Common nouns
Which of the following is a common noun?
School
Nysmith
Virginia
McDonalds
Which of the following is a proper noun?
Tuesday
Morning
Night
Afternoon
Tuesday
What is a character trait?
A character trait is the way a person acts or behaves in a book, movie, or in real life.
What is an inference?
An inference is when you use context clues and what you already know in order to make an educated guess or prediction.
What is a verb?
A word that demonstrates or performs an action
Which of the following is not a common noun?
State
Country
Spain
City
Spain
Which of the following is a proper noun?
Continent
State
Country
Asia
Asia
How is a character trait different from a character's appearance?
A character trait is how the character acts, while a character's appearance is how that character looks.
What is this person's job/who is this person?
I had finally gotten used to being weightless. It became a comfortable feeling. I especially liked floating by the window to see the planet Earth below.
Astronaut
What is the verb in the following sentence?
They ran all over the place yesterday
Ran
A common noun is any non capitalized ______, _______, or ________
Person
Place
Thing
What is the difference between a common and a proper noun?
A common noun is lowercase while a proper noun is uppercase.
Pick out the character trait in the following sentence.
The kind teacher had red hair and was wearing a blue t-shirt.
Kind
What is this person's job/who is this person?
My father did not like to wear his crown. He said it was heavy and made his head hurt. While I did not have a crown, my parents made sure I had a silk dress with gold thread to wear for the coronation.
A princess
Provide an example of a word that can be both a verb and a different part of speech.
Identify the common nouns in the following sentence,
The school is open every day in the morning.
School
Day
Morning
Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence.
Halloween is my favorite holiday and it is every month in October.
Halloween
October
Pick out the character traits in the following sentence.
The mean old man was very scary looking, he had a long beard and his eyes were dark and scary, he was always so grumpy.
Mean
Grumpy
What is this person's job/who is this person?
The crowd began to roar as I made a few practice swings with the bat. The umpire called to me sharply to hurry. I was not in any hurry to face the most famous pitcher in history.
Baseball player
Identify all of the verbs in the following sentence.
The team played a great game, they scored 4 goals and won the championship.
Played
Scored
Won
Identify the common nouns in the following sentence.
The car drove down the road next to the restaurant.
Car
Road
Restaurant
Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence.
My birthday is in January, and I love going to Chipotle for my birthday dinner.
January
Chipotle
I
Pick out the character traits in the following sentence.
The dog was so energetic that it was difficult to wash her beautiful fur coat, she never sat still for her bath but she is always so loyal and happy.
Energetic
Loyal
Happy
What is this person's job/who is this person?
I often work in the early morning when the light is best. The canvas has had time to dry over night. When I start, I make sure all of my brushes are clean.
Identify the verbs in the following sentence.
On Halloween I am going with my friends to trick-or-treat, and then I'll eat all of my candy while watching a scary movie.
Going
Trick-or-treating
Eat
Watching