Before we get to the exercises, I want to say that I had a wonderful day at school today. This is one of the schools that is very wonderfully unusual in that we get to share so many more things that are valuable than mere academics. We take care of the academics and yet so much more also. That being said, for those of you who will still visit the site tonight, I apologize for not getting these things posted sooner. I will work hard to do better in the future. And, so, here we go:
1. What's the difference between common & proper nouns?
2. Make the possessive forms of the following nouns:
a. Jesus
b. Peggy
c. Indians
3. What does a pronoun do?
4. Find the pronouns and their antecedents:
a. Mr. Mulligan planted more soybeans last year. They brought him a good price.
b. The thief erased his fingerprints from the windowsill and the door handle.
5. Choose the correct compound personal pronouns to fill the blank:
We always do the repairs _______________.
6. Tell what demonstrative prounouns do and give three examples.
7. Interrogative prounouns are used to ask questions. Choose the correct form of interrogative prounouns in the sentences below:
a. (Who/Whom/Which) made these delicious tacos?
b. Of the two sweaters (Who/Whom/Which) do you prefer?
c. (Which/What) caused the explosion?
8. What are proper adjectives? Give two examples.
9. Find the demonstative adjectives in the sentences below (remember, though: when used alone, these demonstrative adjectives are called demonstrative pronouns):
a. I like this book.
b. Can you knock over those bowling pins all at once?
10. Find the adjectives in the sentences below and tell what nouns they modify:
a. The fence had sharp spikes on top.
b. The two hikers dropped the heavy backpacks.
c. The moon made a narrow gold path on the water.
d. I bought Swiss cheese and one loaf of French bread.
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1. What's the difference between common & proper nouns?
ReplyDeleteCommon-everyday things.
Proper-things of importance, they're capitalized.
2. Make the possessive forms of the following nouns:
a. Jesus-Jesus's?
b. Peggy-Peggy's
c. Indians-Indians'
3. What does a pronoun do?
Replaces a repetitive noun.
4. Find the pronouns and their antecedents:
a. Mr. Mulligan planted more soybeans last year. They brought him a good price.
They-soybeans
him- Mr. Mulligan
b. The thief erased his fingerprints from the windowsill and the door handle.
his-theif
5. Choose the correct compound personal pronouns to fill the blank:
We always do the repairs _______________.
6. Tell what demonstrative prounouns do and give three examples.
7. Interrogative prounouns are used to ask questions. Choose the correct form of interrogative prounouns in the sentences below:
a. (Who/Whom/Which) made these delicious tacos?
Who
b. Of the two sweaters (Who/Whom/Which) do you prefer?
which
c. (Which/What) caused the explosion?
What
8. What are proper adjectives? Give two examples.
Describing words with importance.
9. Find the demonstative adjectives in the sentences below (remember, though: when used alone, these demonstrative adjectives are called demonstrative pronouns):
a. I like this book.
b. Can you knock over those bowling pins all at once?
10. Find the adjectives in the sentences below and tell what nouns they modify:
a. The fence had sharp spikes on top.
sharp-spikes
b. The two hikers dropped the heavy backpacks.
heavy-backpacks
c. The moon made a narrow gold path on the water.
narrow-path
gold-path
d. I bought Swiss cheese and one loaf of French bread.
Swiss-cheese
French-bread
1. common noun is a noun that may occur with limiting modifiers and that designates any one of a class of being or thingh.
ReplyDeletea proper noun is a noun that designates a particular being or thing, does not take a limiting modifier and is usually capitalized in English- also called a proper name.
2. JESUS'S
b. PEGGY'S
C. INDIANS'
3. pronoun- any of a small set of words in a language used as a substitute for nouns or noun phrases and whose referents are named or understood in the context.
4. soybean- antecedent they- pronoun
theif - antecedent his- pronoun
5. ourselves
6. demonstrative pronouns- are marked by a display of feeling; inclined to display feeling openly
a. you take these groceries and i will take those
b. we bought this last week.
c. you need to stop that.
7. a- who
b- which-
c- what
8. a proper adjective is an asjective that takes an initial capital letter. usually derived from proper nouns referring to places and persons.
a. I just met Mr. Smith
b. we went to visit Puerto Rico.
c. my mother finally got a Persian carpet.
9. this, that , these, those- show whether the nouns they refer to are singular or plural and whether it is located near or far from the speaker or writer.
a. this
b. those
10. sharp spikes
heavy backpacks
narrow path
gold path
Swiss cheese
French bread
kaycia roland
1. Proper nouns are capitalized, and common nouns are not.
ReplyDelete2. a.Jesus's
b.Peggy's
c.Indians'
3. A pronoun takes the place of a noun as to keep from repeating the same noun over and over and over and over and over again.
4. a.they-soybeans, him-Mr.Mulligan
b.his-thief
5. ...to our computer.
6. Demonstrative pronouns are understood to be "you". ex: Take my bags, please. Escort Bob to the water fountain. Paint that house.
7. a.who
b.which
c.what
8. Proper adjectives describe the noun while being a proper noun. ex: Canadian border, Old Hickory Lake
9. a.I
b.those
10. a.sharp-spikes
b.two-hikers, heavy-backpacks
c.narrow gold-path
d.Swiss-cheese, French-bread
1. common noun is a noun that may occur with limiting modifiers and that designates any one of a class of being or thing.
ReplyDeletea proper noun is a noun that designates a particular being or thing, does not take a limiting modifier and is usually capitalized in English- also called a proper name.
2. Desi's
b. Alicia's
C. Titans'
3. pronoun- any of a small set of words in a language used as a substitute for nouns or noun phrases and whose referents are named or understood in the context.
4. bean- antecedent He- pronoun
banker - antecedent Their- pronoun
5. themselves
6. demonstrative pronouns- are marked by a display of feeling; inclined to display feeling openly
a. you take these beans and i will take those
b. we danced to this last week.
c. you need to stop doing that.
7. a- where
b- which-
c- what
8. a proper adjective is an asjective that takes an initial capital letter. usually derived from proper nouns referring to places and persons.
a. I just introduced Mr. Mckenna
b. We left to go to Florida.
c. My mother finally got a Indian recipe.
9. this, that , these, those- show whether the nouns they refer to are singular or plural and whether it is located near or far from the speaker or writer.
a. this
b. those
10. Swiss cheese
German Chocolate
Pop Tarts
French toast
Two-backpackers