5.21 Grammar and Writing Review

Which word in the sentence is a common noun? He threw the first snowball at Jeremy.

• He

• first

• snowball

• Jeremy

Which word in the sentence is a common noun? Janie saw her brother throw it.

• Janie

• brother

• throw

• it

Which word in the sentence is a proper noun? It hit Paulie in the face.

• It

• hit

• Paulie

• face

Which word in the sentence is a proper noun? Krissy ran across the road to help Bobby.

• Krissy

• ran

• across

• road

Which word in the sentence is a plural noun? She ran through drifts of snow piled high in the road.

• She

• drifts

• snow

• road

Which word in the sentence is a plural noun? She held up her hands to show Jeremy she was unarmed and there to help.

• She

• hands

• Jeremy

• unarmed

Which word in the sentence is a possessive noun? The snowball’s flakes had splattered across his cheek.

• snowball’s

• flakes

• splattered

• cheek

Which word in the sentence is a possessive noun? The girl’s expression was one of shock.

• girl’s

• expression

• was

• shock

Which word in the sentence is a pronoun? It stung him in his eye and made him tear up.

• stung

• him

• eye

• tear

Which word in the sentence is a pronoun? She yelled at Nicole and said she would tell on him.

• Nicole

• said

• she

• tell