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QUESTION: Complete the following noun activities. 1. Choose the…
QUESTION:
Complete the following noun activities.
1. Choose the proper noun(s) in the following sentence.
William Faulkner wrote about the death of the Old South.
a. William Faulkner
b. death
c. Old South
d. both a and c
2. Choose the common noun(s) in the following sentence.
The Unvanquished tells about the aftermath of the Civil War.
a. The Unvanquished
b. aftermath
c. Civil War
d. both a and c
3. Choose the collective noun in the following sentence.
He chronicles the end of the genteel class in the South.
a. He
b. South
c. end
d. class
4. Choose the concrete noun(s) in the following sentence.
The character Quentin Compson appears often in his writing.
a. character
b. Quintin Compson
c. writing
d. all of the above
5. Choose the abstract noun(s) in the following sentence.
Faulkner is known for dark humor and unwavering honesty.
a. Faulkner
b. humor
c. honesty
d. both b and c
6. Choose the plural noun(s) in the following sentence.
Faulkner’s novels are set in Yoknapatawpha County, a fictional Mississippi county.
a. novels
b. Yoknapatawpha County
c. Mississippi county
d. both b and c
7. Identify the following set of nouns as count or noncount nouns.
bowling, health, Japanese, poetry, rain, health
a. Count nouns
b. Noncount nouns
8. Choose the count nouns in the following list.
window, aluminum, lawyer, holiday, rain, English
a. window, lawyer, holiday
b. aluminum, rain, English
Directions: Read each sentence below, and answer the question that follows.
The bestselling novel Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides tells a coming-of-age narrative with a twist: the lead character is an intersex person.
9. Which of the following statements about the italicized words in the preceding sentence are true? Check all that apply.
a. Jeffrey Eugenides is a common noun.
b. Narrative is a common noun.
c. Twist is a common noun.
d. Jeffrey Eugenides is an individual noun.
e. Narrative is a collective noun.
The novel Middlesex follows Calliope, the youngest daughter in the Stephanides clan, as she comes to realize her own identity through understanding her family’s past.
10. Which of the following statements about the italicized words in the preceding sentence are true? Check all that apply.
a. Daughter is a common noun.
b. Identity is a common noun.
c. Clan is a collective noun.
d. Past is a concrete noun.
e. Identity is an abstract noun.
Directions: Select the sentence from each of the following groups that correctly uses singular and plural nouns.
11.a My brother-in-laws, who run without shoes, state that they can avoid injurys by training without them.
b. More runners are avoiding the pain in their calfes and ankles by tossing away their shoes.
c. The criteria for good running shoes are now your bare feet!
12. a. While my sister-in-laws always ran with shoes, I began ditching them.
b. At first, the pain of running barefoot felt like knifes driven into my shins.
c. Running without shoes has been changing the lives of many athletes.
13. a. Both of my sister-in-laws shop at Sports Central for their baseball equipments.
b. One store with a wide variety of merchandises for baseball equipments is Sports Central.
c. What store has the best equipment for baseball?
Directions: Choose “a,” “an,” or “the” to fill in the black space to finish each sentence correctly.
Eternal Evening
Eternal Evening is—— movie about the affair between—— vampire and a girl. It is—— story with a ridiculous ending. The plot is hard to believe:—–girl,——- human, finds the angry and frighteningly pale vampire extremely attractive. The vampire is always making—– expression of pain as he struggles to not eat his love interest. The ending is—— disappointment because the battle between vampires is too bloody and the wild screaming of —— girlfriend becomes——- annoyance. This film is a flop!
