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Types of Nouns
Plural or Singular
Possessive Form
Possessive, Plural, or Contraction
Appositive
100
A mob assembled outside the courthouse. Identify the collective noun
What is mob?
100
Write the singular form of each noun. 1) children 2) gentlemen 3) mice
1) child 2) gentleman 3) mouse
100
Write the possessive form of each word that appears in all capital letters. 1) SONG refrain 2) WHALES bones 3) CHILDREN bikes
1) song's refrain 2) whales' bones 3) children's bikes
100
Pick the correct form of the noun. 1) He visited the beautiful (islands islands') of the Pacific Ocean. 2) He wrote (books' books) about his experiences. 3) The public enjoyed this (writers' writer's) work.
1) islands 2) books 3) writer's
100
Write the appositive and the noun it identifies. 1) Madison and his friend Jefferson formed a political party. 2) This party, the Democratic-Republican party, was the forerunner of the present Democratic party. 3) Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, was the third president.
1) Jefferson-friend 2) the Democratic-Republican party-party 3) the author of the Declaration of Independence-Thomas Jefferson
200
Collective, Compound, or Abstract 1) army 2)orchestra 3) poverty 4)brother-in-law 5) sadness 6) basketball 7) swarm 8) the White House
1) collective 2) collective 3) abstract 4) compound 5) abstract 6) compound 7) collective 8) compound
200
Write the singular form of each word. 1) wolves 2) activities 3) boxes 4) scarves 5) 90's
1) wolf 2) activity 3) box 4) scarf 5) 90
200
Write the possessive form of each word that appears in all capital letters. 1) MR. JAMES house 2) A COUNTRY flag 3) KING CHARLES crown 4) WOMEN rights
1) Mr. James's house 2) country's flag 3) King Charles's crown 4) women's rights
200
Pick the correct form of the noun. 1) All of the (pencil) points were broken. 2) The pond become the (geese) home for the summer. 3) The (child) sick at home.
1) pencils'- plural possessive 2) geese's- plural possessive 3) child's- contraction
200
1) Chad's horse Billy runs fast. 2) Cumberland University, the college in Lebanon, has a great baseball team. 3) My sister Janet lives in Texas.
1) Billy- Chad's horse 2) the college in Lebanon- Cumberland University 3) Janet- sister
300
The brave woman spoke to large numbers of people in the United States. List all the nouns in the sentence
What are woman, numbers, peoples, United States?
300
Write the plural form of each word. 1) deer 2) coach 3) video 4) tomato 5) baby
1) deer 2) coaches 3) videos 4) tomatoes 5) babies
300
Write the word country in the following forms. 1) plural 2) singular possessive 3) plural possessive 4) contraction
1) countries 2) country's 3) countries' 4) country's
300
Pick the correct form of the noun. 1) (Ross) lizard must be kept on a leash. 2) These (shoe) laces are all orange. 3) The (cat) meowing in my ear.
1) Ross's- singular possessive 2) shoes'- plural possessive 3) cat's- contraction
300
Add commas where needed. 1) Madison our fourth president held many other offices. 2) James Madison's wife Dolley was a famous first lady.
1) Madison, our fourth president, 2) wife Dolley
400
Sojourner truth met with president abraham lincoln at the white house to discuss slavery. Make a list of all the nouns in the sentence. Divide it into common and proper nouns. The nouns must be capitalized correctly.
Common- slavery Proper- Sojourner Truth, President Abraham Lincoln, White House
400
Write the plural form of each word. 1) editor-in-chief 2) e 3) half 4)boy 5) map maker
1) editors-in-chief 2) e's 3) halves 4) boys 5) map makers
400
Write the correct possessive form of the noun in parentheses. 1) Lewis depended on (Clark) skill at map making. 2) With the Native (Americans) help, they crossed the river. 3) The (men) bravery won great praise. 4) (Lewis) journey will always be remembered.
1) Clark's 2) Americans' 3) men's 4) Lewis's
400
Pick the correct form of the noun. 1) Few people appreciated the (book) power. 2) The (team) winning the game by one touchdown. 3) Special ships hunted (whale) at this time.
1) book's- singular possessive 2) team's- contraction 3) whales- plural
400
Add commas where needed. 1) Madison's father James Madison was a plantation owner. 2) Madison's friend Thomas worked on the plantation.
1) father, James Madison, 2) friend Thomas
500
Harriet tubman led her people to freedom on the underground railroad. List all the nouns in the sentence. Divide the list into common and proper. All nouns must be capitalized correctly.
Common- people, freedom Proper- Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad
500
Write the plural for each singular noun. 1) jewelry box 2) great-grandmother 3) maid of honor 4) runnerup 5) passerby
1) jewelry boxes 2) great-grandmothers 3) maids of honor 4) runnersup 5) passersby
500
Make the correct noun in the sentence show owership. 1) He served as Tennessee U.S. Senator in 1850. 2) He commanded one of the Union Army departments. 3) He took over slaveholders lands in Missouri. 4) He was married to Thomas daughter.
1) Tennessee's 2) Army's 3) slaveholders' 4) Thomas's
500
Create 4 sentences using the noun woman. 1) plural 2) singular possessive 3) plural possessive 4) contraction
1) women 2) woman's 3) women's 4) woman's
500
Add the appositive to the sentence. 1) When Jordan was born, Texas was segregated by race. (her home state) 2) In high school Jordan did very well in debating. (the art of formal discussion)
1) When Jordan was born, Texas, her home state, was segregated by race. 2) In high school Jordan did very well in debating, the art of formal discussion.