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Plural nouns
Possessive Nouns
Possessive Pronouns
Sheep
Class’s
Its
Wolves
Women’s
Theirs
Whistles
Mother-in-law’s
Ours
Dwarves
Parents’
Hers
Roofs
Yours
Oxen Bellies
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PlurAl An D POSSESSivE POWEr SHEEP ROOFS WOLVES BELLIES
WOMEN'S DWARVES
Read the nouns and pronouns.
ITS
1. Circle the plural nouns
HERS
2. Draw a box around the possessive nouns
MOTHER-IN-LAW'S THEIRS
OXEN
Plural Noun
Possessive Noun
PARENTS'
OURS
YOURS
WHISTLES
CLASS'S
3. Underline the possessive pronouns
Possessive Pronouns Write a paragraph using fat least five plural or possessive words.
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Noun
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WhAt’'S t hE WOrD? List 5 groovy words for each part of speech given below.
Noun
Verb
Pronoun
Adjective
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Adverb
Prepositions
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__________ 1. Join independent clauses together with conjunctions. __________ 2. Make collective nouns singular when the members act individually. __________ 3. Place a modifier at least three words away from its subject. __________ 4. For greater impact, use the active voice __________ 5. Never use a comma to separate a dependent clause from an independent clause. __________ 6. Don’t capitalize the first letter of a person’s profession when it is used as part of their title. __________ 7. Don’t capitalize adjectives that are formed from proper nouns. __________ 8. Words ending in “ing” are not verbs unless they have a helping word. __________ 9. Only the last noun gets “’s” when two or more nouns own, or are related to the same thing or person. _________ 10. A phrase can only come before the noun it describes.
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