Wade's Challenge

Eye Spy Nouns

100

Choose the noun:
building or hairy

building

200

Choose the noun:
bouncing or Aurora Elementary

Aurora Elementary

300

Find all the nouns in the sentence:
Mrs. Chelsey tried to locate the student at the school in the library.

Mrs. Chelsey
student
school
library

400

Which words are common nouns in this sentence?
Paul likes to ride his bike around the neighborhood.

bike
neighborhood

500

What are the nouns in this opinion?
The firefighter likes to go to the zoo because the animals there are the most adorable animals ever.

firefighter
zoo
animals

Possessive Nouns

100

What is wrong with this sentence?
I love Mrs. Wades class.

To show ownership, there needs to be an apostrophe -s. 

Mrs. Wade's class

200

Which word is the possessive noun?
Do you know the school's population?

school's

300

Change the phrase to show possession:
the hospital that belongs to the doctor

the doctor's hospital

400

Change the phrase to show possession:
the website that belongs to Mr. Soto

Mr. Soto's website

500

Which nouns shows possession in this sentence?
She said that my best friend's house is next to my mom's favorite grocery store. 

friend's
mom's

Singular or Plural

100

Make the following word plural:
park

parks

200

Is the following word singular or plural:
bells

plural

300

Is 'website' singular or plural in this question?
Did you see the website's calendar?

singular

400

Identify the plural nouns in the sentence:
The museum's areas are covered in paintings and fossils.

areas
paintings
fossils

500

Identify the singular nouns in the sentence:
The boy had many different buildings and streets he saw on the way home.

boy
home

Common or Proper

100

Choose the common noun:
 jump or puppy

puppy

200

Is the following noun common or proper?
Mexico

proper

300

What is the proper noun in this question?
What type of graph is Ellie's favorite?

Ellie

400

Change the common noun "teacher" to a proper noun.

Mrs. Chelsey
Mrs. Wade
Mrs. Whitfield

500

Change the proper noun "September" to a common noun.

month

All About Nouns

100

What is a noun?

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.

200

What is a proper noun?

A noun that names a special person, place, or thing. It starts with a capital letter.

300

How do you make a noun possessive?

Add an apostrophe and an -s to show ownership.

400

What is the purpose of a possessive noun?

A possessive noun tells who owns something.
Mary's lamb
The little pig's house

500

What is the difference between a singular and plural noun?

Singular means there is only one person, place, or thing. Plural means there is more than one.