The Functions of Nouns

The Functions of Nouns

Every noun is grammatically doing something in a sentence, and that something is called that noun's "function". Here's a lesson on the various functions nouns perform in sentences.

The Subject

• Please watch the video on the following slide.

• Then take the quiz on the slide that follows the video.

Multiple Choice

Choose the noun which expresses the subject in the following sentence: The mailman delivers mail all day to the neighborhood.

• the noun "mail"

• the noun "day"

• the noun "mailman"

• the noun "neighborhood"

Multiple Choice

Choose the noun which expresses the subject in the following sentence: From the porch of his house, the old man watched the kids play.

• the noun "porch"

• the noun "man"

• the noun "house"

• the noun "kids"

Multiple Select

Choose the noun which expresses the subject in the following sentence: The dogs and the birds both scattered the seed everywhere.

• the noun "dogs"

• the noun "seed"

• the noun "birds"

Multiple Choice

Choose the noun which expresses the subject in the following sentence: The owners took their new computer to the park and lost it.

• the noun "computer"

• the pronoun "it"

• the noun "park"

• the noun "owners"

Direct Objects & Indirect Objects

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• Then take the quiz on the slide that follows the video.

Multiple Choice

Choose the noun which expresses the direct object in the following sentence: The mailman delivers mail all day to the neighborhood.

• the noun "mail"

• the noun "day"

• the noun "mailman"

• the noun "neighborhood"

Multiple Choice

Choose the noun which expresses the direct object in the following sentence: From the porch of his house, the old man watched the kids play.

• the noun "porch"

• the noun "man"

• the noun "house"

• the noun "kids"

Multiple Choice

Choose the noun which expresses the direct object in the following sentence: The dogs and the birds both scattered the seed everywhere.

• the noun "dogs"

• the noun "seed"

• the noun "birds"

Multiple Choice

Choose the noun which expresses the indirect object in the following sentence: The owners took their new computer to the repairman who fixed it.

• the noun "computer"

• the pronoun "it"

• the noun "repairman"

• the noun "owners"