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Conference:
Here
is a review of nouns
1. What is the difference in a common noun and
a proper noun?
2. What
is the difference in concrete nouns and abstract nouns?
3. Circle the singular possessive nouns listed
below:
girls’ guy’s friend’s schools’
groups’ tomato’s Fred’s Skip’s
4. How
is a plural possessive written? (Use the
word cows as your example)
Put S for singular and P for plural for the
following possessive words (that are underlined).
5. lion’s
thick mane
6. horses’
bags of oats
7. secretary’s
new copy machine
8. judge’s
courtroom decision
9. goats’
chewed shoe
10. dogs’
collars
11. What is a plural noun?
12. Does
a plural noun have an apostrophe?
13. What
is the difference in plural possessive and singular possessive?
14. A
contraction can look like a possessive.
How can you tell the difference?
15. Which
word is followed by a noun (circle) ---a possessive or a contraction?
Write PL for plural, SP for singular
possessive, PLP for plural possessive, and C for contraction.
16. humanity’s
contamination
17. teachers’
surprise
18. writer’s
just a nature fanatic
19. Companies’
complaints
20. several
books