Nouns and Pronouns

Types of Pronouns

100

In the sentence, "What is the capital of Norway?" Name the pronoun and the type.

Pronoun - What Type - Interrogative

200

In the sentence, "That is my favorite food." Name the pronoun and the type.

Pronoun - That Type - Demonstrative

300

In the sentence, "My cousin's name is Megan." Name the pronoun and the type.

Pronoun - My Type - Personal

400

In the sentence, "Everybody is going to the dance tomorrow night." Name the pronoun and the type.

Pronoun - Everybody Type - Indefinite

500

In the sentence, "Her little sister is going to the mall with someone for lunch." Name the pronouns and the types.

Pronouns - Her, someone Types - Personal, indefinite

Personal Pronouns

100

Her

Third person, singular

200

Mine

First person, singular

300

Yours

Second person, either singular or plural

400

Theirs

Third person, plural

500

Your

Third person, either singular or plural

Pronouns and Antecedents

100

Name the pronoun and the antecedent: Molly went to the basketball game with her friend Emily.

Pronoun - Her Antecedent - Molly

200

Name the pronoun and the antecedent. Physical therapy received its start in the latter part of the nineteenth century.

Pronoun - its Antecedent - physical therapy

300

Name the pronoun and the antecedent. Many people say exercise has helped them.

Pronoun - them Antecedent - people

400

Name the pronoun and the antecedent. Aunt Mary will receive a degree in physical therapy after six years of college. She looks forward to helping people recover from injuries.

Pronoun - She Antecedent - Aunt Mary

500

Name the pronouns and antecedents in the following sentence. Nurses have many responsibilities assigned to them. They need technical knowledge as well as compassion.

Pronouns - them, they Antecedents - Nurses

Collective and Compound Nouns

100

Identify the following collective and/or compound nouns. The courage of the German shepherd is valuable to a police officer.

German shepherd - compound police officer - compound

200

Identify the following collective and/or compound nouns. Dalmatians are associated with firefighters and fire engines.

Firefighters - Compound Fire engines - Compound

300

Identify the following collective and/or compound nouns. Shelties can quickly organize a herd of sheep.

Herd - collective

400

Identify the following collective and/or compound nouns. A spaniel can point out a flock of birds without even seeing them.

Flock - collective

500

Identify the following collective and/or compound nouns. Working dogs, as well as their trainers, must have a great deal of self-discipline

Working dogs - compound self-discipline - compound

Random

100

Replace the common nouns in the following sentence with proper nouns of your choice. A dog came to the town. He walked up a street and down another street. The man, who lived at the end of the street, watched the dog approach.

Varies

200

Identify two proper nouns, two common nouns, one compound noun, and one collective noun in the following excerpt: Burek had to be tied outside, and he howled all day and all night. In their anguish, both the dog and the cat stopped eating. When Jan Skiba saw the disruption the mirror had created in his household, he decided a mirror wasn't what his family needed.

Common nouns - outside, dog, cat, disruption, mirror Proper nouns - Burek, Jan Skiba Compound - household Collective - family

300

Replace each noun in the sentence below with the type of pronoun indicated in parentheses. Family practitioners (personal) provided primary medical care.

They

400

Family doctors know family doctors' (personal) patients.

Their

500

Dedication (demonstrative) is one reason they enter the field.

That