Definitions
Nouns
Pronouns
Prepositions
Sentence Identification
100
What is a noun?
a noun names a person, place, thing, or idea
100
Give an example of a common, concrete noun.
Answers will vary.
100
She is an example of a(n) ___________ pronoun.
Personal pronoun
100
Fill in the blanks. A prepositional phrase must always end with a ________ or ____________.
Noun or Pronoun
100
Which words in the following sentence are nouns? The dancer glided gracefully across the stage in her dazzling costume.
Dancer, stage, costume
200
What does the term "plural" mean?
More than one.
200
How does a proper noun differ from a common noun?
A proper noun refers to a specific (usually one of a kind) object/person and is always capitalized.
200
What type of pronoun is used in the following sentence? Anyone is welcome to join us on the hike.
Indefinite Pronoun
200
Name two of the four types of prepositions.
position, time, oddball, two or more words
200
Name the antecedent in the following sentence. Mark always knew that he wanted to be an archeologist.
Mark
300
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun (or renames the noun)
300
Give an example of an abstract noun.
Answers will vary.
300
This, these, that, and those are examples of this type of pronoun.
Demonstrative Pronoun
300
True or false? Prepositions are fundamental to the structure of a sentence.
False.
300
Identify the pronouns in the following sentence. Both of them found the quiz easy because they studied with into the late night with me.
Both, them, they, and me
400
What is an antecedent?
The antecedent is the noun that the pronoun replaces.
400
How do you turn the singular common noun "witch" into a plural common noun?
add -es ("witches")
400
The following sentence uses which type of pronoun? Which restaurant are we going to tonight?
Interrogative Pronoun
400
The noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase is called ______________.
The object of the preposition
400
Identify the prepositional phrases in the following sentence. According to Barbi, grammar is exciting due to the mental challenge.
(according to Barbi) and (due to the mental challenge)
500
What is a preposition?
A preposition is used to show the direction, position, time, or location of one thing in relation to another.
500
What is a noun marker? Give one example.
A noun marker signals that a noun is coming (can be an article, possessive noun/pronoun, or a number)
500
Which pronoun type is used in the following sentence? Barbi, who is my WR080 instructor, is awesome.
Relative pronoun
500
Give an example an "oddball" preposition.
of, with, for, concerning, except, like, as
500
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence. We would like to go to the park with you for a picnic lunch.
(to the park), (with you), (for a picnic lunch)
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