Noun Rules
What is a noun?
A noun that names a person, place, or thing.
Make the following word plural: cat
cats
What do you do to make the word "girl" possessive?
Add an 's
Is the following noun common or proper?: city
common
What is the simple subject of a sentence?
person, place or thing that the entire sentence is about
What types of nouns should you capitalize?
Proper nouns (nouns that are specific names for people, places or things)
Make this word plural: child
children
Make this possessive: the bone that belonged to the dog
the dog's bone
Is the following noun common or proper? Mexico
proper
What is the simple predicate of the sentence?
She likes to play hopscotch at the park with her friends.
What is the plural of "toy"?
Add s to make toys
Rule: If a singular noun ends in a vowel and a y, add "s" to make it plural.
Is this word singular, plural, or both: moose
It is both because whether you are talking about 1 or more than 1, it's always moose.
Make this possessive: the babies that belong to the deer
the deer's babies
Change the proper noun, "July", to a common noun.
month
What is the complete subject of the sentence?
The dog ate the boy's soccer shoe.
"The dog"
What is the plural of "lady"?
ladies
Rule: If a singular noun ends in a consonant and y, change the -y to -i and add "es"
Change pennies to the singular form.
penny
Make this possessive: The eraser that belonged to the pencil
The pencil's eraser
Change the common noun, "teacher", to a proper noun.
any teacher's name
The cats' all fought over the warm spot in front of the fireplace. Why is the apostrophe after the "s"?
"cats'" shows plural and possessive
Correct the capitalization: Ms. lentz goes to starbucks everyday.
"Lentz" and "Starbucks"
Change bookshelf to the plural form.
bookshelves
Rewrite the possessive noun correctly: The donkeys water was too cold for him.
donkey's
Name 3 proper nouns for "state".
any 3 states
What is the simple predicate in the sentence?
The circus performers hated cleaning up all the popcorn on the fairgrounds.
"hated"
What is the difference between a possessive noun and a contraction?
the apostrophe in a contraction combines 2 words together and the apostrophe followed by "s" shows ownership
What is the singular form of elves?
Elf
Rewrite the possessive noun correctly: The crowns of the princesses.
princesses' crowns
What should you always do to a proper noun?
capitalize it
What is the complete subject of the sentence?
Kate and her sister liked to go fishing every Sunday morning.
"Kate and her sister"