Common, Proper, Concrete & Abstract Nouns
Singular & Plural Nouns
Irregular Plural Nouns
Possessive Nouns
Combining Sentences
Ms. Niedbalski is the best teacher ever!
Identify the common and proper noun in the sentence.
Ms. Niedbalski (proper noun) is the best teacher (common noun) ever!
Uncle Pete is volunteering for the Peace Corps.
Identify the noun (s) in the sentence.
Uncle Pete / Peace Corps
Many actors like my Aunt Jennifer auditioned for the lead role in the play.
Identify each noun and tell whether or not their common or proper.
Many actors like my Aunt Jennifer auditioned for the lead role in the play.
Aunt Jennifer: Proper
actors: common
play: common
These flowers were a nice thought.
My sister wants to be a lawyer.
Which sentence has an abstract noun it? How many concrete nouns are there?
These flowers were a nice thought.
My sister wants to be a lawyer.
First sentence has “thought” which is an abstract noun.
There are: 3 concrete nouns (flowers, sister, lawyer)
Which sentence has an abstract noun it? How many concrete nouns are there?
First sentence has an abstract noun “excitement.”
There are 2 concrete nouns (Winston / party)
There is one pronoun that can be concrete “I”
The boy has two pencils in his backpack.
What word(s) are plural?
What word(s) are singular?
The boy has two pencils in his backpack.
Singular: boy / backpack
Plural: pencils
Aunt Fran likes to eat brownies.
What nouns are plural?
What nouns are singular?
Aunt Fran likes to eat brownies.
Plural: brownies
Singular: Aunt Fran
We saw baby (bear) coming out of the den. The (bush) needed to be trimmed.
What would be the correct plural form for the words in bold?
We saw baby (bears) coming out of the den. The (bushes) needed to be trimmed.
Name two (country) that border the Untied States. Do you know what is in those (box)?
What would be the correct plural form for the words in bold?
Name two (countries) that border the Untied States. Do you know what is in those (boxes)?
I need to get milk eggs and cereal at the grocery store. The baby crawled and cried at daycare.
What needs to be done to the above sentences?
1.I need to get milk, eggs, and cereal at the grocery store. 2. The baby crawled and cried at daycare. *nothing needed for 2nd sentence, first needed commas (2 or more in a series)
We watched the geese fly into the clouds.
Two halves of the pie equal one whole.
They asked their wives to join them on stage.
Identify the irregular plural nouns in each of the sentences.
We watched the geese fly into the clouds.
Two halves of the pie equal one whole.
They asked their wives to join them on stage.
Moose are beautiful but shy creatures.
How many shrimp come in one bag?
I watched the sheep shake it’s head.
Decide which highlighted word is plural or singular.
Moose are beautiful but shy creatures.
(Moose is plural-”creatures”)
How many shrimp come in one bag?
(shrimp is plural - “many”)
I watched the sheep shake it’s head.
(sheep is singular - “it’s”)
The mice love cheese.
The deer are beautiful creatures.
Which word(s) are irregular plural nouns?
The mice love cheese.
The deer are beautiful creatures.
The (loafs, loaves) of bread smelled delicitious!
How many (persons, people) can fit in this little car?
Computers have changed the (lifes, lives) of many.
Please choose the correct plurarl form!
The (loafs, loaves) of bread smelled delicitious!
How many (persons, people) can fit in this little car?
Computers have changed the (lifes, lives) of many.
What are the correct plural form of the noun?
goose:____________
thief: ____________
tooth: ____________
moose: ____________
goose:___geese_________
thief: ___thieves_________
tooth: _____teeth_______
moose: ____moose________
The family trip was cancelled because of the rain.
Annie class is going ton a field trip next week.
The snake skin sheds from its body every few months.
What is the possessive form of the underlined singular noun?.
The (family’s) trip was cancelled because of the rain.
(Annie’s) class is going ton a field trip next week.
The (snake’s) skin sheds from its body every few months.
The mayor honored the two firefighters heroic act.
The people opinion is that noe of the candidates are good.
What is the possessive form of the underlined plurarl noun?
The mayor honored the two firefighters’ heroic act.
The people’s opinion is that none of the candidates are good.
The workers lunch was waiting for them in the cafeteria.
Some visitors wished they had the men coats to keep them warm.
The workers’ lunch was waiting for them in the cafeteria.
Some visitors wished they had the men’s coats to keep them warm.
Which sentence is written correctly?
apple: (a) apple’s / (b) apples’s
singular or plural possessive
women: (a) womens’ / (b) women’s
singular or plural possessive
Which is correctly written and is it singular or plural possessive?
(*you can answer on your sheet with “SP” or “PP”)
apple: (a) apple’s / (b) apples’s
singular or plural possessive
women: (a) womens’ / (b) women’s
singular or plural possessive
Bella goes to summer camp. Marrayh goes to summer camp.
Allanah has a car. Keona has a car.
What are the subjects in each sentence and how would you join them?
Bella goes to summer camp.
Marrayh goes to summer camp.
Bella and Marayah went to summer camp.
Allanah has a car. Keona has a car.
Allanah and Keona have a car.
The woman is an actress. The woman is a waitress.
My dog semed like a statue. He seemed like a rock.
Circle the predicate noun (a predicate noun follows a linking verb and it renames the subject)
The woman is an actress. The woman is a waitress.
My dog seemed like a statue. He seemed like a rock.
(*we might combine them like this:
The woman is an actress and waitress. My dog seemed like a statue and a rock.)..
Savannah a strong basketball player scored the most goals.
The secretary a fast typist finished the letter quickly.
Where do the commas go in the sentences?
Savannah, a strong basketball player, scored the most goals.
Lily, a fast typist, finished the letter quickly.
Ouch I stepped on something sharp.
At the end of the day I was tired and ready for bed.
Where do the commas go in these sentences?
Ouch! I stepped on something sharp.
At the end of the day, I was tired and ready for bed..
I will be a good student. I will be a good child.
Which sentence shows the correct way to combine these sentences.
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