9CT Grammar Review 1

Which word is a proper noun?

• school

• museum

• Kingsport

• city

Common nouns are GENERAL, while proper nouns are ________.

Which is NOT an example of a collective noun?

• crowd

• swarm

• person

• school

Carol and Sarah went to the store on Tuesday.

Which is NOT a proper noun in the sentence above?

• Carol

• store

• Tuesday

• Sarah

Find the COLLECTIVE NOUN in the sentence below:

A convoy of army trucks passed us on the highway.

• army

• highway

• trucks

• convoy

Find the ABSTRACT noun from the sentence below:

Ella’s visit to North Carolina sparked some questions about the Civil War.

• questions

• North Carolina

• Civil War

• Ella's

Find the COLLECTIVE noun from the sentence below:

Aziz stared in delight at the flock of seagulls and quickly snapped a series of photographs.

• photographs

• flock

• seagulls

True or False: a singular possessive noun should have an apostrophe

• True

• False

Find the singular possessive in the sentence below:

The telescope’s lens has a small smear on it, but I can wipe it off with one of these microfiber towels.

• towels

• smear

• telescope's

• lens

Where does the apostrophe go for PLURAL POSSESSIVES?

• In between the last letter and the s:

  Roman's

• Trick question. There is no apostrophe

• Two places:

  Roman's'

• At the very end after the S:

  Romans'