Deck 6: Nouns

Question 1

Which of the following is not a part of the three-point test for finding nouns in a sentence?

A) Can the word show possession?
B) Can I make the word plural?
C) Can the word show tense (present, past, future)?
D) Can I put an article (a, an, the) or a word like my, this, some, or one in front of the word?

Answer 1

Can the word show tense (present, past, future)?

Question 2

Which of the following is not one of the most common noun suffixes?

A) -tion as in retention
B) -ly as in friendly
C) -ness as in sadness
D) -ment as in requirement

Answer 2

-ly as in friendly

Question 3

_________ name things that can be quantified or enumerated and generally form their plurals by adding -s or -es.

A) Collective nouns
B) Common nouns
C) Count nouns
D) Compound nouns

Answer 3

Count nouns

Question 4

A _________ names a group of people or things, such as team or committee.

A) collective noun
B) common noun
C) count noun
D) condensed noun

Question 5

Which of the following is not one of the functions that nouns can perform in a sentence?

A) connect items in a list in the sentence
B) act as the subject of the sentence
C) serve as an object receiving the action of a verb
D) serve as a complement that follows a linking verb and renames the subject

Question 6

Which of the following tells for whom or what the action of the verb is done?

A) object of a preposition
B) indirect object
C) direct object
D) appositive

Question 7

A noun that renames or defines a word that comes before it is called a(n) _________.

A) object
B) appositive
C) subject
D) adverb

Question 8

Identify which option lists all of the nouns in the following sentence: Julie struggled to keep her anger under control.

A) Julie; her; anger
B) Julie; anger; control
C) Julie; control
D) Julie; keep; anger; control

Question 9

Identify which option lists all of the nouns in the following sentence: Exposure to sunshine is necessary to activate certain vitamins in the body.

A) sunshine; vitamins
B) sunshine; vitamins; body
C) to sunshine; to activate
D) Exposure; sunshine; vitamins; body

Question 10

Identify which option lists all of the nouns in the following sentence:
The Seattle Police Department is sponsoring an educational program on personal safety.

A) Police; program
B) Department; program; personal
C) Police Department; program; safety
D) Department; sponsoring; program; personal; safety

Question 11

Identify which option lists all of the nouns in the following sentence:
According to the news, our team just won its fifth straight national championship.

A) team; championship
B) news; team; its; national; championship
C) news; team; championship
D) news; our; team; fifth; straight; national; championship

Question 12

Identify which option provides the correct plural forms for the following nouns: man; mouse; box

A) men; mice; boxes
B) man's; mice; box's
C) men's; mouses; boxes
D) men; mices; boxes

Question 13

Identify which option is the function of the underlined noun in the following sentence: If you need help, call Mr. Patterson, the help desk coordinator.

A) indirect object
B) subject
C) object of a preposition
D) appositive

Question 14

Identify which option is the function of the underlined noun in the following sentence:
I gave Peterson my last chocolate chip cookie.

A) indirect object
B) direct object
C) subject
D) complement

Question 15

Identify which option lists all of the nouns in the following sentence: Walking on the treadmill is my least favorite activity.

A) treadmill
B) Walking; treadmill; activity
C) treadmill; activity
D) favorite; activity

Question 16

Identify which option lists all of the nouns in the following sentence: To forgive is to release the negative feelings inside yourself.

A) To forgive
B) to release; feelings
C) yourself
D) To forgive; to release; feelings

Question 17

Which of the following nouns are incorrect in the plural form.

A) women
B) teeth
C) knifes
D) feet

Question 18

Nouns name things-specifically, they name people, objects, animals, places, emotional states, qualities, and concepts.

Question 19

A noun subject is the someone or something who acts or is acted upon.

Question 20

Nouns can sometimes be identified by their suffixes, or word endings.

Question 21

The article the refers to a nonspecific noun or one not already known by the reader; the articles a and an refer to something specific or already known by the reader.

Question 22

You should use the article a before nouns that begin with a consonant sound; you should use the article an before nouns that begin with a vowel sound.

Question 23

When deciding between the articles a or an, you should go by the letter, not the sound.

Question 24

Common nouns name things that are not specific or unique; proper nouns name things that are specific and unique.

Question 25

Common nouns are capitalized, but proper nouns are not capitalized.

Question 26

A non-count noun is one that cannot be counted and has no plural form.

Question 27

A compound noun is made up of two or more words that act as a single unit.

Question 28

All types of nouns are regular and form their plurals by adding -s or -es.

Question 29

Irregular nouns require that you add an s to make them plural.

Question 30

Collective nouns are grammatically singular.

Question 31

Without nouns sentences would have no subjects to say something about.

Question 32

A gerund can serve only as the direct object of a sentence.

Question 33

An infinitive phrase can sometimes be the subject of a sentence.