I-1 Identify correct noun forms.
1. Choose the sentence that contains a predicate nominative.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania.
The Liberty Bell is historic.
His biscuits are amazingly light.
None of the above.
2. Choose the sentence that contains a predicate adjective.
A.
B.
C.
D.
The meal was pepperoni pizza.
The meal was extremely spicy.
The dessert is chocolate cake.
France sold Louisiana to the United States.
3. Choose the sentence that contains a predicate nominative.
A.
B.
C.
D.
The tickets to the dance were expensive.
Mrs. Lopez is a chaperone at the dance.
At first, the music sounded too loud.
That bread is incredibly tasty.
4. Choose the sentence that contains a direct object.
A.
B.
C.
D.
The dancers are graceful.
Gary seemed nervous before the dance.
Gayle sent seashells from Florida.
None of the above
5. Choose the sentence that contains an indirect object.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Toni offered us free movie passes.
Brooke threw the ball.
Mr. Washington needed a new computer.
Movie producers often borrow real homes.
Common Nouns: Choose the answer that includes ALL of the common nouns in the
sentence.
6. The magician asked volunteers to come up on stage.
A.
B.
C.
D.
asked, stage
magician, up
magician, volunteers, stage
magician, volunteers, up, stage
7. The whole school enjoyed the program with the dancers from the company.
A. school, program, dancers, company
B. program, with, dancers
C. school, enjoyed, program, company
D. school, program, dancers
Plural Nouns: Choose the answer that includes ONLY plural nouns.
8. The students and their teacher visited museums, an art gallery, and historic sites
during their tours of famous cities.
A.
B.
C.
D.
students, art gallery, cities, tours
students, teacher, art gallery, tours
teacher, museums, cities, sites
cities, sites, students, museums
Possessive nouns: Choose the CORRECT possessive form of the underlined noun.
9. The governor mansion was redecorated last year.
A. governors’s
B. governores’
C. governors’
D. governor’s
Possessive plural nouns: Choose the CORRECT possessive form of the underlined noun.
10. Women shoes are on the first floor of the department store.
A. Woman’s
B. Womens’
C. Women’s
D. Womans’
Proper nouns: Choose the answer that includes ALL of the proper nouns in the sentence.
(NOTE: No capitalization has been used because that would give away the answers!
You have to decide which words are proper nouns and, therefore, should have been
capitalized.)
11. dr. martin friedman is the leading heart surgeon in the united states.
A.
B.
C.
D.
dr., martin, friedman, heart, surgeon, united, states
dr., martin, friedman, heart, united, states
dr., martin, united, states
dr., martin, friedman, united, states
12. fear gripped jenny and her brother as they climbed to the top of mount everest.
A.
B.
C.
D.
fear, jenny, brother
fear, jenny, mount, everest
fear, jenny, brother, top, mount
jenny, brother, mount, everest
Choose the answer that includes all the common nouns in each sentence.
13. Alma’s shoes are under the bed.
A. Alma, shoes
B. shoes, bed
C. shoes, under
D. are, under
14. Look at the books in this library!
A. books, library
B. look, books
C. books, this
D. library, the
15. The team needs new bats and gloves.
A. team, bats, gloves
B. team, new, bats
C. team, new, gloves
D. team, needs, gloves
Choose the answer that includes all the proper nouns in each sentence.
16. Officer Wynn is giving a talk on safety today.
A. Officer Wynn
B. safety
C. talk
D. today
17. Allen and Margaret live on Kenmore Street.
A. Allen, Margaret, live
B. Allen, Margaret, Kenmore Street
C. Allen, Margaret
D. Allen, Kenmore Street
18. Sylvia sent Lenore a box of cookies.
A. box, cookies
B. sent, cookies, Sylvia
C. Sylvia, box, Lenore
D. Sylvia, Lenore
Choose the answer that includes only the plural nouns.
19. This town has two newspapers.
A. town
B. two
C. newspapers
D. this
20. The baseball team needs new bats and gloves.
A. baseball, team
B. bats, gloves
C. team, needs
D. baseball, new
21. Your shirts are in this drawer, and your socks are in that drawer.
A. shirts, drawer
B. shirts, socks
C. your, socks
D. and, socks
Choose the correct possessive form of the underline noun.
22. The players uniforms were dirty.
A. players’
B. player’s
C. players
D. playerss’s
23. Which child toy is best for this age group?
A. child’s
B. childs
C. childs’s
D. childs’
24. Who is the president of the women club this year?
A. woman’s
B. women’s
C. womens’
D. womans
25. Choose the sentence that uses noun forms correctly.
A. The echoes from the hungry cat sounded throughout the alley.
B. The red and yellow ginkgo leafs fell into the swimming pool.
C. The oxes pulled the heavy wagon through the rocky terrain.
D. Several deers were found grazing in the green field.
26. Choose the sentence that uses noun forms correctly.
A. Several crisises occurred following the bombing.
B. While we were snorkeling in Key West, many unusual fishes could be seen swimming in
the coral.
C. Two halfs were left of the pizza.
D. The knives were valuable; one was from World War II.
27. Choose the sentence that uses noun forms incorrectly.
A. The loaves of bread were fresh and straight from the oven.
B. Several doctors gave their diagnoses.
C. The heros of the community are the volunteers.
D. The flock of geese flew across the pond.