Nouns, Pronouns & Capitalization

What is a noun?

• A word that describes an action

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that connects clauses

• A word that describes a noun

What is a proper noun?

• A noun that is not capitalized

• A noun that describes an action

• A noun that is capitalized

• A noun that replaces another noun

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:

• Subject

• Predicate

• Antecedent

• Object

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

• Ring

• Her

• Found

• Deborah

What is a common noun?

• A noun that is capitalized

• A noun that is not capitalized

• A noun that describes a verb

• A noun that replaces another noun

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

• Sandy and travel

• Travel and London

• Sandy and London

• Loves and travel

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

• Josh

• Drives

• Blue

• Car

How many nouns are in the following sentence? "My best friend is from Kenya."

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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

• Pronoun: Paco, Antecedent: his

• Pronoun: his, Antecedent: Paco

• Pronoun: hat, Antecedent: snow storm

• Pronoun: snow storm, Antecedent: hat