Anything Nouns
What is a noun?
person, place or thing
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: tooth
Is the following noun common or proper?: city
common
Find the nouns in the sentence:
Kevin walked down the hallway.
Kevin, hallway
What does singular mean?
only one
How do you change a noun that ends in x into a plural form? Example: fox
Add -es
fox --> foxes
Make this word plural: child
children
Is the following noun common or proper? Mexico
proper
Find the nouns in the sentence:
Teresa loves her dog more than anything!
Teresa, dog, anything
What is a proper noun?
a noun that names a specific noun
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
Common nouns are general people, places, or things (school, store, teacher). Proper nouns are the names of certain people, places, or things. (Hudson Elementary, Hy-Vee, Mrs. Happel)
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.
Change the proper noun, "July", to a common noun.
month
Find the nouns in the sentence:
I used to live in Los Angeles with my family.
Los Angeles, family
What is a common noun?
any regular noun
If a singular noun ends in a consonant and y, how do you make it plural? Example: lady
Change the "-y" to "-i" and add "-es" to make ladies
sky --> skies
study --> studies
Change pennies to the singular form.
penny
penny --> pennies (change "y" to 'i" and add "es")
Change the common noun, "teacher", to a proper noun.
any teacher's name
Find the nouns in the sentence:
Paul looked at Sarah's new shoes.
Paul, shoes, (Sarah's)
How do you spell the plural of puppy?
puppies
If a noun ends with ‑f or ‑fe how do you make it plural? Example: Life
Change the -f or -fe to -v and add -es
knife --> knives
life --> lives
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).
Name 3 proper nouns for "country".
any 3 countries
Find the nouns in the sentence:
Lucy ran down the street towards the lights in the trees.
Lucy, street, lights, trees
How do you spell the plural of glass?
glasses
How do you change a verb to plural when it ends with f or fe
You change the f or fe to ves.
What is the singular word for mice?
mouse
A proper noun is always c _ _ _ _ _ lized.
capitalized
Find the nouns in the sentence:
"Jack, stop bothering your sister!" Mom yelled.
Jack, sister, Mom