Nouns
Part of Speech that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
True or False: There are 3 types of adjectives.
What is true? (Proper, Common, Demonstrative)
True or False: There are only 2 types of nouns (proper and common)
What is False? (proper, common, and collective)
True or False: There are Demonstrative Nouns and Demonstrative Adjectives.
What is "false"?
Name the collective nouns in the following sentence:
Yesterday, the group of singers rehearsed with the school band.
What are "group" and "band"?
True or False:
An adjective can describe a noun AND a pronoun.
What is true?
The house (n) is haunted.
She (prn) is very intelligent.
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How many adjectives are in the following sentence:
The beautiful summer sunset glowed in the darkened sky.
What is 3? (beautiful, summer, darkened)
True or False: Except if it is the first word in a sentence, a common noun is never capitalized.
What is true?
Name the Demonstrative Adjectives
What is "this", "that", "these", "those"?
True or False: The adjective "these" refers to persons, places, or things that are near you.
What is "true"?
How many nouns are in the following sentence:
The pile of leaves blew away when the wind picked up speed.
What is 4? (pile, leaves, wind, speed)
True or False: If there is a noun in a sentence there must also be at least one adjective.
What is "false"?
Example: The truck is parked across the street.
True or False:
The word "Italian" in the following sentence,
"Roman Holiday is my favorite Italian restaurant",
is a proper noun.
What is false? It is a proper adjective.
Yes or No: Is this sentence correct?
I planted this tomato plants last year.
What is "no"? (these) or (those)
Find the Demonstrative Adjective in this sentence:
Can you please give this to Anna?
What is "none"?
"this" is not followed by a noun
Name the words that should be proper nouns:
Last week, I went to a sweet sixteen in honor of my young relative Jessica.
What is "Sweet" and "Sixteen"?
True or False: There are two adjectives in the following sentence:
I don't know why my brother Jake only wears Nikes.
What is false? There are none.
How many Proper Nouns are there in the following sentence:
According to my scientist friend Jack, the Mississippi River is one of the longest rivers in the United States, and it is probably the muddiest too.
What is 3? (Jack, Mississippi River, United States)
How many common adjectives can you find in the following sentence:
There are three kittens stuck in the dirty sewer pipe in our dark, smelly basement.
What is 5? (three, dirty, sewer, dark, smelly)
True or False: The adjective "that" refers to persons, places, or things that are near you.
What is "false"?
How many nouns are there in the following sentence:
Our family vacation in Texas was fun, but the hiking trip down the Grand Canyon was the best experience ever!
What is 5? (vacation, Texas, trip, Grand Canyon, experience)
Name all of the adjectives in the following sentence:
Two nervous puppies barked throughout the long night and into the early morning hours.
What is 5? (two, nervous, long, early, morning)
True or False: A Collective Noun is considered singular even though it is made up of many.
What is "true"?
Complete the following sentence by using a demonstrative adjective:
My laptop is charging in _______ cart on the other side of the room.
What is "that"?
How many nouns and adjectives are in the following sentence:
This week is Thanksgiving Day, a favorite American holiday for families of different nationalities.
What is 9?
(n.- week, Thanksgiving Day, holiday, families, nationalities)
(adj. - This, favorite, American, different)