Common & Proper Nouns
What is a common noun?
It names any one of a class of people, places, or things.
What is a singular noun?
A singular noun tells about one person, place, or thing.
What is an irregular plural noun?
A noun that becomes plural by changing its spelling in other ways than adding an “s” or “es” to the end of the word.
What is a possessive noun?
A possessive noun expresses possession or ownership.
What is a direct object?
The direct object answers the question whom or what after an action verb.
What is a Proper Noun?
It names a particular person, place, or thing.
What is a plural noun?
A plural noun tells about more than one.
What is the plural word for the irregular noun fungus?
Fungi
What is a collective noun?
A collective noun names a group of people, animals, places, or things that are considered a unit.
What is an indirect object?
An indirect object tells to whom, to what, for whom, or for what the action was done.
What are the common & proper nouns in this sentence?
Mr. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective.
What is Mr. Sherlock Holmes - Proper
Detective - Common
What is the plural noun for studio?
studios
When Changing irregular plural nouns to plural sometimes the spelling doesn't change. True or False?
True
What is the collective noun in the sentence.
A committee voted them into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
committee
What is an abstract noun?
A noun that is intangible or non-physical. You can not touch, taste, feel, smell, or hear.
What is the proper & common noun in the sentence?
Yesterday Mr. Reginald Merryweather came to him with a very strange story.
What is Mr. Reginald Merryweather - proper noun
story - common noun
What is the plural noun of suitcase?
suitcases
Correct the words in () with the correct plural nouns.
The (life) of colonial (person) on farms was difficult.
The lives of colonial people on farms was difficult.
Rewrite each of the following, using plural possessive nouns.
the lessons of my teachers.
My teachers' lessons
What is the direct and indirect noun in the sentence?
Randy teaches us character-building?
us - indirect noun
character-building - direct object
Rewrite the sentence correctly.
Large cats can be found in both north and south America.
Large cats can be found in both North and South America.
Write the plural of the noun in () to complete sentence.
Everyone rowed to shore and pulled the (canoe) out of the water.
Canoes
Correct the word in () to the correct plural noun.
In New England (fish) became important in the colonists' diet.
In New England fish became important in the colonists' diet.
Write the singular and the plural possessive form of the word "sister"
sister's and sisters'
What is the abstract noun in the sentence?
Our patriotism for our country is wonderful.
wonderful