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Noun Function Practice

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a direct object?

a)

A direct object is an adjective or adverb that receives the action of a verb in a sentence.

b)

A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb in a sentence.

c)

A direct object is a preposition that receives the action of a verb in a sentence.

d)

A direct object is a verb that receives the action of a noun or pronoun in a sentence.

2.

What is an indirect object?

a)

An indirect object is a preposition that receives the direct object of a noun.

b)

An indirect object is a verb that receives the direct object of a noun.

c)

An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that receives the direct object of a verb.

d)

An indirect object is a type of adverb that receives the direct object of a verb.

3.

What is a predicate nominative?

a)

A predicate nominative is a verb that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject of the sentence.

b)

A predicate nominative is a type of adjective that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject of the sentence.

c)

A predicate nominative is a prepositional phrase that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject of the sentence.

d)

A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject of the sentence.

4.

Which part of a sentence renames or identifies the subject?

a)

Preposition

b)

Conjunction

c)

Predicate nominative

d)

Adverb

5.

What kind of complement is underlined: "Pamela was the star the play."

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

predicate adjective

6.

What kind of complement is underlined: "The guidebook gave the lost tourists the wrong directions."

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

predicate adjective

7.

What kind of complement is underlined: "Manuel offered Anita some good advice."

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

predicate adjective

8.

What kind of complement is underlined: "Ms. Benton is our next-door neighbor."

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

predicate adjective

9.

What kind of complement is underlined: "Bring me the cutting board, please."

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

predicate adjective

10.

What kind of complement underlined: "The library receives new books all the time."

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

predicate adjective

11.

What kind of complement is underlined "Mexico celebrates its independence on September 16th."

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

predicate adjective

12.

What kind of complement is underlined: "The new president of the bank will be Ms. Morales."

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

predicate adjective

13.

Name the predicate nominative: Angel became a professional mahjong player.

a)

Angel

b)

became

c)

professional

d)

player

14.

Name the direct object: Amelia Earhart flew a plane across the Atlantic in 1932.

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

plane

c)

across

d)

Atlantic

15.

Name the direct object: Thomas Edison gave the world electric light bulbs.

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

gave

c)

world

d)

light bulbs

16.

Name the predicate nominative: New York City was briefly the capital of the United States.

a)

New York City

b)

briefly

c)

capital

d)

United States

17.

Name the indirect object: The Simpsons showed him slides of China.

a)

Simpsons

b)

showed

c)

him

d)

slides

18.

Name the direct object: The machine can create two crates a day.

a)

machine

b)

can create

c)

crates

d)

day

19.

Name the direct object: Have you seen Akiho's yellow sweater?

a)

Have + seen

b)

you

c)

Akiho's

d)

sweater

20.

Our teacher read us stories from the Leatherstocking Tales.

What type of complement is "stories"?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate adjective

d)

predicate nominative

21.

Our teacher read us stories from the Leatherstocking Tales.

What kind of verb is "read"?

a)

action

b)

linking

c)

helping

22.

Our teacher read us stories from the Leatherstocking Tales.

What type of complement is "us"?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate adjective

d)

predicate nominative

23.

James Fenimore Cooper is the author of these tales.

What type of verb is the word "is" here?

a)

action

b)

linking

c)

helping

24.

James Fenimore Cooper is the author of these tales.

What type of complement is the word "author" here?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate adjective

d)

predicate nominative

25.

Leatherstocking was a fictional scout in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales.

What type of complement is "scout"?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate adjective

d)

predicate nominative

26.

Leatherstocking was also a woodcrafter and a trapper.

What type of complements are "woodcrafter" and "trapper"?

a)

direct objects

b)

indirect objects

c)

predicate adjectives

d)

predicate nominatives

27.

Leatherstocking understood the mysteries of the woods.

What type of complement is "mysteries"?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate adjective

d)

predicate nominative

28.

To generations of readers, this character has become a hero.

What type of complement is "hero"?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate adjective

d)

predicate nominative

29.

He would lend people a helping hand.

What kind of complement is "people"?

a)

direct object

b)

indirect object

c)

predicate adjective

d)

predicate nominative

30.

