Nouns
A noun is a ______, ________, ________, or _______.
Person, place, thing or idea
Which of the following words is a preposition:
and, about, hello, me, classroom
about
What is the simple subject of the sentence:
The US government conducts a survey every 10 years.
government
Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
Is the fifth planet from the sun.
Fragment
What holiday was celebrated on Monday?
Discoverer's Day or Indigenous People's Day
What is the correct plural form of the word baby.
babys, babies, baby's, babis
babies
Identify the prepositional phrase:
Jeffrey plays basketball in his driveway.
in his driveway
What is the simple predicate of the following sentence:
The ancient Romans counted their citizens regularly.
counted
Fix the fragment:
Jupiter's diameter 11 times bigger than Earth's.
Jupiter's diameter is 11 times bigger than Earth's.
What is Mrs. Delgado's daughter's name?
Gabriella
Which of the following nouns should be capitalized?
classroom, student, january, water bottle, tyler
January and Tyler
What is a prepositional phrase?
What is the complete subject of the following sentence:
The Prep 6th graders are awesome.
The Prep 6th graders
Is this a run-on or a comma splice?
Australia is the world's smallest continent it is also the sixth-largest country.
Run-On
What is the name of the kindergarten teacher's name?
Ms. Willhite
List the nouns in the following sentence, and identify whether they are plural or singular:
Many families have a picnic on Labor Day weekend.
Families (plural)
Picnic (singular)
Labor Day weekend (singular)
How many prepositions are in the following sentence? What are they?
Today, millions of basketball fans crowd into arenas during games.
3 (of, into, during)
What is the complete predicate of the following sentence:
The Prep 6th graders are awesome!
are awesome
Is this a run-on or a comma splice?
The original people of Australia are called Aborigines, they came to Australia about 40,000 years ago.
Comma Splice
What was your first essay about last year?
Your dream job
What is the difference between concrete and abstract nouns.
A concrete noun names a thing that is physical (can be touched, seen, or interacted with. An abstract noun names something that you think about but can't be seen/touched.
Work with your team! List the prepositions and identify the object of each preposition.
The game of basketball was invented by Dr. James in 1891 for indoor use in a YMCA program.
of --> basketball
by --> Dr. James
in --> 1891
for --> use
in --> program
What is the compound subject of the following sentence:
Molly and I watched a video and played board games.
Molly and I
Is this a run-on or a comma splice?
Yesterday, Indra and I hiked into the woods we wanted to have a picnic lunch with a nice crowd of trees.
Run-On
What is Mr. Steven's wife's job?
A french teacher at Iolani