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Nouns
Types of Nouns
Pronouns
Antecedents and Pronouns
Adjectives
100
What is the definition of a noun?
A word that is a person, place, thing, or idea.
100
These types of nouns are not specific.
What is a "common noun."
100
What is the definition of a pronoun?
A word that takes the place of one or more nouns or pronouns.
100
What is the definition of an antecedent?
The word that a pronoun stands for.
100
What is the definition of an adjective?
A word used to modify a noun or pronoun.
200
Identify the nouns in this sentence: "I went to the store and bought tuna."
store, tuna
200
These types of nouns are specific and always capitalized.
What is a proper noun.
200
Identify the pronouns in the following sentence: "I went there with her yesterday.
I, her
200
What is the antecedent for the pronoun in the following sentence: "Mr. Graham was eating his tuna when a student came into the the room to ask a question."
Mr. Graham
200
"A", "an", and "the" are what types of adjectives?
Articles
300
Identify the nouns in this sentence: "In Language Arts we have been writing leads for essays."
Language Arts, leads, essays
300
Identify the Proper nouns in this sentence: "Mr. Graham is a middle school teacher at Rocky Heights.
Mr. Graham, Rocky Heights
300
Identify the pronouns in the following sentence: "Their dog is the one barking during the night."
their, one
300
"I", "me", and "my" are which types of personal pronouns? singular or plural?
singular
300
Identify the adjectives in the following sentence: "I love going out for Chinese food with my best friends.
Chinese, best
400
Identify the nouns in the following sentence: "The sign says, 'The clock on the wall is working, are you?"
sign, clock, wall
400
Identify the collective nouns in the following sentence: "The group was uncertain about where to go after the school day over."
group
400
Identify the pronouns in the following sentence: "That is the teacher who gives us a lot of homework, and I am getting tired of his class."
That, who, us, I, his
400
Identify the indefinite pronouns (those that refer to a person, place thing that is not specifically named) in the following sentence. "All students should follow all of the directions."
all (all of the directions)
400
Identify the adjectives in the following sentence: "This story is very scary and it will keep me awake at night.
This, scary
500
Identify the nouns in the following sentence: "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home."
sunlight, darkness, house, things, mind, Paul Newman, ride, home
500
Identify the compound nouns in the following sentence: "Airsoft can be fun to play but you should always wear eye-protection just like you should when you play racquetball.
airsoft, eye-protection, racquetball.
500
Identify the pronouns in the following sentence: "That boy is not doing his work and that is going to get him in a lot of trouble with this teacher.
his, that (that is going to . . . ), him
500
Identify the pronouns in the following sentences: "This is going to be the most fun we have had. I don't think either of us have done it before."
This, we, I, either, us, it
500
Identify the adjectives in the following sentence: "Those books on the floor were torn by careless people running over them with bicycle tires.
those, torn, careless, bicycle