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Bring your grammar book.
Chapter 2 Nouns Bring your grammar book. Have out your poem.
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Noun a word that names a person a place a thing an idea
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noun possessive singular plural football football’s footballs
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sister sisters notebook notebooks
Plurals Add s to the singular form of most nouns. sister sisters notebook notebooks
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Plurals Add es to singular nouns ending in s, x, z, ch, or sh. bush bushes tax taxes
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Plurals If a noun ends in y preceded by a consonant, change the final y to i and add es. fly flies copy copies
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Plurals If a noun ends in y preceded by a vowel, add only s. ploy ploys tray trays
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knife knives cliff cliffs
Plurals If a noun ends in f or fe, consult a dictionary. knife knives cliff cliffs
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If a noun ends in o, consult your dictionary.
Plurals If a noun ends in o, consult your dictionary. piano pianos tomato tomatoes
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Irregular Plurals deer deer sheep sheep mouse mice woman women
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Irregular Plurals DVD DVD’s and and’s s 5 5s
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Practice the Skill 2-1, p. 26
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1. Fala (spelled with only one l) was a Scottish terrier belonging to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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2. This adorable Scottie received plenty of publicity and now enjoys a special place in history because of his renown. Scotties
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3. Margaret Suckley, Roosevelt’s cousin, gave Fala to the president in 1940.
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4. Roosevelt had owned dogs before; instead of chasing sheep, his spirited German shepherd once chased Britain’s prime minister. sheep
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5. Fala, though, became the most famous dog; he was on the Augusta when the commander in chief and Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter. dogs
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1. In Edinburgh, one of Scotland’s largest citys, stands a statue to a Skye terrier known as Greyfriars’ Bobby. cities
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2. Bobby lived with a poor Scottish man named John Gray during the 1800s.
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3. After Gray died, this small terrier displayed tremendous loyalty because he remained near the grave for at least ten years.
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4. Bobby usually stayed near Greyfriars’ Churchyard during the day and reportedly slept on the grave at night.
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5. Though Gray died in 1858, folks say Bobby continued his visits to the place where he and Gray used to eat their lunchs. lunches
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Singular Possesives Add ’s to the singular form of a noun even if the noun already ends in s. group group’s Charles Charles’s
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Add just the apostrophe to Moses and Jesus.
Singular Possesives Add just the apostrophe to Moses and Jesus. Moses Moses’ Jesus Jesus’
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Add only an apostrophe to a plural noun that already ends in s.
Singular Possesives Add only an apostrophe to a plural noun that already ends in s. friends friends’ cups cups’
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If a plural noun does not end in s, add ’s to form the possessive.
Singular Possesives If a plural noun does not end in s, add ’s to form the possessive. children children’s people people’s
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Practice the Skill 2-3, pp. 28-29
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literature’s most famous figures
1. Some of the most famous figures of literature have had special canine companions. literature’s most famous figures
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2. Keeper, a mongrel described by some sources as a bulldog and by some as part mastiff, was the pet of Ellis Bell. Ellis Bell’s pet
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Emily Brontë’s pseudonym
3. You may know this author by another name, since Ellis Bell was the pseudonym of Emily Brontë. Emily Brontë’s pseudonym
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4. Brontë and Keeper often wandered the heaths together because the atmosphere of the moors held a special attraction for Brontë . the moors’ atmosphere
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5. When inside, Keeper commonly caused problems by leaving the dirty prints of his paws on the clean, white beds. his paws’ dirty prints
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his mistress’s displeasure
6. The maid once found Keeper taking his nap on a clean bed, and he soon discovered the displeasure of his mistress. his mistress’s displeasure
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7. Two ladies watched Brontë chastise the dog severely -- a feat evoking the surprise of the women, since Keeper was quite intimidating. the women’s surprise
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the village men’s astonishment
8. According to the diary of one man, Brontë once put pepper in Keeper’s nose to drag the dog from a fight -- reportedly evoking the astonishment of the village men. the village men’s astonishment
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9. Some sources say Brontë gave the food of Floss and Keeper’s food to the dogs shortly before she died, but this account seems questionable. Floss’s food
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10. The claim that Keeper was part of the company of the mourners when Brontë died and that he then whined outside her bedroom door for days seems more reliable. the mourner’s company
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Common Nouns count noncount
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Count Nouns can be made plural
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Noncount Nouns cannot be made plural
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I would like some chocolate. I would like two chocolates.
Count & Noncount I would like some chocolate. I would like two chocolates.
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I scrubbed to get the egg off the skillet.
Count & Noncount I scrubbed to get the egg off the skillet. May I have two eggs?
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There were three hairs in the comb.
Count & Noncount Jenny has a lot of hair. There were three hairs in the comb.
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dollars ones bills money cash
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three much dollars ones bills money cash
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a few a lot of dollars ones bills money cash
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1. Stubby is a bulldog that became a World War I hero.
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2. His bravery was notable, and he received medals given personally by General Pershing.
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3. Stubby saved many soldiers’ lives in the trenches of France and Belgium.
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4. He would save the soldiers by barking before a gas attack would occur.
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5. After Stubby was wounded, he was placed in a Paris hospital.
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6. He gave great comfort to the wounded soldiers in the hospital when he walked around to their beds. N
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7. Physicians were amazed at the therapy he provided the soldiers and noted how quickly they recovered after a visit from Stubby. N
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8. After the war, Stubby received honor by being invited to the White House by two different presidents. N
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9. With all his honors, Stubby led many military parades.
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10. Stubby’s death came in 1926 after a life of service to people.
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