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| What are the common nouns in the following sentence: A Golden Retriever is a breed of dog. | common nouns: breed, dog (Remember: a common noun is a generic person, place, thing or idea) |
| What are the proper nouns in the following sentence: A Golden Retriever is a bred of dog. | proper nouns: Golden Retreiver (Remember: a proper noun is a specific person, place, thing or idea - they are capitalized regardless of where they are in the sentence) |
| What are the common nouns in the following sentence: Max bought a Golden Retriever in the year 1998. | common nouns: year (Remember: a common noun is a generic person, place, thing or idea) |
| What are the proper nouns in the following sentence: Max bought a Golden Retriever in the year 1998. | proper nouns: Max, Golden Retreiver (Remember: a proper noun is a specific person, place, thing or idea - they are capitalized regardless of where they are in the sentence) |
| What are the common nouns in the following sentence: Many people believe that Golden Retrievers are the best breed of dogs for families and children. | common nouns: people, breed, dogs, families, children (Remember: a common noun is a generic person, place, thing or idea) |
| What are the proper nouns in the following sentence: Many people believe that Golden Retrievers are the best breed of dogs for families and children. | proper nouns: Golden Retreivers (Remember: a proper noun is a specific person, place, thing or idea - they are capitalized regardless of where they are in the sentence) |
| Underline the correct form of the noun in the parentheses: There are many (activitys, activities) that families can do with dogs. | activities (Remember: drop the "y" and add "ies") |
| Underline the correct form of the noun in the parentheses: Many families do not allow dogs on their (couchs, couches) or nice furniture. | couches (remember: if it ends in "ch" you add an "es" onto the word to make it plural) |
| Underline the correct form of the noun in the parentheses: The garbage truck travels down several (alleys, allies) each day. | alleys (remember: if "y" follows a vowel you simply add an "s") |
| What is the subject of a sentence? | A part of the sentence that is accociated with nouns |
| What is a singular possessive noun? | A singular noun that shows ownership |
| What is a common noun? | a person, place or thing that is not capitalized |
| What is a proper noun? | a noun that is capitalized because it is a name or title |
| What is a collective noun? | a noun that is a special type because it is talking about a group |
| What is a plural noun? | more than one noun; usually ends in "s" |
| Determine whether the noun in the parentheses is singular possessive or plural possessive: The (dog's) coat was very shiny. | singular possessive (since there is only one dog being talked about, an "'s" was placed on the word "dog") |
| Determine whether the noun in the parentheses is singular possessive or plural possessive: The three (dogs') leashes were tangled. | plural possessive (since we are talking about more than one dog, use the plural form of dog (dogs) and put an apostrophe on the end) |
| Determine whether the noun in the parentheses is singular possessive or plural possessive: My (cat's) enemy is a dog. | Singular Possessive (since there is only one cat being talked about, an "'s" was placed on the word "cat") |
| Determine whether the noun in the parentheses is singular possessive or plural possessive: (Historians') hard work has shown us much about the history of dogs. | Plural Possessive (since we are talking about more than one historian, use the plural form of historians (historians) and put an apostrophe on the end) |
