nouns

In the sentence, "My older brother became a skilled mechanic after years of practice," what is the grammatical function of the word mechanic?

• Subject complement

• Direct object

• Indirect object

• Subject

Answer explanation

A subject complement is a noun or adjective that follows a linking verb (like 'became') and renames or describes the subject ('brother'). 'Mechanic' renames the subject, so it is a subject complement.

Complete the sentence with the most appropriate noun complement: After the election, the school board named Ms. Davis the new ________.

• principal

• principle

• principally

• principals

Answer explanation

The sentence needs a noun to function as an object complement, renaming the direct object 'Ms. Davis'. 'Principal' is a noun meaning the head of a school. 'Principle' is a rule, and the other options are an adverb and a plural noun.

True or False: In the sentence, "The judges considered the performance a masterpiece," the noun masterpiece functions as a subject complement.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The noun 'masterpiece' is an object complement because it follows the direct object 'performance' and renames it. A subject complement follows a linking verb and renames the subject.

Which sentence correctly rewrites "He is a talented person" to include an object complement?

• I consider him a talented person.

• A talented person is what he is.

• He, a talented person, won the award.

• His talent is a great quality.

Answer explanation

This sentence uses 'a talented person' as an object complement to rename the direct object 'him'. The other sentences do not contain an object complement.

In the sentence, "The librarian gave the student a book about ancient Rome," what is the grammatical role of the noun student?

• Indirect object

• Direct object

• Object of the preposition

• Subject

Answer explanation

An indirect object receives the direct object. Here, the 'student' is receiving the 'book' (the direct object), making 'student' the indirect object.

Choose the sentence where the noun pizza functions as a direct object.

• My friends and I ordered a large pizza.

• The pizza was covered in pepperoni.

• Is that pizza for me?

• My favorite food is pizza.

Answer explanation

A direct object receives the action of the verb. In this sentence, 'pizza' is what was ordered (the action), making it the direct object. In the other options, it is a subject, object of a preposition, or subject complement.

To logically complete the sentence, which noun best functions as the subject? The loud ________ from the stadium could be heard for miles.

• cheering

• quietly

• jumped

• if

Answer explanation

The sentence needs a noun to act as the subject that performs the action or state of being. 'Cheering' is a gerund (a verb form ending in -ing that acts as a noun) and logically fits as the source of the sound.

True or False: In the sentence, "Me and my sister went to the movies," the pronoun Me is used correctly as the subject.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

'Me' is an object pronoun and cannot be used as the subject of a sentence. The correct subject pronoun is 'I' ('My sister and I went to the movies').

Choose the correct possessive form to complete the sentence: The ________ loud barking woke up the entire neighborhood.

• dog's

• dogs

• dogs'

• doges

Answer explanation

The sentence implies one dog is barking, so the singular possessive form is needed. The rule for singular possessive nouns is to add an apostrophe and an 's' ('dog's').

True or False: The apostrophe in the following sentence is used correctly: "All of the students projects were displayed in the hallway."

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The sentence refers to projects belonging to multiple students, so the plural possessive form is needed. For a plural noun ending in 's', the apostrophe goes after the 's' (students').