Grammar Section 2 Part 1

​Section 2: Nouns Lesson 1-5

​Nouns

a noun is a person, place, or thing​

Multiple Select

Find the nouns in the sentence:

Walruses are clumsy on land.

• Walruses

• are

• clumsy

• land

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Find the nouns in the sentence:

In the water, these animals are fast swimmers.

• in

• water

• these

• animals

• swimmers

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Find the nouns in the sentence:

Their tusks are used to keep enemies away.

• tusks

• are

• used

• enemies

• away

Multiple Select

Find the nouns in the sentence:

The animal lives in the area of the Arctic Ocean.

• animal

• lives

• area

• of

• Arctic Ocean

​Common and Proper Nouns

• Common Noun: names any person, place, or thing (not specific)

• Proper Noun: names a particular person, place, or thing (specific)

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Who can give an example of a common noun? a proper noun?​

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

Tell if the underlined noun is common or proper:

George Washington Carver was born a slave.

• Common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

Tell whether the underlined noun is common or proper:

The former slave went to school and earned two degrees.

• Common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

Tell whether the underlined noun is common or proper:

Mr. Carver created many new products from peanuts.

• Common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

Tell whether the underlined noun is common or proper:

Mr. Carver created many new products from peanuts.

• Common

• Proper

Multiple Choice

Tell whether the underlined noun is common or proper:

These items included cosmetics, paints, and dyes.

• Common

• Proper

​Singular and Plural Nouns

Singular Nouns: ​nouns that name one person, place, or thing

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Plural Nouns: nouns that name more than one person, place, or thing​

Multiple Choice

Tell whether the underlined noun is singular or plural.

All living things depend on each member of a chain for food.

• singular

• plural

Multiple Choice

Tell whether the underlined noun is singular or plural.

Animals that eat plants are called herbivores.

• singular

• plural

Multiple Choice

Tell whether the underlined noun is singular or plural.

Carnivores are animals that eat other animals

• singular

• plural

Multiple Choice

Tell whether the underlined noun is singular or plural.

A person is considered an omnivore because humans eat both plants and animals.

• singular

• plural

​Forming Plural Nouns

• Most plural nouns are formed by adding an -s to the end

  • example: map --> maps

• If a noun ends in -s, -z, -x, -ch, or -sh​ it becomes plural by adding an -es

  • example: dish --> dishes​

• If a noun ends in a -y after a consonant, change the y to an i and add -es

  • example: city --> cities

• If a noun ends in a -y after a vowel, add -s

  • example: day --> days​

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Multiple Choice

story

• storys

• storyes

• storis

• stories

Multiple Choice

patch

• patchs

• patches

• patchies

Multiple Choice

wagon

• wagon

• wagones

• wagons

Multiple Choice

monkey

• monkey

• monkeyes

• monkeys

• monkies

​Irregular Plural Nouns

Irregular plural nouns are not formed by adding -s or -es to the ends of the noun

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These plural nouns do not follow the rules and must be learned ​

Multiple Choice

The librarian read to the _______

• child

• childs

• children

• childrens

Multiple Choice

Tell us the story of the three blind______

• mice

• mouse

• mouses

• mize

Multiple Choice

Little Bo Peep lost many of her ______

• sheeps

• sheepes

• sheep

• shep

Multiple Choice

Jack had nimble _____

• feet

• foot

• feets

• foots

Fill in the Blanks

The

traveled through the forst. (moose)

Fill in the Blanks

My cousins went camping and heard the howls of

. (wolf)

​Singular Possessive Nouns

• possessive nouns show possession or ownership

• a singular possessive noun shows that on person, place, or thing owns something

• form a singular possessive noun by adding an 's to the end

Multiple Choice

____ favorite animal is the sea turtle. (Eva)

• Evas

• Eva's

• Eva'

• Evas'

Multiple Choice

A ______ nest is built by digging holes in the sand. (female)

• female's

• females

• females'

• females's

Fill in the Blanks

The

eggs are the size of ping pong balls. (turtle)

Fill in the Blanks

Predators threaten a

survival. (baby)

Fill in the Blanks

A

instinct is to head toward the sea. (hatchling)