8th Grade Nouns and antecedents

A compound noun is one noun made by joining two or more words. They could make up single words, hyphenated words or two separate words. Pick the answer choice(s) that would follow this definition.

• cross, jacket and town

• storm, happiness, paper

• thunderstorm, mother-in-law and pole vault

• idea, American and haircut

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

A common noun names people, places, things, and ideas. A proper noun names specific people, places, things and ideas. From the choices below choose the answers that have proper nouns in them.

• Lubbock, Texas

• student desk

• Mr. Riewe

• South Plains Mall

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Identify the underlined word in the following sentence.

The STEM program at Irons Middle School is very good.

• common noun

• compound noun

• pronoun

• proper noun

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Choose the correct nouns in the following sentence.

The gigantic treehouse in our backyard is about to get a fresh coat of paint to help make it more appealing to the eye.

• treehouse, backyard, paint and eye

• gigantic treehouse, backyard, appealing

• fresh, paint, help

• treehouse, appealing, eye

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or a group of words acting as a noun. Based on this definition which words in the following sentence are pronouns.

My sister was hungry so she went to the kitchen and made herself a sandwich for lunch.

• my, kitchen, sandwich

• my, she, herself

• sister, lunch

• hungry, went, made

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

An antecedent is the noun (or group of words acting as a noun) to which a pronoun refers. Using this definition which word in the sentence below is the pronoun and the antecedent that the pronoun is referring to.

Many people say they have seen strange objects in the sky.

• many, objects

• say, seen

• strange, sky

• they, people

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Identify the pronoun and its antecedent in the following sentence.

The four boys walked to the gate with their tickets in hand.

• their, boys

• their, hand

• walked, gate

• gate, hand

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Choose the best answer to fill in the blank in the sentence below.

According to Dad, all dogs can behave well is _____ are trained properly.

• we

• he

• they

• them

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Choose the best answer to fill in the blank in the sentence below.

"_____ fixed the DVD player," said Ann.

• me

• I

• my

• him

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Choose the correct pronoun and antecedent to fill in the blanks in the sentence below.

The _______ joined the team as soon as _______ could.

• toys, them

• brothers, they

• bicycles, they

• sisters, them

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D