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Nouns
Common or Proper?
Make it Plural
Is It Right?
Mystery Questions
100
Which is not a category of nouns? Person, place, animal, thing, idea, emotion.
Emotion! A noun is a person, place, animal, thing, or idea.
100
Is this a common noun or a proper noun? The San Francisco Giants
It's a proper noun! It's the name of a specific team.
100
Make "cry" plural
Cries. There is a y and a consonant before it, so drop the -y and add -ies!
100
Is this correct? If not, fix it. The nightgown has two pocket.
It is incorrect. The nightgown has two pockets is correct.
100
What is Ms. Bolognini's dog's name?
Daisy!
200
Which is a noun? Lion, three, happy, I.
Lion! Three and happy are adjectives, and I is a pronoun.
200
Is "zoo" common or proper?
Zoo is common. It's a name of a place, but it's not specific.
200
Make princess plural.
Princesses. The word ends in an s, so you have to add -es to the end.
200
Is it correct? I have six fishes in my aquarium.
Incorrect. The plural of fish is fish. It's irregular!
200
Do ten jumping jacks. I'm serious. Go!
Great job!
300
Which is NOT a noun? Multiplication, reading, San Francisco, listening, fan.
Listening is not a noun- it is a verb.
300
Park, Disneyland, America, and Allen at Steinbeck. Which is a common noun?
Park! It's only capitalized because it is the first word of a sentence.
300
Make "foot" plural.
Feet! It's irregular. There is not such word as foots!
300
The plural of toy is toies. Is this correct? Why or why not?
It's incorrect. Toy ends in a y, but there is a vowel before it so you just add an -s. It should be toys.
300
How many days do we get off school in November?
Three: Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, and the day after Thanksgiving.
400
Which are nouns? They could all be nouns, none could be nouns, or some could be. Swamp, pencil, hear, purple, computer, lion.
Nouns: swamp, pencil, computer, and lion.
400
Identify the common nouns: I went to the Giants game on a cold Sunday night.
game, night. Giants is a noun but it's PROPER!
400
Make "piano" plural.
Pianos! It doesn't end in one of our exception letters (s, x, ch, sh, or z) and it doesn't end in a y. Just add an s!
400
Ms. Bolognini knows all of the third grade classs. Is this correct?
No. Class ends in s so it needs an es ending: classes.
400
Skip count by 5's to 100. GO!
Good job :-)
500
When you make a noun plural, what endings can you use?
-s, -es, or -ies.
500
Witches on brooms flew over houses while families passed out treats from Halloween boxes. Find the nouns.
Witches, brooms, houses, families, treats, boxes.
500
Make "fish" plural.
Fish! There is no such word as fishes. It's irregular!
500
Is it correct? Ally has three peaches in her lunch today.
Yes, it is correct.
500
As a team, name every student in this classroom. You have 3 minutes. GO!
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