cars of my sisters-in-law
What is sisters-in-law's cars?
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