Common or Proper
three dogs
What is common?
The girl, who was in my class last year, likes cats.
What is who was in my class last year?
the books belonging to the student
What is
the student's books?
The four dogs ran around the neighborhood all day.
What is 3?
Greek Word Part
centimeter
What is
centi or meter?
Ms. Emily and Ms. Megan
What is proper?
I really like playing Rummikube, a strategy game.
What is a strategy game?
the tails belonging to the horses
What is
the horses' tails?
My best friend told me a fact about sharks that I didn't know.
What is 3?
The meaning of possessive
What is that someone or something has or owns something else?
Mr. Noah and his pet dog
What is common and proper?
The phone I have, an iPhone, is really nice, but it's getting kind of old.
What is an iPhone?
the uniforms belonging to the women
What is
the women's uniforms?
The class of 14 students and their 5 teachers all went together on a field trip to the museum and to the zoo.
What is 6?
Greek Word Part (2)
biography
What are bio and graph?
a general person, place, thing, idea, or feeling
What is common?
Combine the two sentences using an appositive:
Julia likes cookies.
She is in 3rd grade.
What is
Julia, in 3rd grade, likes cookies.
the wool belonging to the sheep
What is
the sheep's wool?
The museum they went to had a problem with the electricity, and a group of electricians had to come and figure out a solution to the problem.
What is 7?
What is common is general and proper is specific?
a specific person, place, thing, idea, or feeling
What is proper?
Combine the two sentences using an appositive:
My best friends Molly is a fashion designer.
Molly has green hair.
What is
My best friend Molly, who has green hair, is a fashion designer.
the fins belonging to the fish
What is
the fish's fins?
After they found the solution, the class went back on their tour around all of the different exhibits in the museum for history, science, and art.
What is 8?
Greek Word Part and Meaning
pediatrician
What is 'ped' and child?