by Kitty Nash
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Directions:
Click on the nouns in each sentence.
? 1. Don't forget to bring your towel , umbrella , and sunscreen when you come to the beach on Tuesday .
? 2. After a long career in the navy , my uncle retired and started a business .
? 3. Terry must take a test to demonstrate his ability to memorize the bones in the body .
? 4. Hank and his parents decided that he needed to learn responsibility by buying his own car .
? 5. The cars in the race were checked carefully for damage after the accident .
Directions:
Click on the nouns that correspond with the type of noun in bold.
? 6. Concrete - desk ... luck ... river ... kindness ... garbage
? 7. Abstract - intelligence ... time ... flower ... television ... car
? 8. Concrete - bottle ... fireplace ... journey ... pool ... expedition
? 9. Abstract - paper ... mailbox ... opportunity ... necklace ... hope
? 10. Concrete - ocean ... grass ... curiosity ... worry ... monkey
Directions:
In each group of words, click on the proper noun(s) that need to be capitalized. If a proper noun contains more than one word, be sure to click each word that needs to be capitalized.
? 11. Girl ... Mount Blanc ... Weekend ... City ... Colombia ... Computer
? 12. George ... Holiday ... Book ... Movie ... English ... Jaime
? 13. Building ... Venus ... Teacher ... Magazine ... Sears Tower ... Christmas
? 14. South Carolina ... Airplane ... Mosque ... Torah ... Dog ... Elizabeth
? 15. Mountain ... Easter ... Rocket ... Book ... France ... Atlanta
Directions:
Choose the correct plural spelling of each word.
? 16. desk desks deskes ... shelf shelfs shelves ... brush brushs brushes ... cat cats cates
? 17. belt belts beltes ... knife knifes knives ... branch branchs branches ... airplane airplanes airplanees
? 18. witch witchs witches ... fox foxs foxes ... cuff cuffs cuffes ... shoe shoes shoees
? 19. box boxs boxes ... roof roofs rooves ... puff puffs puves ... book books bookes
? 20. sandwich sandwichs sandwiches ... girl girls girles ... calf calfs calves ... chair chairs chaires
Directions:
Choose the correct plural spelling of each word.
? 21. hobby hobbys hobbies ... echo echos echoes ... radio radios radioes ... monkey monkeys monkeies
? 22. hero heros heroes ... Monday Mondays Mondaies ... bully bullys bullies ... carnival carnivals carnivales
? 23. oreo oreos oreoes ... potato potatos potatoes ... fly flys flies ... boy boys boies
? 24. cherry cherrys cherries ... day days daies ... rodeo rodeos rodeoes ... lace laces lacees
? 25. stereo stereos stereoes ... volcano volcanos volcanoes ... city citys cities ... chimney chimneys chimneies
Directions:
Click the word that represents the correct plural form of the noun in bold.
? 26. sheep - sheeps ... sheep
? 27. alumnus - alumnuses ... alumni
? 28. foot - foots ... feet
? 29. goose - geese ... gooses ... geeses
? 30. tuna - tuna ... tunas ... tuni
Directions:
Click on the compound nouns in each sentence. If the compound noun is written as two words, be sure to click on both parts.
? 31. Bethany forgot to put her hairbrush back in the bathroom .
? 32. The moving van and the pickup truck got stuck in the traffic jam in front of the carwash .
? 33. The snowstorm struck just about dinnertime , so we had to spend the night with our grandparents .
? 34. My room has two bunk beds and a daybed in it .
? 35. Our townhouse has a skylight in the dining room and a view of the lake .
Directions:
Choose the correct plural spelling.
? 36. dining rooms ... dinings room
? 37. maids of honor ... maid of honors
? 38. storiesbook ... storybooks
? 39. runners up ... runner ups
? 40. passers by ... passer bys ... passer bies
Directions:
Click on the collective noun or nouns in each group. Phrases have been added to some words to clarify their uses. Click only the collective noun, not the phrase.
? 41. sailors ... band ... jury ... airplanes ... group
? 42. congregation ... fruit tree ... tribe ... club ... portfolio
? 43. committee ... troop ... dolls ... team ... flock of birds
? 44. lions ... staff ... cookie ... computer ... orchestra
? 45. pride of lions ... water ... auditorium ... squad ... garden
Directions:
Correct the following sentences using possessive nouns. Click once to place the apostrophe before the s , and twice to place it after the s .
? 46. The The's Thes' two two's twos' students student's students' books book's books' were were's weres' left left's lefts' in in's ins' the the's thes' classroom classroom's classrooms' .
? 47. The The's Thes' childrens children's childrens' notebooks notebook's notebooks' held held's helds' the the's thes' clues clue's clues' to to's tos' solve solve's solves' the the's thes' mystery mystery's mysterys' .
? 48. King King's Kings' Arthur Arthur's Arthurs' was was's was' Camelots Camelot's Camelots' king king's kings' .
? 49. The The's Thes' giraffes giraffe's giraffes' tongues tongue's tongues' are are's ares' unusually unusually's unusuallys' long long's longs' .
? 50. My My's Mys' teammate teammate's teammates' Chris Chris's Chris' car car's cars' was was's was' dented dented's denteds' in in's ins' the the's thes' parking parking's parkings' lot lot's lots' .