1. A Quick Review of Common & Proper Nouns

2. What is the difference? COMMON NOUN
Names ANY person, place, thing, or idea
singer
theater
field
athlete
book
PROPER NOUN
Names a SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea
Kelly Clarkson
Carnegie Hall
Minute Maid Park
JJ Watt
Walk Two Moons

3. The CONNECTION you should make…
PROPER NOUNS
are
CAPITALIZED!

4. Historians trace the origin of the game of tennis to France.
See if you’ve got it…
With your elbow partner, talk about what the nouns are in this sentence:
Historians trace the origin of the game of tennis to France.
Which ones are common?
Which ones are proper?

5. Try another one…
Again, with your partner, what are the nouns?
The modern outdoor game of tennis probably evolved from an indoor game.
Which are common?
Which are proper?

6. Last one:
What are the nouns?
In the past, people hit the ball with their hands instead of rackets, but Walter Wingfield improved the game.
Which are common?
Which are proper?

7. Get Up & Move Practice Activity
Each person will be given a card with either a common or proper noun on it.
When your teacher says, “Go!” you will get up and move around the room to find your match.
Each match is a common noun and a proper noun that are examples of each other.

8. Examples
country
Spain
building
Empire State Building

9. Practice in Notes 1. My stepfather bought me blue slacks and
a red jacket.
2. Uncle Lloyd, Aunt June, and I went to a
movie.
com.
com.
com.
prop.
prop.
com.

10. Practice in Notes 3. The Cubs won the first games of the season.
4. Felicia scored ten points in the game
against Davis School.
prop.
com.
com.
prop.
com.
com.
prop.

11. Singular VS. Plural Nouns
SINGULAR Noun -
Names ONE person, place, or thing
PLURAL
Noun -
Names MORE THAN ONE

12. Rule #1 – Regular Nouns Most of time, simply add the letter S
to the end of the singular noun to make it plural.
cat – cats pencil – pencils
book – books movie – movies
joke – jokes paper – papers
Do NOT add apostrophes to form plurals.

13. Rule #2 s, zz, ch, sh, x Add -es s ss zz ch sh x bus – buses
to form the plural
bus – buses
mess – messes
buzz – buzzes
church – churches
wash – washes
box – boxes
If the singular noun ends with: s ss zz ch sh x

14. consonant & the letter y
Rule #3 consonant + y
Change the y to i to make it plural.
city - cities
dairy - dairies
penny – pennies
berry - berries
When a singular noun ends with a
consonant & the letter y

15. a consonant & the letter o
Rule #4 consonant + o
Add -es
to make it plural
hero – heroes
potato – potatoes
echo – echoes
tomato – tomatoes
If the singular noun ends with
a consonant & the letter o

16. Exceptions to the Rules
Sometimes you will only add S
even when the singular noun ends with a consonant & the letter o
piano – pianos
zero – zeros
photo – photos
soprano – sopranos
alto - altos

17. Rule #5 f or fe When a singular noun ends with an f or fe
Change the f or fe to v & add es
leaf - leaves
life - lives
half – halves
calf - calves
When a singular noun ends with an
f or fe

18. Exception to Rule When a singular noun ends with an f or fe
Sometimes you just add s
roof - roofs
chief – chiefs
belief - beliefs
When a singular noun ends with an
f or fe

19. Tabletop Practice
river rivers

20. Tabletop Practice
turkey turkeys

21. Tabletop Practice
ghost ghosts

22. Tabletop Practice
push pushes

23. Tabletop Practice
harness harnesses

24. Tabletop Practice
fox foxes

25. Tabletop Practice
chimney chimneys

26. Tabletop Practice
firefly fireflies

27. Tabletop Practice
porch porches

28. Tabletop Practice
life lives

29. Tabletop Practice
memory memories

30. Tabletop Practice
piano pianos

31. Tabletop Practice
wrench wrenches

32. Tabletop Practice
wasp wasps

33. Tabletop Practice
jury juries

34. Tabletop Practice
pirate pirates

35. Tabletop Practice
category categories

36. Tabletop Practice
hallway hallways

37. Tabletop Practice
bus buses

38. Tabletop Practice
query queries

39. Tabletop Practice
roof roofs

40. raspberry raspberries
Tabletop Practice
raspberry raspberries

41. Practice in Notes 1. My parents want us children to do dishes.
2. The paintings were in the old wing of the
museum.
3. The donkeys run through the fields.
4. Did you see the cat run down the alley? P S S P P S S

42. Practice in Notes
1. bunches
2. heroes
3. flies
4. patios