E9 Test 5 Review

Which statement about nouns is true?

• Nouns can be singular or plural

• Predicate nominatives follow linking verbs

• For a sentence to have an indirect object, it must have an indirect object

• All of the above

Which noun complement follows a linking verb and renames the subject?

• predicate nominative

• direct object

• indirect object

• object of preposition

What questions do direct objects answer?

• To whom or for whom

• what kind or which one

• how and why

• whom or what

What is the name of a word that follows a noun and explains or identifies the noun?

• direct object

• appositive

• indirect object

• predicate nominative

When a compound subject is joined by neither-nor, with what does the verb agree?

• predicate nominative after the verb

• object of the preposition

• first subject in the sentence

• the subject nearest (closest) to the verb

To have an indirect object, what must a sentence also contain?

• action verb

• direct object

• subject

• all of the above

When are expressions stating amounts (fractions, measurements, money) singular?

• when they need a plural verb

• when they are considered as a single unit

• when they are considered as individual units

• all of the above

which of the following can function as a noun phrase?

• gerund phrase

• participial phrase

• preposition phrase

What type of noun is composed of two or more words forming one expression?

• common noun

• proper noun

• compound noun

• collective noun

Which of the following introduces a noun clause?

• preposition

• signal word

• relative

• collective noun