Common and Proper Nouns
Identify the proper noun in this sentence:
Maria went to the library after school.
Maria
What word means very tired?
exhausted
Sara is my friend. She is very kind.
Which word is the pronoun?
She
What word means extremely angry?
furious
Identify: Can you please lend me a pencil?
formal
Identify the common nouns:
The teacher and the students visited the museum.
teacher, students, museum
The floor was still __________ after someone spilled water on it.
A. enormous
B. damp
C. exhausted
damp
Tom lost his pencil. He looked for it.
What is the antecedent of He?
Tom
We had no recipe, so we had to __________ and make dinner with what we had.
A. accompany
B. improvise
C. affect
improvise
Identify: Hey dude, what’s up?
informal
Find the common noun and proper nouns:
The teacher visited Paris during her vacation.
common: teacher, vacation
proper: Paris
The boat might __________ if a very large wave hits it.
capsize
The dogs were hungry, so they ate their food.
Identify the pronoun and its antecedent.
They - pronoun
The dogs - antecedent
The sun began to __________ from behind the clouds.
emerge
Rewrite this sentence to make it formal:
I gotta finish my homework.
I have to finish my homework.
Which word is a proper noun?
a) mountain b) Mount Everest c) hill
Mount Everest
Choose the correct word:
The ship began to (anchor / capsize) in the storm.
capsize
Find two pronouns and their antecedents
Mia and Ali finished their homework. They put it in their bags.
Mia and Ali
What is a bout? Give an example of where you might see one.
A boxing match; for example, at a boxing competition.
Rewrite this formal sentence to make it informal:
I am very grateful for your assistance.
Thanks a lot for your help!
Write one sentence that includes two common nouns and two proper nouns.
My neighbour Ali took his cat Max to the vet.
Use the word rescuer correctly in your own sentence.
The rescuer saved the child from the water.
Find all the pronouns and antecedents
The teacher gave the students a worksheet. They completed it, and she collected it.
They - students
it - a worksheet
she - teacher
Use pensively correctly in your own sentence.
He looked pensively at the photograph and remembered his childhood.
Explain the difference between formal and informal language. Give one example of each.
Formal = polite and complete sentences (Could you please assist me?)
Informal = casual, relaxed (Can you help me out?)