This type of noun is used to show ownership. There are two types of this noun. What am I?
What is a possessive noun?
100
Identify the common noun in the following sentence:
Abraham Lincoln did not agree with slavery.
What is slavery?
100
Identify the abstract noun in the following sentence:
The Northern states took pride in fighting for the Union.
What is pride?
100
Generate the correct singular or possessive noun for the following phrase and identify where the apostrophe belongs: The bike of Andrew.
What is Andrew's bike?
100
Each possessive noun has one very important punctuation mark used to show ownership. What is this mark called?
What is an apostrophe?
200
This type of noun is an ordinary person, place or thing. It is not capitalized. What am I?
What is a common noun?
200
Identify the Proper Noun in the following sentence:
The Confederacy initiated the first attack in the war.
What is Confederacy?
200
Identify the concrete noun(s) in the following sentence:
The soldiers carried the flag back to the fort after the battle.
What is soldiers, flag, fort, and battle?
200
Generate the correct singular or possessive noun for the following phrase and identify where the apostrophe belongs: The house of the twins.
What is the twins' house?
200
There are 50 stars on the American flag. The _________ stars represent each state.
A.) flag
B.) flags
C.) flag's
D.) flags'
What is flag's?
300
This type of noun can be experienced with one or more of your five senses. What am I?
What is a concrete noun?
300
These two characteristics are common of all proper nouns.
What is a specific person, place, or thing AND a capital letter.
300
Drum is a concrete noun. What senses can you use to support this statement?
What is sight, touch, and hear?
300
Generate the correct singular or possessive noun for the following phrase and identify where the apostrophe belongs: The dog of Alexis
What is Alexis' dog?
300
The Union __________ flag waved vibrantly in the air.
A.) Soldier's
B.) Soldiers
C.) soldier's
D.) soldiers'
What is soldiers'?
400
This type of noun is a specific person, place or thing. It is capitalized. What am I?
What is a proper noun?
400
Identify the proper noun(s) in the following sentence:
Soldiers from the Union were attacked at Fort Sumter.
What is Union and Fort Sumter?
400
Which of the following is not an abstract noun?
- pain
- imagination
- fire
- gossip
What is fire?
400
Generate the correct singular or possessive noun for the following phrase and identify where the apostrophe belongs: The car of Madelyn.
What is Madelyn's car.
400
Abraham ___________ speech was called the Gettysburg Address.
A.) Lincolns'
B.) lincoln's
C.) Lincoln's
D.) Lincolns
What is Lincoln's?
500
This type of noun exists is present, but has no physical existence. What am I?
What is an abstract noun?
500
The following sentence lacks capitalization of proper nouns. Identify the number of proper nouns which should be capitalized in this sentence?
The gettysburg address was given by president abraham lincoln after the civil war.
What is 7?
The Gettysburg Address was given by President Abraham Lincoln after the Civil War.
500
We discussed 5 questions to ask when determining a concrete or abstract noun. Identify 2 of the 5 questions.
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(Daily Double!): Name all 5 questions to double your points!
What color(s) is ________?
What texture is ________?
What flavor is ________?
What sound does ________make?
What does ________smell like?
500
Generate the correct singular or possessive noun for the following phrase and identify where the apostrophe belongs: The street of the Millers.
What is the Millers' street?
500
Identify which type of possessive noun requires the use of (-s')