| A | B |
|---|
| noun | a person, place, or thing |
| singular noun | one person, place, or thing |
| plural noun | more than one person, place, or thing |
| add -es | to make words plural ending in ss, x, ch, and sh |
| change y to i and add -es | to make words plural ending in a consonant and y |
| add -s | to make most nouns plural |
| men | plural of man |
| women | plural of woman |
| children | plural of child |
| feet | plural of foot |
| possessive noun | a noun that shows ownership |
| add 's | to form the possessive of a singular noun |
| add ' after the s (s') | to form the possessive of a plural noun ending in -s |
| compound | formed from two smaller words |
| paragraph | a group of sentences about one main idea |
| topic sentence | tells the main idea of a paragraph |
| heading, greeting, body, closing, signature | the 5 parts of a friendly letter |
| between city and state, in date, after greeting, after closing | 4 places for commas in a letter |
| details | tell about the main idea |
| indent | what you do at the beginning of a paragraph |
