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Zara's Ocean Riddles

Read sea animal riddles, find common and proper nouns, and tell possessive nouns from nouns that mean more than one.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.1.1.b

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Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students find common nouns and proper nouns in sentences.
  • Students tell possessive nouns from nouns that mean more than one.
  • Students use 's to show what an animal owns.

How to use

Read the riddles together and let students guess each animal before reading the answer. Review the apostrophe rule before the possessive noun questions.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.1.1.b

Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.

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Zara's Ocean Riddles

Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.

Common and proper nouns

Read Zara's riddles. A common noun names any person, place, animal, or thing, like boy, shell, or ocean. A proper noun names one special person or place, like Zara or Bay School.

Zara's Ocean Riddles

1Zara and her brother Malik made ocean riddles for their class at Bay School.

2Zara's first riddle: I have a hard shell and four flippers. I swim in the Atlantic Ocean. Who am I? The answer is a sea turtle.

3Malik's riddle: I have eight arms. I squirt ink to hide. Who am I? The answer is an octopus.

4Zara's last riddle: I am the biggest animal on Earth. My tail is wide and strong. Who am I? The answer is a blue whale.

5Then their teacher, Mr. Ruiz, gave a riddle: I have two big claws, and I walk sideways. Who am I? The answer is a crab.

1.
Circle the three common nouns in this sentence: My brother wrote a riddle about a crab.

Mybrotherwroteariddleaboutacrab

2.
Read paragraph 4. Underline the proper noun in this sentence: I am the biggest animal on Earth.

IamthebiggestanimalonEarth

3.
Look back at the riddles. Write a proper noun from the story in place of each underlined common noun.

The boy wrote the octopus riddle. →   wrote the octopus riddle.
The teacher gave the crab riddle. →   gave the crab riddle.
The sea turtle swims in an ocean. → The sea turtle swims in the  .

4.
Whose riddle was it? Match each animal to the riddle it answers.
  1. a sea turtle
  2. an octopus
  3. a blue whale
  4. a crab
  1. A. Malik's riddle
  2. B. Mr. Ruiz's riddle
  3. C. Zara's last riddle
  4. D. Zara's first riddle

Possessive nouns

A possessive noun shows who or what owns something. Add an apostrophe and s ('s) to the noun, like the dog's bone. Be careful! A noun that ends in s with no apostrophe usually means more than one, like two dogs.

5.
Sort the words. Does each word mean more than one, or does it show who owns something?
seal'sflippersarmsshark'sclawscrab's
Means more than oneShows who owns something
6.
Each sentence needs a possessive noun. Write a word from the word bank in each blank.
Word bank: whales · crab's · turtle's · crabs · whale's

The two big claws belong to the crab. They are the   claws.
The wide tail belongs to the whale. It is the   tail.
The hard shell belongs to the turtle. It is the   shell.

7.
The fin belongs to one dolphin. Which sentence is written the right way?
  • A. The dolphins fin sticks out of the water.
  • B. The dolphin fin's sticks out of the water.
  • C. The dolphin's fin sticks out of the water.
  • D. The dolphins fin's sticks out of the water.
8.
Write a sentence about a sea animal. Use a possessive noun, like the crab's or Zara's.

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