Parts of Speech Review

Select all of the common nouns in the sentence: "Take a taxi to the Empire State Building at the corner of Fifth Avenue and West 54th Street."

• taxi

• corner

• Empire State Building

• Fifth Avenue

• West 54th Street

Select all of the common nouns in the sentence: "Fish and birds make their homes in and around the waters of Lake Michigan."

• fish

• birds

• homes

• waters

• Lake Michigan

Select all of the proper nouns in the sentence: "Bronze is made of copper and tin melted together. During the Hellenistic Age in ancient Greece, it was used to make large statues."

• tin

• Hellenistic Age

• Greece

• bronze

• copper

Select all of the proper nouns in the sentence: "Olympus Mons on Mars is even taller than Mount Everest! It was first discovered over a century ago by astronomers looking through telescopes."

• Olympus Mons

• Mars

• Mount Everest

• astronomers

Select all of the common nouns in the sentence: "Camels in Central Asia store fat in two large humps on their backs."

• camels

• fat

• humps

• backs

• Central Asia

Select the antecedent of the pronoun we.

Although Kendra and I were impressed with the performance, we were shocked at the cost of the tickets.

• Kendra and I

• The performance

• The tickets

• The cost

Select the pronoun whose antecedent is Wangari Muta Maathai.

Wangari Muta Maathai became the first African woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize because of her devotion to democracy, human rights, and conservation.

• we

• our

• his

• her

Select the antecedent of the pronoun our.

Tomorrow the detective and I will turn over all of our evidence to the authorities.

• Tomorrow

• The detective and I

• The evidence

• The authorities

Select the antecedent of the pronoun his.

Franklin D. Roosevelt began his political career in 1910 in the New York Senate and then eventually went on to serve four terms as president of the United States.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Political career

• New York Senate

• United States

Select the pronoun whose antecedent is Lillian Moller Gilbreth.

Not only was Lillian Moller Gilbreth an engineer and a writer, but she was also the mother of twelve children!

• we

• our

• his

• her