Common Nouns
What is a common noun?
a non-specific person, place, or thing; isn't capitalized
Identify the two proper nouns in the following sentence:
While it may be tough to imagine life without Facebook, camera phones, and Siri, the internet has only. been around since 1989.
Facebook; Siri
What is an antecedent?
the noun that a pronoun replaces
What is an abstract noun?
a noun that can't be touched
What is a concrete noun?
A noun that can be touched
Identify the common noun in the following sentence:
They made this decision because the Cold War was starting to end.
decision
Identify the two sets of proper nouns in the following sentence:
The Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as the postal service's postmaster general.
Continental Congress; Benjamin Franklin
Identify the three personal pronouns in the following sentence:
How would you like to buy an acre of the Moon for the low, low price of $19.99 plus fees and tax? You had better hurry; they are going fast!
you; You; they
Identify the two abstract nouns in the following sentence:
Could a robot help ease the feeling of loneliness?
feeling; loneliness
Identify the one concrete noun in the following sentence:
How do you like your eggs?
eggs
Select the three common nouns in the following sentence:
They spoke a "Germanic" language, meaning it is related to languages like German, Dutch, and Scandinavian tongues.
language; languages; tongues
Identify the two proper nouns in the following sentence:
Early in the morning of April 15, 1912, a ship called the Titanic plowed into an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
Titanic; Atlantic Ocean
Select the correct pronoun to complete the following sentence:
This desire reveals _______ in just about every domestic application utilized by drones today.
a. itself
b. it
c. her
d. those
a. itself
Identify the one abstract noun in the following sentence:
Space exploration has established that beyond us there are more galaxies, more planets, and more stars.
exploration
Identify the two common, concrete nouns in the following sentence:
Wright's books focused on equality, influencing the Civil Rights movement and inspiring writers to think about difficult truths, even today.
books; writers
Identify the two common nouns in the following sentence:
In the summer of 1889, two Lakota chiefs visited Wovoka to learn more about the Ghost Dance.
summer; chiefs
Correct the one capitalization error in the sentence:
Before American astronauts landed on the moon in the late 1960s, the United States and other Countries that were racing into space signed a treaty.
Moon
Identify the correct antecedent for the underline reflexive pronoun in the following sentence:
"I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves, that says Government has no role in laying the foundation for our common prosperity."
problems
Identify the one abstract noun in the following sentence:
The sinking of the great ship has lodged itself firmly in the public imagination.
imagination
Identify the one concrete noun in the following sentence:
The appeal of disaster tourism might be a little bit like the strange impulse to seek closeness with a person who has undergone something awful.
person
Identify the four nouns in the following sentence:
Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.
Imagination; weapon; war; reality
What is a proper noun?
A specific person, place, or thing; should be capitalized.
Select the antecedent for the underlined pronoun in the following sentence:
NASA is an independent agency funded by th United States government. It is responsible for researching everything related to space, including, but not limited to, monitoring satellites, building rockets, and analyzing data sent back to Earth by space probes.
NASA
Select the two abstract nouns in the following sentence:
To the best of the author's knowledge and memory, it all really happened.
knowledge; memory
Identify the one concrete noun in the following sentence:
The appeal of disaster tourism might be a little bit like the strange impulse to seek closeness with a person who has undergone something awful.
person