NOUNS

BY DEFINITION

100

ANY person, place, or thing (student, school, book)

Common noun

200

A SPECIFIC noun, with a name, and capitalized (Gray Station Middle School)

Proper noun

EXAMPLES

100

Choose the common noun: Jack, Gray Station Middle School, student

student

200

which of the following sentences contains a COLLECTIVE NOUN? a. The birds are flying swiftly threw the trees. b. There is a flock of birds flying threw the trees. c. The cows are just standing there in the rain!

b. flock (a collection or group of birds)

MAKE IT PLURAL

100

spell the plural form of wolf

wolves

200

Spell the plural form of the noun: deer

deer (stays the same in singular and plural form)

PLURAL OR POSSESSIVE

100

mom's dress Is mom's plural or possessive

possessive--a possessive noun has an apostrophe and shows ownership

POT LUCK

100

spell the plural of turkey

turkeys (a vowel before the y---just add an s)