English JG

Question 1

What is a common noun?

Answer 1

Name of general or everyday things. They don’t have a capital letter.

Question 2

Which of the following are proper nouns?
Joseph
cricket
sport
Canal Walk

Answer 2

Joseph and Canal Walk

Question 3

Which of these are common nouns?

cat, van, Joseph, dog, Pinelands, rat, log, frog, tree, Mr.Farrel

Answer 3

cat, van, dog, rat, log, frog, tree

Question 4

What are compound words?

Answer 4

Nouns made up of two or more words joined together.

Question 5

Identify the compound words in the following list:

freezer, backpack, airport, yourself, house.

Answer 5

Backpack, airport, yourself

Question 6

What are concrete nouns?

Answer 6

They label things you can touch, feel and see clearly.

Question 7

What are abstract nouns?

Answer 7

They name ideas, feelings and sounds.

Question 8

Which of the following are concrete nouns?

happiness, brick, love, wood, pole, woof.

Answer 8

Brick, wood and pole.

Question 9

What is a conjunction?

Answer 9

A word that joins two sentences or phrases together.

Question 10

What is the conjunction in the following sentence.

I felt very happy because it was Christmas.

Answer 10

because

Question 11

Put in the conjunction that will combine these two sentences.

I like chocolate. I don’t like vegetables.

Answer 11

I like chocolate, but I don’t like vegetables.
Or
I like chocolate and I don’t like vegetables.

Question 12

What is a proper noun

Answer 12

Name of a specific person, place or thing. Has a capital letter.