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Find the Noun or Nouns
Possessive
Common and Proper
Singular and Plural Rules
From Singular to Plural
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The little boy fell asleep quickly in his bed.
boy, bed
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The elephant went into the circus tent. Make this sentence show possession.
The elephant went into the circus' tent.
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europe is my favorite continent.
Europe- proper, continent- common
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The most common way of making a noun plural is to do this. Some examples would be book, meat, and cat.
Add an s to the end to make book, meats, and cats.
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knife
knives
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I went to the garden to pick my peas.
garden, peas
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Judy classroom has a chalkboard.
Judy's classroom has a chalkboard.
200
i went shopping with my mom.
mom- common
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This rule helps you change the words half and thief.
Drop the f and change it to ves to get halves and thieves.
200
blueberry
blueberries
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I wanted to floss my teeth, but I went to the bathroom and all of the floss was gone!
teeth, bathroom, floss
300
What is the possessive form of "students"?
students'
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we went fishing by division street.
Division Street- Proper
300
Words that end in ss, ch, zz, and x follow this rule as in the words box and lunch.
Add es to the end to make boxes and lunches.
300
mouse
mice
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She said she liked the way my new hat looked.
hat
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What is a possessive noun?
A noun that shows ownership.
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i went to the park and walked baxter.
park- common, Baxter- proper
400
What rule do we follow to change words like man and goose.
Change letters inside of the word, not at the end to make men and geese.
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moose
moose
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As the bird flew through the sky, he decided to search the ground for a delicious worm.
bird, sky, ground, worm
500
What is the rule for making a plural noun possessive?
Add ' at the end of the noun.
500
when i went to chicago my uncle bought me a ticket to shedd aquarium
Chicago- proper, uncle- common, ticket-common, Shedd Aquarium- Proper
500
How would you make giraffe plural?
giraffes One rule says that if a word ends in fe, you drop the f and change it to ves, however, if it ends with ffe you just add an s.
500
potato
potatoes