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Grammar Quiz: Nouns and Pronouns
❖ Circle the correct answer
1.) A Noun is what?
a.) a person, place, thing, or abstract idea
b.) a person
c.) a place
d.) a ham sandwich
2.) Which of these answers gives examples of COMMON nouns?
a.) quarterback, state, car
b.) Vlad the Impaler, Syria, Ferrari
c.) Air Force One, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, New Jersey
d.) Wonderland, America, Timbuktu
3.) What is a proper noun?
a.) A noun that names any person, place, thing
b.) A noun that names anything
c.) A noun that names a particular person, place, or thing
d.) A noun of some sort
4.) What is a concrete noun?
a.) A noun that names a person or an object that cannot be perceived
through the senses
b.) A noun made out of concrete
c.) A noun that names a person or an object that can actually be seen,
touched, tasted, heard, or smelled
d.) A noun that names qualities, conditions, and ideas that cannot be
perceived through the senses
5.) Example sentences are given. Circle the correct answer which has
the example of an abstract noun within it.
a.) Ted Bundy got lemon in his eye.
b.) The bowling ball could not negotiate since it is an inanimate object
c.) The joy of grammar is infinite.
d.) The hulk smashed some concrete today.
6.) What is a compound noun?
a.) A noun found in a penitentiary
b.) A noun that is made up of more than one word
c.) A noun that replaces another noun
d.) A noun that names a group of people or things
7.) Circle the letter which gives the best examples of 1st Person
Pronouns
a.) I, me, my, mine
b.) he, him, his, she
c.) I, you, him, their
d.) it, they, them, yours
8.) Is this an example of a sentence with a reflexive pronoun in it?
The unicorn could not teach itself much of anything since it’s a
unicorn.
a.) Yes
b.) No
9.) What is an intensive pronoun?
a.) A pronoun that is added to a sentence in order to add emphasis or
intensity and is an essential part of the sentence
b.) A pronoun which refers back to the noun or the pronoun that is the
subject of the sentence
c.) A pronoun that is added to a sentence in order to add emphasis or
intensity and is not essential to the sentence
d.) A pronoun that refers to another pronoun
10.) What is an indefinite pronoun?
a.) A pronoun which refers to something specific
b.) A pronoun that adds infinite intensity
c.) A pronoun that replaces a noun
d.) A pronoun that refers to unnamed persons or things and usually do not
have specific antecedents.
11.) Circle the letter which gives the best examples of Demonstrative
Pronouns
a.) what, which, who, whom
b.) If you circle this letter, have mercy on your soul
c.) this, that, these, those
d.) what, this, which, whose
12.) What is an interrogative pronoun?
a.) A pronoun that is used to ask a question
b.) A pronoun that is used to refer back to the subject of the sentence
c.) A pronoun that works for the Portland Police Department
d.) A pronoun that refers to unnamed persons or things