Classifying Nouns
Classify the underlined noun as common, proper, collective, and/or compound. (Can be more than one!)
In the 1500s Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was larger than any city in Spain.
Proper
Identify each pronoun in the following sentence:
Jerome reminded himself not to forget his grandmother’s birthday.
himself, his
Identify each underlined word as either an adjective or an adverb (they can be the same thing or one of each).
Marisol Escobar was born in 1930 to a Venezuelan couple then living in paris.
then - adverb
Identify the verbs and verb phrases, then classify each verb/verb phrase as transitive, intransitive, or linking.
Who sounded the alarm?
sounded - transitive
Identify the underlined word as a noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, or interjection.
Several of my friends have confided their secret ambitions with me.
Pronoun
Classify the underlined noun as common, proper, collective, and/or compound. (Can be more than one!)
For dessert Todd served a delicious pumpkin pie.
Identify each pronoun in the following sentence:
This calculator is yours; do you know who has mine?
yours, you, who, mine
Identify each underlined word as either an adjective or an adverb (they can be the same thing or one of each).
Today she is quite well known throughout the world.
today - adverb
quite - adverb
Identify the verbs and verb phrases, then classify each verb/verb phrase as transitive, intransitive, or linking.
For our trip to Boston in January, we will pack our warmest clothes.
will pack - transitive
Identify the underlined word as a noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, or interjection.
Do any of these dreams strike a responsive chord in you?
Verb
Classify the underlined noun as common, proper, collective, and/or compound. (Can be more than one!)
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776.
Proper, Compound
Identify each pronoun in the following sentence:
Those of us who are reading Robert Frost’s poetry agree that it is deceptively simple.
those, us, who, that, it,
Identify each underlined word as either an adjective or an adverb (they can be the same thing or one of each).
Carved from wood, her clever, life-sized figures fascinate both children and adults.
clever- adjective
life-sized- adjective
Identify the verbs and verb phrases, then classify each verb/verb phrase as transitive, intransitive, or linking.
Palani must have left without us.
must have left - intransitive
Identify the underlined word as a noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, or interjection.
I could go on, but you get the idea.
Adverb
Classify the underlined noun as common, proper, collective, and/or compound. (Can be more than one!)
The crowd of holiday shoppers filled the aisles of the toy store.
Common, Collective
Identify each pronoun in the following sentence:
This is the week when each of our teachers will review the portfolios that we have assembled.
this, each, our, that, we
Identify each underlined word as either an adjective or an adverb (they can be the same thing or one of each).
Many of Marisol's sculptures represent people who exist solely in her extraordinary imagination.
solely - adverb
extraordinary - adjective
Identify the verbs and verb phrases, then classify each verb/verb phrase as transitive, intransitive, or linking.
Your idea sounds practical to me.
sounds - linking
Identify the underlined word as a noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, or interjection.
I too have my dreams.
Adverb
Classify the underlined noun as common, proper, collective, and/or compound. (Can be more than one!)
Found abandoned in the airport, the stolen car was returned to its owner.
Common, Compoud
Identify each pronoun in the following sentence:
I think something is missing from this chili that you made; its flavor is too bland.
I, something, this, that, you, its
Identify each underlined word as either an adjective or an adverb (they can be the same thing or one of each).
One of her best-known works is called simply The Family.
best-known - adjective
simply - adverb
Identify the verbs and verb phrases, then classify each verb/verb phrase as transitive, intransitive, or linking.
Please remain standing for our national anthem.
remain - linking
Identify the underlined word as a noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, or interjection.
Although you may laugh, my friends and I cherish such dreams.
Conjunction