Common / Proper
What is the difference between a common and proper noun?
Common: names any person, place, thing, or idea.
Proper: names a specific person, place thing, or idea. Therefore, it is also capitalized.
What is the singular form of people?
Define:
Singular Possessive Noun vs. Plural Possessive Noun
Singular Possessive Noun: One person, place, thing, or idea has ownership of something
Plural Possessive Noun: More than one person, place, thing, or idea has ownership of something
Provide a common AND proper noun for a person.
Ex: author / Walter Dean Myers
What is the plural form of wolf?
wolves
What is the possessive form of Simon? Please spell it with the appropriate punctuation.
Simon's
Provide a common noun example of each CATEGORY (person, place, thing, idea)
COMMON: names any person, place, thing, idea
Ex: student, park, television, freedom
Nouns like safety, beauty, and food are considered: singular, plural, or "uncountable"?
Uncountable
What is the possessive form of chickens? Please spell it with the appropriate punctuation.
chickens'
The chickens' eggs were taken by the farmer.
Which form is correct?
Liberty high school
Liberty High School
Liberty High School
What are the plural forms of the following:
potato
sheep
potatoes
sheep
What is the possessive form of geese? Please spell it with the appropriate punctuation.
geese's
The geese’s migration route is complicated.
Provide a PROPER noun example of each category (person, place, thing, idea)
Proper: names a specific person, place, thing, idea
Ex: President Lincoln (person), Renton (place), Honda Civic (thing), Buddhism (idea)
What are the plural forms of the following:
bus
roof
Buses
Roofs
What is the possessive form of mouse?
What is the possessive form of mice?
Mouse's
Mice's