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Singular and Plural
Possessive Nouns
Common and Proper
Compound Nouns
Abbrv./Appositives
100
These kinds of nouns refer to just ONE thing.
What are singular nouns?
100
If a noun is singular, how do we USUALLY make it possessive?
We add an 's
100
This kind of noun is a SPECIFIC person, place, or thing.
What is a proper noun?
100
TRUE or FALSE: A compound noun is a noun made up of two words that don't mean ANYTHING but have a meaning when they are put together.
What is FALSE?
100
The abbreviation for yard is...
What is yd.?
200
These kinds of nouns often end in -s or -es
What are plural nouns?
200
What is the possessive form of Jesus?
What is Jesus'?
200
How many proper nouns appear in this sentence? Gerald Fink climbed Mt. Everest at the very beginning of July.
What is three?
200
An example of a compound noun is...
What is (various answers)
200
Abbreviations are not considered complete without this punctuation.
What is a period?
300
The plural form of sky is: 1. Skys 2. Skis 3. Skies 4. Skyes
What is skies?
300
If a noun is PLURAL and already ends in "s", how do we make it possessive?
We only add an apostrophe!
300
How many common nouns are in the following sentence? Abraham Lincoln once made a wig out of lettuce and wore it during a performance of Romeo and Julia.
What is three?
300
Which of the following words SMUSHED TOGETHER would make a REAL compound noun? 1. plot can 2. light desk 3. paper harvest 4. book case
What is bookcase?
300
This is a phrase or group of words that gives information about a noun in the sentence.
What is an appositive?
400
The plural form of life is: 1. Lifes 2. Life 3. Lives 4. Live
What is lives?
400
Use the correct possessive form of this sentence: The comedian feebly attempted to make fun of the mens hair in the crowd.
The comedian feebly attempted to make fun of the men's hair in the crowd.
400
How many common AND proper nouns are in the following sentence? Abraham Lincoln once made a wig out of lettuce and wore it to a performance of Romeo and Juliet!
What is three common (wig, lettuce, performance) and two proper (Abraham Lincoln, Romeo and Juliet)
400
Identify the compound noun in the following sentence: I realized when I got to school that I had forgotten to put on my seat-belt!
What is seat-belt?
400
This punctuation ALWAYS goes around or before an appositive.
What is/are (a) comma(s)?