Nouns, nouns, nouns! (3)

An average, everyday noun

100

What is a person, place, thing, or idea?

Common noun

200

Which of the following words is a common noun? house, Mrs. Gonzales, jumping

house

300

What are the common nouns in this sentence? I like to eat tacos and chips at Sharky's.

tacos, chips

400

What words can we put in front of a common noun that we can't put in front of a proper noun? (Ex:  "the" is an article that we can put in front of a common noun:   "the teacher")

a, an

500

Is the word "elephant" an example of a common noun or a proper noun? Why?

It is a common noun because it is a thing (an animal).

I must begin with a capital letter

100

What is a specific person, place, thing, or idea?

Proper noun

200

What is the proper noun is this sentence? Yesterday I saw my good friend David.

David

300

If school is a common noun, can you give an example of school as a proper noun?

Westlake Hills School

400

Correct the mistakes in this sentence: my birthday is in july.

My birthday is in July.

500

Name two ways that you can tell the difference between a proper noun and a common noun?

1) A proper noun starts with a capital letter. 2) You can put "a" or "an" in front of a common noun but not in front of a proper noun.

or

3)  a proper noun names something specific

One or more than one

100

What is the name of the noun that shows more than one?

Plural Noun

200

What is the plural of the word child?

children

300

What is the plural form of wolf?

wolves

400

Identify the plural nouns in the sentence. Ryan's lizards like to eat crickets.

lizards, crickets

500

Write the plural form of the following words: bus tooth fox watch

buses teeth foxes watches

I will own you!

100

What type of noun shows ownership?

Possessive noun

200

Which is the correct use of the possessive noun, sentence A or sentence B? A) The men's running shoes are in the back of the store. B) The mens' running shoes are in the back of the store.

sentence A

300

How would you write the sweater of the girl?

the girl's sweater

400

Say the possessive for the following: Example: the wallet of the man ~ the man's wallet the scarf of the teacher ~  the wings of the bird ~ the toys of the babies 

the teacher's scarf the bird's wings the babies' toys

500

When the plural noun ends in "s" (girls) does the apostrophe go before or after the "s"? girl's or girls'

girls'

Let me take your place!

100

What type of noun takes the place of other nouns?

Pronoun

200

What are three pronouns?

Any combination of the following words: he, she, it, I, they, their, me, we, us, our

300

Replace the proper noun with a pronoun. Avery went to the game after school.

She went to the game after school.

400

Name all the pronouns in the sentence. I wanted to read it but she already checked it out.

I, it, she, it

500

Replace the nouns in the sentence with pronouns. The boy climbed the tree. ____ climbed the ____.

He, it