Noun/Pronoun Review - KEY
Directions: Answer the following questions with complete sentences. Use your class notes to
help you.
1. What is an abstract noun? An abstract noun cannot be sensed any of the five senses.
2. What is an antecedent? An antecedent is the word a pronoun replaces in a sentence or
passage. It must agree in gender and number.
3. What is a collective noun? A collective noun is a group of people or things. Examples:
pod of whales, brood of chickens, a gaggle of geese
4. What is a common noun? A common noun is ANY person, place, thing, or idea.
5. What is a concrete noun? A concrete noun can be sensed by any one of the five senses.
6. What is a non-count noun? A non-count noun is only in a singular form. It cannot be
made plural. Examples: blood, sugar, sand, rice, or paper.
7. What is a noun? A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.
8. What makes a possessive noun? A possessive noun is formed when you add an
apostrophe and “s” after the noun unless the noun ends in “s,” then you only add the
apostrophe.
9. What is a possessive pronoun? A possessive pronoun shows ownership or possession.
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10. What is a pronoun? A pronoun takes the place of a noun or another pronoun in a
sentence.
11. What is a proper noun? A proper noun is a SPECIFIC name of a person, place, thing, or
idea.
12. Provide an example of the following nouns. Write it below the noun term.
common
book
nail
cap
doll
proper
Jane
George
Thelma
Gerald
concrete
chair
pan
window
television
abstract
love
bravery
happiness
freedom
DIRECTIONS: Classify the following nouns. Tell whether concrete or abstract, common or
proper, singular or plural, non-count or count where applicable.
Frame – concrete, common, singular, count
Indigestion – non-count
Fish- concrete, common, non-count
Shirt- concrete, common, singular, count
Love-abstract
Rope- concrete, common, singular, count
Paper- non-count, concrete
Children- concrete, plural
Coach Wujek – proper, concrete
calendar- concrete, common, singular, count
series- common
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Mrs. Johnson -proper, concrete
telephones-concrete, common, plural, c ount
happiness- abstract
rice- non-count, concrete
Mr. Sacco- proper, concrete
kites- concrete, common, plural, count
notebook – concrete, common, singular, count
carpet – concrete, common, singular, count
DIRECTIONS: List the pronouns in the following table.
Singular
Subjective
Plural
Subjective
Singular
Objective
First
person
I
we
me
Second
person
you
you
Third
person
he, she, it
they
Plural
Objective
Singular
Possessive
Plural
Possessive
us
my, mine
our, ours
you
you
your, yours
your, yours
her, him, it
them
his, her,
hers, its
their
theirs
DIRECTIONS: Identify the correct usage of the pronoun in the following sentences. Circle the
correct answer. Mine are highlighted in red.
1. Throw the baseball to (I, me).
2. Salamanca and (I, me) went to the blackberry field to gather fruit.
3. The Starbucks drink is (my, mine) reward for a long day at work.
4. If it were left to (them, they), things would never get done around here!
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5. Jimmy Badboy asked (her, she) to the Fall Dance.
6. Is this book (your, yours)?
7. Theo moved (her, she) away. (Raskin 24)
8. Turtle sat quietly; (it, its) was Flora Baumbaugh’s turn to weep. (Raskin 152)
9. Jake Wexler had given up (he, his) private practice. (Raskin 176)
10. Until (their, they) demands are met, the parents will not buy cars for (we, us).
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