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Name Tag Day at the Grammaropolis Fair
Every spring, Grammaropolis holds a fair. Nelson runs the name-tag booth, and his job is to give everyone a name. Fill in the missing nouns so the day works.
Nelson's at the booth. When you're done, his platypus will hand you your tag.
Your story is ready. Here is what Nelson read.
Tap or hover over any blue word to see what kind of word you chose.
Every spring, Grammaropolis held a fair. Nelson ran the name-tag booth. His job was simple. Everyone who walked up got a name.
The first kid held a . Nelson grabbed his pen. "Common noun. No capital letter. Next!"
Then a visitor said, "I'm from ." Nelson nodded. "Proper noun. Capital letter. A real place."
A waddled up to the booth. The platypus sat up fast. Nelson sighed and wrote the tag anyway.
Then cut the whole line. "That's a name," Nelson said. "Capital letter. Proper noun. Also rude."
A small kid tugged his sleeve. "What about a feeling, like ?" Nelson almost smiled. "Good one. You can't touch it. It still gets a name."
By noon the booth was buried in . The platypus chased under the tables. Nelson named one . He named two . He even named a sticky pile of .
One or many, common or proper, Nelson named them all before the fair packed up.
"Booth is closed," he said. "Take a number."
Other kids have filled in this story too.