Nouns, Common Nouns and Proper Nouns
A person, place, or thing
What is the plural form of the word "porch"? Spell it
Porches
What is a verb?
An action word or a state of being
What are the three tenses a word can be written in?
Past, Present and Future
Tracy and her brothers (was, were) high in the air on a swing.
What is a proper noun if the common noun is "person"?
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What is the plural form of "calf"? Spell it
Calves
What is the verb in this sentence?
This table was painted recently.
Painted
What would this sentence change to if you were to put the verb into past tense?
She comes to my friend's house.
She came to my friend's house.
What is the correct verb to use from the brackets?
Diggings in Egypt (prove, proves) that the dog was a companion in ancient Egypt.
Prove
What is a common noun? What is a proper noun? What is the difference between the two?
A common noun is a category of things like dog or country, and begins with a lowercase
A proper noun is specific to one person place or thing such as Tom or Blyth Academy, and begins with a capital letter
What is the plural of the word "moose"?
Moose - trick question, it doesn't change
What makes up a verb phrase?
1. A main verb and the word is/are
2. A noun and a main verb
3. A main verb
4. A main verb and a helping verb
4. A main verb and a helping verb
What tense is the verb in this sentence?
Next time they will play only in the backyard.
Future tense
What is the correct word to use in this sentence?
A story by Rudyard Kipling (say, says) that Wild Dog agreed to help hunt and guard in exchange for bones.
says
If the proper noun is Hunger Games, what is the common noun?
Book, book series, movie, movie series
(dog) That ________ owner should pay for the damage it did.
Dog's
What is the verb phrase in this sentence?
We have begun our spring cleaning.
Have begun
What do you usually add to a word to make it the past tense? What do you add to make a word in the future tense?
Past tense = ed
Future tense = will
What is the correct linking verb to use in this sentence?
(Isn't, Aren't) there a skating rink or pond in every northern town?
Isn't
What are all the nouns in this sentence?
The bark of the oak tree was the strongest that the workers had seen, and they needed to sharpen their axes before cutting the tree down.
The bark of the oak tree was the strongest that the workers had seen, and they needed to sharpen their axes before cutting the tree down.
How would you use the word in brackets to make it possessive? Spell it
(country) The ________ flag flew over the parliament buildings.
Country's
What is the verb phrase in this sentence? What is the main verb and what is the helping verb?
I have written letters to several companies.
Main verb = written
Helping verb = have
What is the verb in this sentence? What tense is it in? How would you change it to past tense?
She rides my bicycle on the grass.
Verb = rides
Tense = present
Past = rode
Would the word "you" have a singular or plural linking verb?
Ex. Singular = You was
Plural = You were
Plural
You were