I sent my grandparents a card for their anniversary.

What kind of complement(s) do you find here?

a)

direct object

b)

direct object and indirect object

c)

predicate adjective

d)

predicate nominative

31.

Mrs. Karras offered us olives and stuffed grape leaves.

What type(s) of complements do you find here?

a)

direct object

b)

direct object and indirect object

c)

predicate adjective

d)

predicate nominative

32.

Identify the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence:


The coast of Africa, one of the world's largest continents, is a prosperous trading region.

(a)  

33.

Identify the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence:


Charles Dickens, the author of A Christmas Carol, once worked in a shoe polish factory.

(a)  

34.

Identify the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence:


In the time of the Roman Republic, only male Roman citizens were allowed to wear the toga, a long cloth wrapped around the body.

(a)  

35.

What is the appositive?

I haven't been to the new mall, but I will go on Saturday.

a)

new mall

b)

I will go

c)

no appositive

d)

on Saturday

36.

What is an appositive?

a)

An appositive shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

b)

An appositive is a noun or pronoun that identifies or renames another noun or pronoun.

c)

An appositive modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

d)

An appositive is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun.

37.

The intruder, a large, inquisitive cockroach with hairy legs, is crawling across the kitchen table.

What does the bold portion describe?

a)

the cockroach

b)

the intruder

c)

the kitchen table

38.
Which of these is NOT a prepositional phrase?
a)
over the line
b)
by the door
c)
near the pool
d)
he stole it
39.

Identify the appositive:

My cousin Sammy broke his arm in the championship game last weekend.

a)

cousin

b)

Sammy

c)

arm

d)

game

40.
Which is a list of common prepositions?
a)
Against,Beside,In,Over,Up
b)
Desk,Chair,Table,Seat
c)

And, But, Or, Nor, For, Yet

d)
Chicken,Cat,Dog,Elephant
41.

What is an appositive?

a)

An appositive is a noun or pronoun that gives more information or details another noun or pronoun.

b)

An appositive modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

c)

An appositive is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun.

42.

Find the preposition:

Alexa walked through the door.

a)

through

b)

walked

c)

door

43.

Find the preposition:

Isaiah sat on his new bike.

a)

sat

b)

on

c)

his

44.

Find the preposition:

Grace held the leash around her wrist.

a)

held

b)

leash

c)

around

45.

Find the preposition:

Carmela wandered into the park.

a)

into

b)

the

c)

park

46.

Find the preposition:

Riley walked across the street.

a)

RIley

b)

across

c)

street

47.
What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?
The dog sat by the warm fireplace.
a)
dog sat by
b)
the warm fireplace
c)
by the warm fireplace
48.

What is the preposition?

We hiked up the mountain Saturday morning.

a)

we

b)

up

c)

the

49.

Which word is a preposition?

She is under the table.

a)

she

b)

is

c)

under

50.

What is the object of the preposition?

That car drove around the block a hundred times!

a)

that

b)

car

c)

block

51.

Find the object of the preposition:

Isaiah sat on his new bike.

a)

sat

b)

bike

c)

Isiah

52.

Find the object of the preposition:

Carmela wandered into the park.

a)

wandered

b)

the

c)

park

53.
Name the noun in direct address.
Do you want to help make the costumes, Louise?
a)
you
b)
want
c)
costumes
d)
Louise
54.
Name the noun in direct address.
Doug, are you making the scenery?
a)
you
b)
making
c)
Doug
d)
scenery
55.
Name the noun in direct address.
Ben is sick today, Kevin, you will play John Adams.
a)
Kevin
b)
Ben
c)
today
d)
John Adams
56.
Name the noun in direct address.
Here is your Betsy Ross costume, Amanda.
a)
Betsy Ross
b)
Amanda
c)
costume
d)
is
57.
Where do(es) the comma(s) go?
Lee help me make signs for the colonists to carry.
a)
after "colonists"
b)
after "Lee"
c)
before and after "signs"
d)
before "carry"
58.
Where do(es) the comma(s) go?
Go to your place Jack with the rest of the cast.
a)
after "go"
b)
before "cast"
c)
before and after "Jack"
d)
after "Jack"