Nouns and Pronouns

Which of the following is a rule about nouns?

• nouns can be the subject of a sentence

• Nouns can never be the subject of a sentence

• Nouns can describe adjectives

• Nouns and pronouns are always verbs

In the following sentence, what type of noun is underlined:

The tree blowing in the wind was strong

• proper noun

• concrete noun

• operational noun

• abstract noun

What is a rule about reflexive pronouns?

• They can be the subject of a sentence

• They can replace a verb in a sentence

• They can never be the subject of a sentence

• Sometimes they can act as a subject of a sentence

Which type of pronoun is underlined in the following sentence:

who is responsible for this mess?

• Demonstrative

• Relative

• indefinite

• Interrogative

What is the antecedent of the underlined word?

I am talking to the student who failed the test yesterday

• I

• student

• test

• Yesterday

In which sentence is the reflexive pronoun used correctly?

• John is talking to Sam and myself

• Greg, Larry, Peter, and myself went to the game yesterday

• all of the students were talking amongst themselves

• They will do it theirselves

Which of the following sentences contains a demonstrative pronoun?

• I am talking to the man that won the race yesterday

• Julio and I went to crossfit practice yesterday

• That is the person that I want for the job

• What is going on across the street?

which of the following sentences contains an indefinite pronoun?

• Two households both alike in dignity

• Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

• To be or not to be, that is the question

• Is this a dagger which I see before me? Come, let me clutch it!

What is true about relative pronouns?

• They always have an antecedent

• They always come at the beginning of a sentence

• They sometimes come at the beginning of a sentence

• They never have an antecedent

What do interrogative pronouns do?

• They point things out

• They refer back to a noun or pronoun in a sentence

• They ask questions

• They pose solutions to problems