Q1 Classwork 2

Identify the common noun in this sentence:

John and I walked to school yesterday.

• John

• I

• walked

• school

Answer explanation

Remember, a common noun is something we can find anywhere. It is not specific.

Select all the common nouns in this sentence:

My friend Ali and I want to visit the museum in Dubai.

• friend

• Ali

• museum

• Dubai

Answer explanation

Remember a common noun is not specific. There are many friends and museums, but only one Ali and one Dubai.

Give a proper noun for the common noun 'country'.

Answer explanation

Country is a common noun. Kuwait, Spain, and Turkey are examples of proper nouns.

Give a proper noun for the common noun 'person.'

Answer explanation

Person is a common noun, but a person's name is a proper noun. For example Abdullah or Fatmah

Identify the subject pronoun in this sentence:

He plays outside with his friend.

Answer explanation

A subject pronoun is the person doing the action. It is before the verb at the front of the sentence

Identify the object pronoun in this sentence:

We worked hard to complete our work.

Answer explanation

An object pronoun comes after the verb. It does not show the person doing the action.

Is the pronoun in CAPITALS a subject or object pronoun?

Amar and Sammy visited THEM.

• subject pronoun

• object pronoun

Answer explanation

'Them' is an object pronoun because it comes after the verb, later in the sentence.

Replace the phrase in CAPITALS with the correct pronoun:

MY FRIENDS AND I are visiting the mall this weekend.

• We

• Us

• They

• Them

Answer explanation

'My friends and I' shows who is doing the action. Since I am included in the group, we use 'we.'

Common, proper, or collective noun?

'paris'

• common noun

• proper noun

• collective noun

Answer explanation

'Paris' is a proper noun. Remember to capitalize it.

Words like class, herd, and team are collective nouns.

Explain what a collective noun is.

Answer explanation

Collective nouns are words that group things, animals, or people together.