Lesson 4: Understanding Language

Self-Check Answers: Nouns

Singular or Plural?

Singular nouns: family, celebration, August, Missouri State Fair, car, food, blanket, stop, brother, feed, Dad, lamb, Duke, Dorset.

Plural nouns: summers, sheep, lambs, ears, tails

Common or Proper?

Common nouns: family, celebration, summers, car, food, blanket, stop, sheep, brother, lambs, ears, tails, feed, lamb

Proper nouns: August, Missouri State Fair, Dad, Duke, Dorset

Possessive or Not?

1. The one black kitten’s mother took it back to the barn.
2. We looked and looked for the four kittens’ hiding place.
3. We found there were really six kittens in all.
4. The mother cat had hidden them under the hay in the smallest horse’s feed box.
5. It was hard to find them, but their tiny mewing voices led us to them.
6. They were safely out of the way of the dog’s hunting.