Noun Rules
What is a plural noun?
A noun that names more than 1 person, place, thing, or idea (e.g. boys, girls, students)
Make the following word plural: person
people
Find the nouns in the sentence:
Kevin slid down the long hallway and crashed into the steel door.
Kevin, hallway, door
Is the following noun common or proper?: city
common
What is a noun?
person, place or thing
What is a common noun?
A common noun is a person, place, or thing that is more general. (Ex: boy, mountain, school)
Make this word plural: child
children
Find the nouns in the sentence:
Teresa loves her bulldog more than cotton candy!
Teresa, bulldog, cotton candy
Is the following noun common or proper? Mexico
proper
What does singular mean?
only one
What is the rule for a Proper Noun?
Proper nouns will always start with a capital letter.
Is this word singular, plural, or both: sheep
It is both because whether you are talking about 1 or more than 1, it's always sheep.
Find the nouns in the sentence:
I banged my knee on the coffee table, and screamed, "YEOWTCH!"
knee, table
Change the proper noun, "July", to a common noun.
month
What is a proper noun?
a noun that names a specific person, place, or thing
Days of the week and months are what kind of nouns?
Proper!
This means they must be capitalized! (Ex: Monday, April)
Change pennies to the singular form.
penny
penny --> pennies (change "y" to 'i" and add "es")
Find the nouns in the sentence:
Hagrid rubbed Fluffy's ears gently to calm him down.
Hagrid, Fluffy, ears
Change the common noun, "teacher", to a proper noun.
any teacher's name
What is a common noun?
any regular person, place, or thing (more general)
How would make the word "baby" plural?
babies
Change bookshelf to the plural form.
bookshelves
(if a word ends in -f or -fe, change it into "v" and add "es", e.g. yourself --> yourselves, chef --> chefs).
Find the nouns in the sentence:
Lucy ran down the dark alley towards the Halloween festival, convinced that a vampire was chasing her!
Lucy, alley, Halloween, festival, vampire
Name 3 proper nouns for "country".
any 3 countries
How would I show possession if I wanted to say the phone belonged to Natalie?
Natalie's phone
How would I show possession if I wanted to say the book belonged to Hailey?
Hailey's book
What is the singular form of elves?
Elf
Find the nouns in the sentence:
"Jack, quit tormenting your sister!" mom screeched from the top of the stairs.
Jack, sister, mom, stairs
A proper noun will always begin with a _______________ ____________.
capital letter
Label the Proper nouns and common nouns in the following sentence:
My friend went to Mexico for Christmas and came back with a gift for me.
Proper: Mexico, Christmas
Common: friend, gift