Nouns Practice Sophomores

During a city tour, Jonathan, Fernando, and Daniel visited the famous Chicago Bean. Identify the compound noun in this sentence.

• Chicago

• city tour

• famous

• Jonathan, Fernando, and Daniel

Use a collective noun in the following sentence: The basketball team that Ariana, Brianna, and Kate part of is working on a new strategy for the upcoming match against the Lakers.

• team

• Lakers

• strategy

• match

Karla, Sergio, and Victor are having a debate about Carl Sandburg's poems. They are unsure whether the term 'poems' is plural or possessive. Can you help them?

• Singular

• Possessive

• Plural

• Plural possessive

Bryan was playing with his dog is Piotrowski park. The _______ tail was wagging happily as it chased the frisbee.

• dog's

• dogs

• dogs'

• dog

During a school trip to Chicago, Ashley, Alejandra, and Jennifer visited Ashley's extended family. Identify the collective noun in this scenario.

• school trip

• family

• Ashley

• Chicago

Gabby, Milenka and Jose are working on a history project. They are discussing whether 'Chicago' is a proper noun or a common noun. What do you think?

• Regular

• Proper

• Common

• Uncommon

While visiting the Art Institute of Chicago, Ana noticed that the museum's storage room was full of fascinating artifacts. Can you identify the compound noun in this scenario?

• television

• refrigerator

• storage room

• tablecloth

During their visit to the Navy Pier Emily saw a flock of geese flying overhead in the clear sky. What is the collective noun?

• Navy Pier

• geese

• sky

• flock

Chicago's renowned event planners are organizing a city-wide festival for the residents. They are making a list of invitees. They wrote down 'Residents' on the list. Is 'Residents' a plural or possessive noun in this context?

• neither plural or possessive

• Possessive

• Plural

• plural possessive