Common & Proper Nouns

Question 1

Common & Proper

A noun names a…

Answer 1

Person, place, or thing.

boy, museum, train

Question 2

Common & Proper

A common noun is a…

Answer 2

General name of a person, place, or thing.
teacher
school
book

Question 3

What are the two nouns in each sentence?

The Gilmore Car Museum has many antique cars

(Remember that a noun can be made of more than one word.)

Answer 3

Gilmore Car Museum and Cars

Question 4

What are the two nouns in each sentence?

Tim is more interested in seeing the trains

(Remember that a noun can be made of more than one word.)

Answer 4

TIM and TRAIN

Question 5

What are the common nouns?

The Cable Car Museum is in San Francisco.

Answer 5

Cable Car Museum & San Francisco.

Question 6

Name the* common nouns *of these sentances?

1. Her students will learn about unusual cars.
2. Maria has been there before.
3. The Cable Car Museum is free to visitors.

Answer 6

1. STUDENTS
2. CARS
3. VISITORS

Question 7

Name the* proper nouns *of these sentances?

1. Her students will learn about unusual cars.
2. Maria has been there before.
3. The Cable Car Museum is free to visitors.

Answer 7

1. Cable Car Museum
2. Maria

Question 8

Common & Proper

What is a Proper Noun?

Answer 8

A proper noun is the specific name of a person, place, or thing.

Mrs. Gail Halley, Bethany Christian School

Question 9

What is a Singular Noun?

Answer 9

Singular noun** names one** person, place, or thing.

Example: Girl, state, car

Question 10

Plural and singular

What is a Plural noun?

Answer 10

A plural noun names more than one person, place, or thing.

Example: girls, states, cars

Question 11

Plural and singular

What is the plural form of each singular noun.
1. Tax
2. Ranch
3. Globe
4. Dad
5. Shirt

Answer 11

1. Taxes
2. Ranches
3. Globes
4. Dads
5. Shirts

Question 12

True or False

Proper nouns are always capitalized.

Answer 12

TRUE

Question 13

Capitalization mistakes. What letters need to be capatilized?

doctor wilson lives in iowa

Answer 13

1. DOCTOR WILSON
2. IOWA

Question 14

Capitalization mistakes. What letters need to be capatilized?

His daughter mary lives in harrisburg, pennsylvania.

Answer 14

1. Mary
2. Harrisburg
3. Pennsylvania.

Question 15

Capitalization mistakes. What letters need to be capatilized?

Her house is on north elm street.

Answer 15

1. North
2. Elm street.

Question 16

Possessive Nouns

What is a Possesive noun?

Answer 16

A possessive noun shows that a person, place, or thing owns or has something.

Question 17

Possesive nouns

What is a singular possessive noun?

Answer 17

A singular possessive noun is one person, place, or
thing that owns or has something.

Example:
* Paul’s
* museum’s
* baby’s

Question 18

Possesive nouns

What is the correct possessive noun?

(David’s, Davids) family moved from Germany.

Answer 18

DAVID’S

Question 19

Possesive nouns

What is the correct possessive noun?

His (families, family’s) farm is now in Ohio.

Answer 19

FAMILIES.

Question 20

Possesive nouns

What is a plural possessive noun?

Answer 20

Names more than one person,
place, or thing that owns or has something.

Example: musicians’ brothers’

Question 21

Possesive nouns

**What is the correct plural possessive noun that completes each sentence:
**
The (students’, studentses) teacher is taking them to two museums.

Answer 21

STUDENTS’

Question 23

Possesive nouns

**What is the correct plural possessive noun that completes each sentence:
**

The (boys’s, boys’) name tags are green.

Answer 23

BOYS’

PLURAL Possesive noun

Question 24

Series

What is a series?

Answer 24

A group of similar words in the same sentence.

Example: cookies, cakes, and pies

Question 25

Series

True or False:

A series is three or more words.

Answer 25

TRUE

Question 26

Series

True or False. The following sentance is a series:

David had a baseball bat and a golf club to hit rocks with.

Answer 26

FALSE

A series is 3 or more words.