Find the Nouns
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Capitalize Nouns
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Capitalize Nouns
Write out all of the nouns in the sentence. Don’t forget about compound nouns!
Although many people had tried to make flying machines, the Wrights were the first inventors to succeed. (4 nouns)
people, flying machines, Wrights, inventors
How would you abbreviate Wednesday?
Wed.
Tell whether the italicized word is common or proper and singular, plural, singular possessive, or plural possessive:
Steve’s birthday
Proper, singular possessive
Fix the incorrect word:
My sister and I ride to school on different bus’s.
buses
Pick which definition makes the most sense according to the Greek word parts found in the English word:
chronometry
1) the study of numbers
2) the scientific measurement of time
2
Write out all of the nouns in the sentence. Don’t forget about compound nouns!
Before they began their experiments, the brothers repaired bicycles. (3 nouns)
experiments, brothers, bicycles
How would you abbreviate ounces?
oz.
Tell whether the italicized word is common or proper and singular, plural, singular possessive, or plural possessive:
red and blue balloons
common, plural
Fix the incorrect word:
That azalea bushs leaves are getting brown.
bush’s
Rewrite the phrase using a plural possessive noun.
the wings of the airplanes
the airplanes’ wings
Write out all of the nouns in the sentence. Don’t forget about compound nouns!
Fifty years passed after the first flight of the Wright brothers before airplanes were commonly used. (4 nouns)
years, flight, brothers, airplanes
Write the appositive:
The Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, enjoyed working together.
Wilbur and Orville
Tell whether the italicized word is common or proper and singular, plural, singular possessive, or plural possessive:
Americans’ freedoms
proper, plural possessive
Fix the incorrect word:
I could hear the echos of my footsteps in the cave.
echoes
Pick which definition makes the most sense according to the Greek word parts found in the English word:
Centurion
1) a tax collector
2) a soldier in charge of one hundred men
2
Which word(s) should be capitalized?
I saw uncle bill and my mom waiting for me
Uncle
Write the appositive.
The brothers tried their first flight at Kitty Hawk, a town in North Carolina.
a town in North Carolina
Tell whether the italicized word is common or proper and singular, plural, singular possessive, or plural possessive:
many presents
common, plural
Fix the incorrect word:
The foxes’s tails were big and fluffy
foxes’
Rewrite the phrase using a plural possessive noun.
the ideas of the inventors
the inventors’ ideas
Which word(s) should be capitalized?
The national society for hot air ballooning meets today.
National Society, hot air ballooning
Write the appositive.
Their plane stayed in the air for twelve seconds, a record time.
a record time
Tell whether the italicized word is common or proper and singular, plural, singular possessive, or plural possessive:
amazing celebration
common, singular
Fix the incorrect word:
Howler monkies have a very loud call.
monkeys
Rewrite the phrase using a plural possessive noun.
the friendship of the brothers
the brothers’ friendship