Grammar Study Sheet
Unit 2
A noun names a person, place, animal, or thing.
Proper nouns are special names for people, places, animals, and
things. They begin with capital letters. Days of the week,
months of the year, and holidays also begin with capital letters.
Titles for people begin with a capital letters. Many titles end
with a period.
Ronald Morgan plays baseball. Mr. Spano is the coach. The
first game is at Hull School on Saturday, April 28.
A singular noun names one person, place, animal, or thing. A noun
that names more than one is called a plural noun.
duck (one)
snakes (more than one)
You add –s to most nouns to show more than one. If a noun ends
in s, ch, sh, or x, add –es to the noun to show more than one.
birds (add –s)
dishes (add –es)
A plural noun names more than one person, place, animal, or thing.
Some nouns change spelling to name more than one.
Singular
child
man
tooth
foot
Plural
children
men
teeth
feet
A noun that shows who or what own something is a possessive
noun. To show ownership, add an apostrophe (‘) and –s when the
noun is singular. Add just an apostrophe (‘) when the noun is
plural.
the goat’s legs (one goat)
the bears paws’ (more
than one bear)