Exploring Nouns, Pronouns, and Determiners in English Grammar

What is the term used to describe the correct arrangement of words in a sentence?

• Syntax

• Spelling

• Grammar

• Pronunciation

Which type of noun is used to name specific people or things and must be capitalized?

• Abstract noun

• Common noun

• Collective noun

• Proper noun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What type of nouns refer to a group but function as singular nouns in American English?

• Irregular nouns

• Uncountable nouns

• Countable nouns

• Collective nouns

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1A

Which of the following is not a type of noun?

• Proper

• Abstract

• Past participle

• Collective

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

What type of pronouns replace nouns to prevent repetition?

• Personal pronouns

• Demonstrative pronouns

• Reflexive pronouns

• Relative pronouns

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which pronoun type is used as a placeholder and does not refer back to a specific thing?

• Object pronoun

• Dummy subject

• Relative pronoun

• Demonstrative pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What are 'reciprocal pronouns' used to describe?

• Specific objects

• General things

• Actions shared equally

• Ownership

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which determiner is used before a noun starting with a vowel sound?

• That

• A

• The

• An

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1H

What is the function of a 'zero article' in English grammar?

• None of the above

• To specify an item already mentioned

• To denote any item of a kind

• To indicate specific items

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1H

Which type of determiner is used with countable nouns to discuss quantity?

• Demonstrative determiners

• Articles

• Quantifiers

• Possessive determiners

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A