1. Spelling Words Plural or Possessive

2. country’s countries’ crow’s crows’ countries witness’s its witnesses’
ours
theirs
hers
library’s
libraries’
libraries
niece’s
nieces’
nieces
crow’s
crows’
witness’s
witnesses’
witnesses
secretary’s
secretaries’
congress’s
congresses
communities’
communities
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3. Common and Proper Nouns
A large black bird might be tolerated, but one that spoke English was too much.
Bird is a common noun. A common noun names any person, place, or thing.

4. Common and Proper Nouns
English is a proper noun. A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing and begins with a capital letter.

5. Common and Proper Nouns
A common noun names any person, place, or thing.
The feathers lay smoothly against his throat.

6. Common and Proper Nouns
A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing. When a proper noun is more than one word, capitalize only the important word or words.
Belden Library is not in Bend, Oregon. UncleTim recited the Pledge of Allegiance.

7. Common and Proper Nouns
Some proper nouns, including titles for people, have short forms called abbreviations that begin with capital letters and end with periods.
Dr. Ueno has a dog named Hachiko.
Mr. Kobayashi is a gardener.

8. Common and Proper Nouns Find the nouns and tell whether they are common or proper nouns.
The maple trees are beautiful in October.
Common: trees, Proper: October
The children taught their bird English.
Common: children, bird, Proper: English

9. Common and Proper Nouns Find the nouns and tell whether they are common or proper nouns.
Anne is starting school.
Common: school, Proper: Anne
Our neighbor Mr. Klein moved to Oklahoma.
Common: neighbor, Proper: Mr. Klein, Oklahoma

10. Common and Proper Nouns Find the nouns and tell whether they are common or proper nouns.
Hachiko walks to the station every morning.
Common: station, morning
Proper: Hachiko
Aunt Sarah didn’t call her niece.
Common: niece, Proper: Aunt Sarah

11. Common and Proper Nouns Find the nouns and tell whether they are common or proper nouns.
He boarded the train in Albany, New York.
Common: train, Proper: Albany, New York
Jamie bought tickets for her grandmother.
Common: tickets, grandmother, Proper: Jamie

12. Common and Proper Nouns Find the nouns and tell whether they are common or proper nouns.
I asked Sgt. Tyler a question.
Common: question, Proper: Sgt. Tyler
Is Grant Hospital on Oakton Street?
Proper: Grant Hospital, Oakton Street

13. Common and Proper Nouns Capitalize the proper nouns in each sentence..
Did dr. pak move to ohio?
Did Dr. Pak move to Ohio?
We picked up grampa felco on elm street.
We picked up Grampa Felco on Elm Street.

14. Common and Proper Nouns Capitalize the proper nouns in each sentence..
jon spent a week in june at gilbert lake.
Jon spent a week in June at Gilbert Lake.
The birthday of martin luther king, jr., is in january.
The birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., is in January.

15. Common and Proper Nouns
Test Tip: Watch out for proper nouns that have more than one word. Only the first word and all important words are capitalized.
Examples: Joel’s family always has a picnic on the Fourth of July.
The sixth grade class visited the Statue of Liberty.