Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs Quiz Review

What is the common noun in the following sentence:

Alexa went to the store.

• Alexa

• went

• the

• store

Answer explanation

Reminder: Common nouns name any person, place, thing, or idea. They ARE NOT specific.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.1B

Identify the common noun in the following sentence:

She got bread.

• she

• got

• bread

Answer explanation

Common nouns name any person, place, thing, or idea. They are NOT specific.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.1B

Identify the pronoun in the following sentence:

Their food was delicious.

• their

• food

• was

• delicious

Answer explanation

Pronouns are words that replace nouns (he, she, they, their, hers, his, etc.)

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Identify the pronoun:

Her dog was tired.

• her

• dog

• was

• tired

Answer explanation

Pronouns are words that replace nouns (he, she, they, their, hers, his, etc.)

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Select ALL of the nouns in the following sentence (except pronouns):

At the store, we got milk and bread.

• store

• we

• the

• milk

• bread

Answer explanation

Nouns are people, places, things, and ideas.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.1B

What type of verb is in the following sentence:

I ran through the woods.

• Action

• Helping

• Linking

Answer explanation

Action verbs are when the subject is doing something.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.1E

What type of verb is “were” in the following sentence:

We were craving tacos.

• Action

• Helping

• Linking

Answer explanation

Helping verbs work with an action verb to create time or circumstance. Craving is the action/main verb, and were is the helping verb.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.1E

What type of verb is in the following sentence:

He smelled the pizza.

• Action

• Helping

• Linking

Answer explanation

In this instance, smelled is an action verb because the subject (he) is doing something.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.1E

What type of verb is in the following sentence:

She smells good.

• Action

• Helping

• Linking

Answer explanation

In this sentence, smells is a linking verb because it is linking the subject (she) to a quality or feeling (good).

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.1E

Which sentence is correct?

• Lucy and I gave pretzels to him and her.

• Lucy and me gave pretzels to he and her.

• Lucy and I gave pretzels to he and she.

• Lucy and me gave pretzels to him and her.

Answer explanation

I is a subject pronoun; it is doing the action. Him and her are object pronouns; they are receiving the action.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1D