Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Block: ______________
Nouns
Directions: Identify the nouns in the following sentences by underlining them. The correct number
of nouns in each sentence is indicated in parentheses after it. For each noun you identify, decide
whether it is…
a) proper or common (P or C), and
b) concrete or abstract (CO or AB).
Example:
George and Godzilla walked to Pizza Hut to order a large pepperoni pizza. (4)
i. Godzilla P / CO
iii. Pizza Hut P / CO
ii. dog C / CO
iv. pizza
C / CO
1. Godzilla ordered a large pepperoni pizza and ate the pie in a single bite. (4)
i. ____________________ _____________/_____________
iii. ____________________ _____________/_____________
ii. ____________________ _____________/_____________
iv. ____________________ _____________/_____________
2. After the feast, the dog offered Godzilla a ten-dollar loan to buy an order of spaghetti. (6)
i. ____________________ _____________/_____________
iii. ____________________ _____________/_____________
ii. ____________________ _____________/_____________
iv. ____________________ _____________/_____________
v. ____________________ _____________/_____________
vi. ____________________ _____________/_____________
3. The dog was aghast at the appetite of his friend, who let out loud burps like a real slob. (5)
i. ____________________ _____________/_____________
iii. ____________________ _____________/_____________
ii. ____________________ _____________/_____________
iv. ____________________ _____________/_____________
v. ____________________ _____________/_____________
4. To make up for his rudeness, Godzilla left the waiter an extra-large tip. (4)
i. ____________________ _____________/_____________
iii. ____________________ _____________/_____________
ii. ____________________ _____________/_____________
iv. ____________________ _____________/_____________
5. Poor Godzilla ended up with severe indigestion, so his dog gave him a bottle of Pepto and some
ginger ale. (6)
i. ____________________ _____________/_____________
iii. ____________________ _____________/_____________
ii. ____________________ _____________/_____________
iv. ____________________ _____________/_____________
v. ____________________ _____________/_____________
vi. ____________________ _____________/_____________
Pronouns
Identify the pronouns in the following sentences (you may underline or circle them if you want). On
the lines after each sentence, first write each pronoun you identified and then write its antecedent.
To help, the number of pronouns in each sentence is given in parentheses.
Example:
Most Americans love eating sweets more than they care to admit. (1)
they  Americans
7. As for Mrs. Buono, ice cream is her sweet of choice and she will eat it at any hour of the day or
night. (3)
i. ____________________  ____________________
ii. ____________________  ____________________
iii. ____________________  ____________________
8. Eating ice cream too fast can cause a brain freeze; to avoid this, eat it slowly. (2)
i. ____________________  ____________________
ii. ____________________  ____________________
9. Learning about brain freezes is not fun, and it has to be done the hard way because people don’t
often listen to their elders who try to warn them about such matters. (4)
i. ____________________  ____________________
ii. ____________________  ____________________
iii. ____________________  ____________________
iv. ____________________  ____________________
10. Mrs. Buono learned about brain freezes years ago but still can’t help scarfing down a pint of Ben
and Jerry’s at record speed from time to time; it’s just too fun to stop! (1)
i. ____________________  ____________________
Verbs
The poem on the following is a real poem written by Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice’s Adventures
in Wonderland, which is better known today as the Disney film Alice in Wonderland. Carroll uses a
combination of nonsense words and real English words to tell a story in this narrative poem called
“Jabberwocky”. Even though many of his words are nonsensical, the poem still makes sense
grammatically.
Directions: The text of the poem is on the left side of the page. The questions on the right side of the
page refer to the underlined verbs in the poem in the order in which they appear. Unless the
question asks you for another response, CIRCLE the correct answer; write all other answers in the
space provided after the question. You may not use a dictionary for this section of the quiz—it
wouldn’t help you anyway! Have fun, and do your best!
“Jabberwocky”
Lewis Carroll, 1872
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son,
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand;
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and
through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
1.”Twas” is a contraction of “it” and “was”. What
sort of verb is was here?
AV
LV
2. “Gyre” and “gimble” are verbs. What kind?
AV
LV
3. “Mimsy” describes “the borogoves”; so what kind
of verb is were?
AV
LV
4. “Bite” and “catch” are what kind of AV’s here?
T
IT
5. “Shun” is a real English verb. Which kind?
AV
LV
6. “Took” is a transitive AV here; what is its object?
7. “Sought” is the past tense of seek. What kind of
AV is it?
T
IT
…if you circled T, what is the object?
8. What kind of verb is “rested”?
AV
LV
9. What kind of verb is “whiffling”?
AV
LV
10. What kind of verb is “burbled”?
AV
LV
11. “Went” is the past tense of “go”. Does the author
mean to use this verb literally here?
12. What is the object of “left”?
13. What kind of verb is “galumphing”
AV
LV
14. What is the object of “slain”?
15. What kind of verb is “chortled”?
AV
LV