Singular Nouns
How can you tell if a noun is singular?
It refers to ONE noun.
How can you tell if a noun is plural?
It identifies MORE THAN ONE
How do you know if a noun is common?
A general person, place, or thing
What is a proper noun?
A SPECIFIC person, place or thing.
What is the difference between and singular and plural noun?
Singular is one, plural is more than one.
Which of the following nouns is singular?
A. cats
b. kites
c. ball
d. bats
C
How to you make a noun plural?
HINT: name BOTH ways for points.
Add -s or -es
Which of the following are common nouns?
A. hat
B. Mrs. Boyette
C. frog
D. WalMart
A
C
Identify if the the underlined word is a proper noun.
The baseball team plays at noon.
No.
What is the difference between a common and proper noun?
A common noun could be any noun, but a proper noun is a specific person, place or thing.
Is the underlined word correct in the sentence?
No, it is plural and needs to be singular.
Identify the plural noun from the list below:
A. Geese
B. Key
C. Pond
D. Hat
A
Identify if the underlined noun is common?
The Lakers will play tonight.
No
Identify if the underlined word is a proper noun.
The Patriots won the Superbowl.
Yes.
Identify ALL the nouns in the sentence below and tell if they are common or proper. HINT: There are 4
Sally sat on the beach with her brother and played in the ocean.
Sally-Proper
brother- common
ocean- common
beach- common
What is the correct word for the sentence below?
The (radio/radios) was hard to turn on.
radio
Make the following words plural.
A. Pond
B. Fish
C. Class
A. Ponds
B. Fish
C. Classes
Identify if the underlined word is common.
The family ate dinner.
Yes
What is the proper noun in the sentence below and how do we need to fix it?
The doctor asked jane how she broke her leg.
jane. Needs to be Jane
Read the sentence below, identify ALL the nouns and tell if they are singular or plural. Hint: There are 3
The lizards leapt over the fence and into the yard.
lizards-plural
fence- singular
yard- plural
Identify the singular nouns in the list below.
a. cat
b.movies
c. movie
d. elk
e. dogs
f. keys
g. sock
A
C
D
G
Tell me which of the following words are plural?
A. Hats
B. Children
C. Women
D. kite
C. Rope
A
B
C
Name 5 common nouns.
Answers will vary.
Name 5 Proper nouns
Answers will vary
Define ALL 4 types of nouns we have talked about:
Common
Proper
Singular
Plural
Common- a general person, place, or thing
Proper- a specific person, place or thing
Singular- one noun
plural- more than one