Nouns, verb tenses, pronouns, and contractions

names a specific person, place ,or thing

• pronoun

• proper noun

• common noun

• possessive noun

names a person, place, or thing

• common noun

• proper noun

• possessive noun

• pronoun

shows ownership

• pronoun

• proper noun

• possessive noun

• plural noun

more than one

• plural

• singular

singular

• one

• more than one

All proper nouns are...

• capitalized

• not capitalized

all common nouns...

• are capitalized

• are not capitalized

example of a plural noun:

• cat's

• cats

an apostrophe is written

• above the line

• on the line

• below the line

a comma is used

• between words in a series

• in a contraction

• to show ownership