When you have completed CHAPTER 5, you should be able to:

• Use nouns and pronouns appropriately.
• State the rules for using apostrophes.
• Give examples of nominative and objective pronoun forms.

When you have finished Section 5.1, you will be able to:

• Apply the essential principles for forming plurals of most nouns.
• Discuss rules for forming difficult plurals of nouns.
• Determine when to use a dictionary to form the plurals of nouns.
• Identify plurals that often cause grammatical errors.

When you have finished Section 5.2, you will be able to:

• Apply the essential principles for forming the possessives of nouns.
• Identify correct possessive forms of compound nouns, of nouns showing joint or separate ownership, and of nouns used before gerunds.
• Use the correct possessive forms of personal pronouns.

When you have finished Section 5.3, you will be able to:

• Apply the three rules for using nominative case pronouns.
• Apply the three rules for objective case pronouns.
• Learn how to use pronouns ending in self.