A. Directions: Underline The Proper Nouns and Circle The Common Nouns in The Following Sentences

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A.

Directions: Underline the proper nouns and circle the common nouns in the
following sentences. 10

1) The house is in Africa.

2) The Ford truck is missing one door.

3) I am from Belize.

4) Jaime lives at 108 Spring St.

5) Monaco is an expensive city.

6) The Bulls won the game last night.

7) Basketball is so fun.

8) “Mrs. Peach needed to know my phone number,” said Juan.

9) Alamance Community College is a nice school.

10) Birds are my favorite animals.

B. Identify the subject and the predicate in the following sentences. 10

1. The sun was shining brightly.

2. The dogs were barking loudly.

3. The pretty girl was wearing a blue frock.

4. My younger brother serves in the army.

5. The man and his wife were working in their garden.

6. My mother and my aunt are trained classical dancers.

7. You don’t have to wait for me.

8. We will no longer tolerate this.

9. The little tree was covered with needles instead of leaves.

10. A rich merchant was passing by the shoemaker’s window.


C. Directions: Rewrite the words in bold by using a possessive noun phrase. 10

1. The name of my friend is Tim.

___________________________________________________________________

2. The wife of Tim is friendly.

3. The daughters of my neighbors walk to school.

____________________________________________________________________________

4. The dog of my friends barks a lot.

___________________________________________________________________

5. The bicycles of the children are in their garage.

___________________________________________________________________

6. The car of that woman looks new.

___________________________________________________________________

7. The wives of the men are friendly.

___________________________________________________________________
8. The tire of the bus is flat.

___________________________________________________________________

9. The name of that restaurant is Village Inn.

10. The name of one waitress is Susy.

D. Select the correct answer from the following options, and answer the each question.10

1. Which type of sentence must end with a question mark?

 interrogative
 imperative
 exclamative

2. A sentence that's used to give someone an order or a command is an _______ sentence.

 interrogative
 imperative
 exclamative

3. The function of a declarative sentence is to _______ someone about something.

 ask
 tell
 surprise
4. What does an exclamative sentence usually end with?

 a full-stop or period
 a question mark
 an exclamation mark

5. "Sit down and be quiet!" What type of sentence is this?

 exclamative
 imperative
 interrogative

6. Which of these sentence types often begins with the subject?

 declarative
 imperative
 exclamative

7. Which is an exclamative sentence?

 He's so cute!
 Isn't he cute?
 How cute he is!

8. The FORM of a declarative sentence is

 to make a statement


 subject-verb
 a period or full-stop

9. Which of these sentences is in imperative form?

 Have fun, won't you?


 Did you have fun?
 It'll be fun!
10. Which is a declarative sentence?

 Ouch!
 Stop hurting me!
 That hurts a lot.

E. Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences with appropriate pronoun. 10

1. My friend and I have money. _______________ can go shopping.

2. Robert and Mark are late. _______________ should hurry.

3. She gave _______________ a birthday gift. I really like it.

4. Elephants are very big, so _______________ eat a lot of food.

5. My brother is studying because _______________ has a test tomorrow.

6. Do you feel okay? Can I help _______________?

7. My new neighbors are very friendly. I really like _______________.

8. I need to find my book. Where did you put _______________?

9. Spiders have eight legs, and _______________ also have many eyes.

10. . Dinosaurs were very large, but _______________ all died millions of years ago

F. Complete each of the sentences below putting appropriate reflexive pronoun (herself,

myself, himself, themselves etc.) 10

1. My brother likes to practice his English by talking to ______________________.

2. James wasn’t careful and he cut ______________________ with a knife.

3. My sister and I looked at ______________________ in the mirror.

4. The repair shop was closed, so I fixed the car ______________________.

5. Did you enjoy ___________________________ at the party last night?


6. Cats can get clean by licking ___________________________.

7. I introduced ______________________ to my new classmates.

8. Mr. Smith burned ______________________ while he was cooking.

9. He dried ______________________ after he took a shower and went downstairs.

10. Can you teach ______________________ to play the piano?

G. In each sentence, underline the helping verb with a single line and the main verb with

two lines. EXAMPLE: I am reading about the Junior Olympics. 10

1. She was racing in a wheelchair race.

2. Sarah had joined the Wheelchair Athlete Club.

3. The racers were using special racing wheelchairs.

4. They are training several times a week.

5. They have lifted weights too.

6. Sarah has raced for several years.

7. She will race many more times.

8. She is practicing for next year’s Olympics.

9. The Junior Olympics are held every summer.

10. The games were started in 1967.


H. Circle the verb in each sentence. Write whether it is action or linking. 10

(1) The problems became more difficult later in the test. __________________

(2) Light objects float easily in the pool. ____________________

(3) These jeans are too small for me now. __________________

(4) The workmen carried the boxes into the warehouse. ____________________

(5) There are twelve eggs in a carton. _____________________

(6) She attaches labels to the boxes. ____________________

(7) There is a pair of shoes near the door. ______________________

(8) This door is very creaky. _____________________

(9) This mechanical pencil has no more lead. _____________________

(10) Andrew wants a new backpack. ______________________

I. Identify whether the underline words are abstract or concrete nouns. 5

1. He was charmed by her beauty. Answer:

2. Its good to drink plenty of milk. Answer:

3. Honesty is the best policy. Answer:

4. These balloons are colorful. Answer:

5. The murderer was finally brought to justice. Answer:

6. How many apples are there? Answer:

7. The sun shines brightly. Answer:

8. These mountains are great. Answer:


9. Life is full of joy. Answer:

10. Mrs. Smith wins everybody’s heart with her kindness. Answer:

I. Change these sentences from the present tense into the past tense. If you finish that,

try to put them into the future tense. 10

1. I go swimming on Tuesdays.

2. I am going on holiday today.

3. The policeman is wearing his uniform.

4. The footballer scores a lot of goals.


5. My mum works for the school.

6. This is the best Christmas of my life.

7. The birds are making a nest.

8. The man is running away from the lady.

9. The ducks are swimming in the lake.


10. My favorite television program this week is Blue Peter.

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