Nouns
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Pronouns
Box of chocolates
100
Fill in 3 of the blanks: A noun can be a ______, _______, or ______
person, place, or thing
100
What is added to a singular noun to show possession?
An apostrophe and s. (The girl's name)
100
What is the purpose of a pronoun?
to take the place of a noun
100
Name all the pronouns. What noun does "it" replace. Because the weather was so warm, my friend and I decided to take advantage of it.
I, it; It replaces "weather"
200
What is the subject of the sentence? The students ate pizza in the limousine.
The students
200
How could you make this possessive? the soft ears of the puppies.
the puppies' soft ears
200
Why should we use pronouns?
So we don't keep repeating the noun over and over again.
200
Write the singular form of the following nouns: children - cities - deer - men
child - city - deer - man
300
1. Find the common noun and proper noun in the following sentence: Philadelphia is a great city.
Philadelphia=proper; city=common
300
What is the subject of a sentence?
The Who or the What of the sentence.
300
Find the pronoun and which noun it replaces: Homework is important, but it is not John's favorite thing to do.
pronoun="it"; what is replaced=homework
300
Replace the common noun in CAPS with a proper noun: We ate at a RESTAURANT last night.
What is the name of any specific restaurant (Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Applebees)?
400
Find all nouns in the following sentence: The students at Klinger Middle School were filled with excitement on Friday.
students, Klinger Middle School, excitement, Friday
400
Fill in the blank using the possessive form of the noun in CAPS: The feathers belong to the GEESE. The ______ feathers.
geese's
400
Correct this sentence using the appropriate pronoun: The students watched his teacher dance.
their
400
Name the pronoun and noun it replaces in the following sentence: The team won its game on Saturday.
pronoun="its"; the noun it replaces=the team's
500
Explain the difference between common nouns and proper nouns.
Common nouns are general and not capitalized. Proper nouns are specific and are capitalized.
500
What is the plural possessive form for CHILD?
children's
500
What's wrong with this sentence? How could you correct it? Anthony and Michael watched the Superbowl at her houses.
1. Who is "her?" 2. The sentence also doesn't make sense..."her houses"--it should say "their houses."
500
Name the noun that the pronoun replaces: Megan bought new shoes and she wanted to show them off to her friends.
"she" replaces Megan; "them" replaces shoes
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