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Review: Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the function of a noun?

a)

A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

b)

A word that names a person, place, or thing.

c)

A word that takes the place of a noun.

d)

A word that names a person, place, thing, or animal.

2.

Which of the following is the function of a pronoun?

a)

A word that takes the place of a noun or other pronouns.

b)

A word that modifies, or describes, a noun.

c)

A connecting word.

d)

A word that takes the place of an adjective.

3.

Which of the following is the function of an adjective?

a)

A word that modifies a noun or pronoun.

b)

A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs.

c)

A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

d)

A word that expresses an action or a state of being.

4.

An antecedent...

(a)  

5.

An article

a)

is the noun that a pronoun replaces.

b)

is the pronoun that is used in places of a noun.

c)

is a special adjective such as a, an, & the.

d)

modifies a pronoun.

6.

Which is a common noun?

a)

dog

b)

Dominican Republic

7.

Which word is a proper noun?

a)

shoe

b)

Nike

8.

The words he, her, we, and I are 

a)
verbs
b)

adjectives

c)
nouns
d)
pronouns
9.

Identify the part of speech of the italicized word in the following sentence.

Neither dictionary tells whether this word is standard or colloquial.

a)

noun

b)

pronoun

c)

adjective

d)

verb

10.

Identify the part of speech of the italicized word in the following sentence.

Most of the students have already left by now.

a)

noun

b)

pronoun

c)

adjective

d)

verb

11.

Identify the part of speech of the italicized word in the following sentence.

From world history, we can learn many valuable lessons.

a)

noun

b)

pronoun

c)

adjective

d)

verb

12.

Identify the part of speech of the italicized word in the following sentence.

Winnie went on a shopping spree that made Piglet upset.

a)

noun

b)

pronoun

c)

adjective

d)

verb

13.

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence:

Christopher knew that he should not eat all that cake.

a)

noun

b)

pronoun

c)

adjective

d)

verb

14.

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence:

The snake slithered from its cage and was crawling across our backyard.

a)

noun

b)

pronoun

c)

adjective

d)

verb

15.

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence:

The orange car sped down the highway.

a)

noun

b)

pronoun

c)

adjective

d)

verb

16.

Identify the antecedent in the following sentence:

Christine cried when she realized her schoolbag was still on the bus.

a)

Christine

b)

she

c)

her

d)

bus

17.

Identify the antecedent in the following sentence:

The frog shot out its tongue to catch the fly.

a)

frog

b)

its

c)

tongue

d)

fly

18.

Is the red word a pronoun, adjective, or noun?

Leroy and Jenna walked up to an old castle.

a)

pronoun

b)

adjective

c)

noun

19.

Read this sentence:

Mrs. Whitford carried the couch cushions outside.

What is the function of the adjective couch as it is used in the sentence above?

a)

It names the couch cushions

b)

It replaces the words "couch cushions"

c)

It describes what kind of cushions

d)

It tells the action that Mrs. Whitford did with the couch cushions

20.

Read this sentence:

Charlie enjoys drinking hot tea after lunch.

What is the function of the adjective hot in the above sentence?

a)

It describes the tea

b)

It replaces the word tea

c)

It tells an action that the tea does

21.

Read this sentence:

This weekend Beth and Sam painted rooms at their house.

What is the function of the pronoun their as it is used in the sentence above?

a)

It names the place

b)

It modifies the noun house

c)

It describes what kind of house

d)

It replaces the nouns Beth and Sam