Common/Proper/Compound
Possessive
ID- Possessive or Plural
Plural
Count/Noncount
100

The students eat their lunches in the cafeteria.

students- common, plural

lunches- common, plural

cafeteria- common, singular

100

The queen's perfume smelled like flowers.

queen's

100

The king has two sons who both wished for adventure and excitement.

sons- plural

100

The child were playing outside.

children

100

The water is nice and refreshing.

noncount

200

Today, I would like to go to the campground and get our site set up.

campground- common, compound

site- common

200

 The childrens book, The Hungry Caterpillar, is useful for teaching many concepts.

children's

200

Many families' gardens keep them sustained through the winter.

families' - plural possessive

gardens- plural

200

The daughter-in-law got together for lunch.

daughters-in-law

200

The chiefs will help us get all of the tribes to agree.

count

count

300

The principal, Mr. Star, declared it a no test day!

principal- common

Mr. Star- proper

day- common

300

My coats' holes let my candy and lunch money slip through unnoticed.

coat's

300

The bee's/ bees' hive was so full of honey.

bees' 

300
At Thanksgiving, we will have two turkey, three ham, four fish, and two dozen deviled egg.

turkeys

hams

fish

eggs

300

The tables were filled with so much food!

tables- count

food- noncount

400

Butterflies love sugar, which is why walking around outside with a wet lollipop will attract them to you.

butterflies- common, compound, plural

sugar-common

outside- common, compound

lollipop- common

400

The buffalos young were protected inside the circle of strong adults.

buffalos'

buffalo's

buffaloes'

400

Lillies/Lily's of the Valley are my favorite flower's/ flowers to use in customers' / customers' arrangements/ arrangement's.

Lillies- plural

flowers- plural

customers' - plural possessive

arrangements- plural

400

Who will wash the dish after supper? I think the girl ought to do it since the boy have to feed the goose.

dishes

girls

boys

geese

400

I had my favorite breakfast today, and I ate all of my oatmeal

breakfast- count

oatmeal- noncount

500

The love of sweets can cause cavities and gum disease if you don't use a good toothbrush and toothpaste.

love- common

sweets- common, plural

cavities- common, plural

disease- common

toothbrush- compound, common

toothpaste- compound, common

500

The countries' got together and created The Olympics so that each countrys best athletes could compete against each other in a show of friendship.

The countries got together

country's best athletes

500

The dragons/ dragon's breath smelled of smoke as the whisps/whisp's of black curled through his nostrils/ nostrils' and around the horns'/ horns white tips.

dragon's breath

whisps of black

nostrils

horns'

500

While you peel the potato, I will wash the tomato, John will play on one of the piano, and Stella will read Dances with Wolf.

potatoes

tomatoes

pianos

Wolves

500

The mice recklessly scurried about eating the crumbs from the table, their courage bigger than their tiny bodies.

mice- count

crumbs- count

table-count

courage- noncount

bodies- count