NYGAARD’S NEWS
Volume 12 (November 21-22)
We do not have school Wednesday, November 23- Friday, November 25 due
to the Thanksgiving holiday. Because of the lack of school days, I will just
be giving you this “newsletter” which is basically a reminder that we don’t
have school, but we DO have a Language Test on Tuesday. Here is the
review:
Nouns Review Sheet
Language, pages 78-103
A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing.
Examples: cat, desk, student, school
A singular noun names one person, place, or thing.
Plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing.
Plural noun spelling rules:
Rule
Example
Add s to most nouns to make them
plural.
Add –es to form the plural of nouns
that end in s, sh, ch, or x.
dog – dogs
girl - girls
lunch – lunches
box - boxes
To form the plural of nouns ending in
a consonant and y, change the y to an
i and add –es.
To form the plural of nouns ending in
a vowel and y, just add –s.
story – stories
baby – babies
penny - pennies
boy – boys
day - days
Some nouns have special plural forms.
You do not add –s but the spelling
changes.
A few nouns have the same singular
and plural forms.
man – men
child – children
foot - feet
deer – deer
moose - moose
A common noun names any person, place, or thing. A proper noun names a
specific person, place, or thing. Proper nouns begin with a capital letter.
common noun
proper noun
school
Greenfield Elementary School
country
United States of America
friend
Suzie
Remember that all important words in a proper noun are capitalized.
A possessive noun shows who or what owns or has something.
Add an apostrophe and –s to a singular noun to make it possessive.
Add an apostrophe to plural nouns that end in s to make it possessive.
If a plural noun does not end in s, add an apostrophe and –s.
Singular Possessive Nouns
farmer’s
dog’s
student’s
Plural Possessive Nouns
cats’
kids’
men’s
Sentences can be combined by joining two nouns.
Joan saw the crows.
Al saw the crows.
Combined sentence: Joan and Al saw the crows.
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word. Most abbreviations start
with a capital letter and end with a period.
*Please know the abbreviations for the months and days of the week.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Additional book practice – Pages 142-144, 148-157