January, 2022 - Grammar, Plain and Simple

271. Adjectives Tell the Size of a Noun

January 31, 2022January 30, 2022 Sharon Porterfield

An adjective goes in front of a noun to tell more about the noun. We say that an adjective modifies a noun. The mail carrier delivered a large box. The word box is a noun. The word large is an… Read more271. Adjectives Tell the Size of a Noun

264. Highlight on Writing: Collective Nouns

January 20, 2022January 19, 2022 Sharon Porterfield

We said yesterday that even though a collective noun has many pieces inside of it, a collective noun is a singular noun. However, if we talk about each of the members inside a collective noun, the collective noun becomes plural…. Read more264. Highlight on Writing: Collective Nouns

263. Collective Nouns are Usually Singular

January 19, 2022January 17, 2022 Sharon Porterfield

A collective noun has many pieces inside of it, but the pieces are working together as one unit, so we write about a collective noun as if it is one thing. We consider a collective noun to be a singular… Read more263. Collective Nouns are Usually Singular

260. Practice With Plural Nouns

January 14, 2022January 13, 2022 Sharon Porterfield

Section A: Change each of these singular nouns to a plural noun by adding -s or -es.1. bird2. apple3. bench4. box5. bike 6. fox7. fence8. bush9. hat10. class Section B: Write the irregular plural noun for each of these singular… Read more260. Practice With Plural Nouns

256. Singular and Plural Nouns

January 10, 2022January 9, 2022 Sharon Porterfield

A singular noun is a noun that names one thing. dogcatballbook A plural noun names more than one thing. Make a plural noun by adding –s to the end of the noun.dogscatsballsbooks Here’s how we use a singular noun in… Read more256. Singular and Plural Nouns

270. Practice with Compound Words

January 28, 2022January 27, 2022 Sharon Porterfield

Section A: Find the compound word in each sentence below.1. He turned the doorknob and opened the door.2. I used a thumbtack to hang up the poster.3. Be sure to pick up the dry-cleaning today.4. Dad will stop at the… Read more270. Practice with Compound Words

269. Other Hyphenated Compound Words

January 27, 2022January 26, 2022 Sharon Porterfield

We’ve talked all week about compound nouns. Yesterday we studied hyphenated compound nouns. It’s important to know that some hyphenated compound words are not compound nouns. These hyphenated compound words are used as adjectives to modify a noun: two-week vacationten-minute… Read more269. Other Hyphenated Compound Words

268. Hyphenated Compound Nouns

January 26, 2022January 24, 2022 Sharon Porterfield

Sometimes a compound noun is two words connected with a hyphen. (-)A hyphenated compound noun looks like this: self-esteem The two nouns, self and esteem, joined with a hyphen make a new word.This new compound word has a meaning all… Read more268. Hyphenated Compound Nouns

267. Open Compound Nouns

January 25, 2022January 23, 2022 Sharon Porterfield

A compound noun is two nouns pushed together to make one word. Usually the two words become one word without a space between. When we leave a space in a compound word, we call that an open compound noun. The… Read more267. Open Compound Nouns

266. Compound Nouns

January 24, 2022January 23, 2022 Sharon Porterfield

When two nouns are connected to make one new word, we call that new word a compound noun or a compound word. Here are some examples of compound words:dog and house = doghousecamp and fire = campfirenews and paper =… Read more266. Compound Nouns