Unit 2 Nouns

Which of the following is NOT an example of a proper noun?

• Friendship Christian School

• Academy Road

• Alice in Wonderland

• book

Read the following sentence:

"Braodway is a famous street in New York City and this is where the actors perform in their shows."

Which of the following shows a correct list of the common nouns in this sentence?

• Broadway

  street

  actors

  shows

• Broadway

  New York City

• famous

  street

  perform

• street

  actors

  shows

Read the following sentence:

"My father was born in Dublin, Ireland."

What is the proper noun in this sentence?

• father

• born

• Dublin, Ireland

• There are no proper nouns in this sentence.

Which of the following describes a common noun?

• any person, place, thing, or idea

• a particular person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that names a group of people or things

• a word that shows ownership of things or qualities

How does one make a singular noun that "ends in y but is preceded by a consonant?"

• add -es

• change the last letter to f and add -es

• change the "y" to i and add -es

• add -s

Name the plural nouns in the following sentence:

"The baby has outgrown his mittens, socks, and coats."

• mittens

• mittens

  socks

• baby

  mittens

  coats

• mittens

  socks

  coats

How many singular nouns and plural nouns are in the following sentence?

"The paintings were in the old wing of the museum."

• singular - 3

  plural - 3

• singular - 1

  plural - 2

• singular - 0

  plural - 2

• singular - 2

  plural - 1

What is the correct way to change knife to plural?

• knifes

• knifies

• knives

• You cannot make knife plural.

Which of the following shows the correct way to write the word in parentheses in plural from?

All of the __________ going downtown are normally crowded. (bus)

• buses

• busies

• buss

• You cannot make bus plural.

Which of the following shows the correct way to write the word in parentheses in plural form?

"Did you boil enough ___________ for the salad? (potato)

• potatos

• potatoies

• potatoes

• You cannot make potato plural.