| Nouns |
| #1 |
What is a noun? |
A noun is a person, a place, or a thing. |
| #2 |
Give an example of a noun that is a person, a place, and a thing. |
Example: sister, park, desk |
| #3 |
How many nouns are in the sentence? Does your dad drive a red car? |
2 Nouns: 'dad' and 'car' |
| #4 |
Name the nouns in this sentence: There are three hungry birds in the nest. |
2 Nouns: 'birds' and 'nest' |
| #5 |
What are the nouns in this sentence? Mary likes to play tag with friends in the park every Saturday. |
5 Nouns: Mary, tag, friends, park, Saturday |
| Common and Proper Nouns |
| #1 |
What is a common noun? |
A common noun names any person place or thing. It is not specific. |
| #2 |
What is a proper noun? Give an example. |
A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing. An example is Mount Everest or Thomas Jefferson, Thanksgiving |
| #3 |
What is special about proper nouns? What about common nouns? (hint: think about punctuation) |
Proper nouns start with a capital letter and common nouns do not. |
| #4 |
Is 'players' a common or proper noun? How many nouns are in the sentence? Players score goals on the soccer team. |
'Players' is a common noun. There are 4 Nouns: Players, goals, soccer, team |
| #5 |
How many common nouns are in the sentence? A leopard is on some bills from South Africa. |
2 Common Nouns: 'leopard' and 'bills' |
| Nouns in the Subject |
| #1 |
What is the subject of a sentence? |
The subject tells who or what the sentence is talking about. |
| #2 |
What is the subject of this sentence? Only one person scored a goal in the first game. |
The subject is 'Only one person' |
| #3 |
What is the noun in the subject of this sentence? A very popular sport began in 1891. |
The noun in the subject is 'sport' |
| #4 |
What is the subject in the sentence? What is the noun in the subject? Small crowds gathered to watch the new game. |
The subject is 'Small crowds' and the noun in the subject is 'crowds' |
| #5 |
What is the subject of the sentence? What are the nouns in the subject? A new game called Scrabble is my favorite game. |
The subject is 'A new game called Scrabble' and the nouns in the subject are 'game' and 'Scrabble' |
| Singluar, Plural and Irregular Plural Nouns |
| #1 |
What is the difference between a singular and a plural noun? |
A singular noun names just one person, place, or thing. A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing. |
| #2 |
What do you do to most nouns to make them plural? What is the plural of 'plant?' |
Most nouns you just add an 's' to the end. The plural of plant is 'plants' |
| #3 |
How do you make nouns that end in s, sh, ch, or x plural? What is the plural of 'brush?' |
For nouns that end in s, sh, ch, or x, you just add 'es' to the end. The plural of brush is 'brushes' |
| #4 |
What do you do to nouns that end in 'y?' What is the plural of 'jelly?' |
For nouns that end in 'y,' drop the 'y' and add 'ies' to the end. Jelly would change to 'jellies' |
| #5 |
What are irregular nouns? What is the plural of sheep and child? |
Irregular nouns are plural nouns that don't follow the same rules for making nouns plural. The plural of sheep is 'sheep' and the plural of child is 'children' |
| Possessive Nouns |
| #1 |
What is a possessive noun? What does it do/show? |
A possessive noun shows ownership. It shows that someone or something owns or has something. |
| #2 |
What do you do to singular nouns to make them possessive? |
Just add an apostrophe and an 's' to the noun. Ex: The dog's food |
| #3 |
What do you do to plural nouns to make them possessive? |
Just add an apostrophe to the end of the noun. Ex: The dogs' food |
| #4 |
Change this sentence so that it has a possessive in it. The cave of the bat is dark. |
The bat's cave is dark. |
| #5 |
Change this sentence so that is has a possessive in it. The barn of the horses is brown. |
The horses' barn is brown. |
