Study Quiz for Nouns and Pronouns

What is a noun?

• A word that describes an action

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that modifies a verb

• A word that connects clauses

What is a proper noun?

• A noun that is not capitalized

• A noun that is always plural

• A noun that is capitalized

• A noun that describes an action

What is the function of a pronoun?

• To describe a noun

• To replace a noun or more than one noun

• To connect two sentences

• To express an action

The word that a pronoun stands for is called its:

• Predecessor

• Successor

• Antecedent

• Modifier

Identify the antecedent in the following sentence: Deborah found her ring.

• Ring

• Her

• Found

• Deborah

What is a common noun?

• A noun that is always capitalized

• A noun that is not capitalized

• A noun that describes a specific person or place

• A noun that is always singular

Identify the proper nouns in the sentence: Sandy loves to travel to London.

• Sandy and travel

• Loves and London

• Sandy and London

• Travel and loves

Identify the common noun in the sentence: Josh drives a blue car.

• Josh

• Drives

• Blue

• Car

What are the nouns in this sentence? (Not including Pronouns)

My best friend is from Kenya.

• best and friend

• my and is

• friend and Kenya

• from and my

What is the pronoun and its antecedent in the following sentence? Paco lost his hat in the snow storm.

• His; antecedent is hat

• Paco; antecedent is his

• His; antecedent is Paco

• Hat; antecedent is storm