Mrs. Jenkins Class on the Web: 2009

Saturday, December 5, 2009

TEST ON POSSESSIVES

On Wednesday-December 9-Students will have their tests on possessive nouns. Please review the following vocabulary for this test.

Singular Noun - one person, place or thing
Plural Nouns - 2 or more persons, places or things
Proper Nouns - A particular person, place, or thing

Singular Possessive Noun - A singular noun that shows ownership, and has an 's after it.
Plural Possessive Noun - A plural noun that shows ownership and ends in s'.
Irregular Plural Possessive Noun - A plural noun that shows ownership but ends in 's.

Using the following list of nouns, please place in the proper definitions above.

student Mrs. Vondrell cat's women's teachers' paper's desks window door's Mrs. Carter deer's boss's frog's pupils' ocean waves men's tree leaf's stores'

REMEMBER NOUN POSSESSIVES SHOW OWNERSHIP - FOR EXAMPLE TREE'S LEAVES, IT IS NOT THE NAME LIKE OAK TREE. WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE POSSESSIVE NOUN, IT IS THE FIRST NOUN IN THE PHRASE - FOR EXAMPLE TREE'S IS THE POSSESSIVE NOUN.

ONE LAST HINT-if the singular possessive noun ends in s and the word has one syllable, then it is spelled boss's. If the possessive noun ends in s and has two syllables then it is spelled Jenkins'.
boss's car Mrs. Jenkins' frogs

Lots of information, take your time and read carefully what the test questions ask. Know your vocabulary in this grammar objective and you will do fine. Good luck on Wednesday.
Mrs. Jenkins

Monday, September 28, 2009

Grammar Notes #2

Simple predicates-the action of the sentence. It is what the subject does, and it can be an action verb or a linking verb.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

SIMPLE SUBJECTS!!!

GRAMMAR NOTES:

(1) SIMPLE SUBJECTS ARE NOUNS OR PRONOUNS THAT TELL WHAT OR WHO THE SENTENCE IS ABOUT. FOR FOURTH GRADE PURPOSES SIMPLE SUBJECTS ARE USUALLY IN THE FRONT OF THE SENTENCE.

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What is the simple subject here?