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Parts of Speech – Nouns

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Categorize the following verbs by circling the categories.

  1. game                singular or plural?                concrete or abstract?                count or non-count?

common or proper?                possessive or not possessive?

  1. Springfield                singular or plural?                concrete or abstract?                count or non-count?

common or proper?                possessive or not possessive?

  1. walruses                singular or plural?                concrete or abstract?                count or non-count?

common or proper?                possessive or not possessive?

  1. water                singular or plural?                concrete or abstract?                count or non-count?

common or proper?                possessive or not possessive?

  1. democracies        singular or plural?                concrete or abstract?                count or non-count?

common or proper?                possessive or not possessive?

  1. she                        singular or plural?                concrete or abstract?                count or non-count?

common or proper?                possessive or not possessive?

  1. Mr. Sotheran’s        singular or plural?                concrete or abstract?                count or non-count?

common or proper?                possessive or not possessive?

  1. geese                singular or plural?                concrete or abstract?                count or non-count?

common or proper?                possessive or not possessive?

  1. love                singular or plural?                concrete or abstract?                count or non-count?

common or proper?                possessive or not possessive?

  1. Super Bowl                singular or plural?                concrete or abstract?                count or non-count?

common or proper?                possessive or not possessive?

Circle the nouns in the following sentences.

  1. The man didn't know when the concert started.
  2. The class was startled by the bursting light bulb.
  3. When Matthew was small, he rarely told the truth if he thought he was going to be punished.
  4. The harbor at Marble Mountain has one wharf.
  5. Felicia Hemans's poetry was once more popular than Lord Byron's.
  6. The hunter followed the moose's trail all morning but lost it in the afternoon.
  7. Last year, I had a Baptist, a Buddhist, and a Gardnerian Witch as roommates.
  8. The tenants in the Garnet Apartments are appealing the large and sudden increase in their rent.
  9. Buying the fire extinguisher was an afterthought.
  10. Gravel is more expensive than I thought