Nouns, Pronouns, & Determiners

According to the Oxford Dictionary, a 'Noun' can be defined as

• a word that refers to a person, a place or a thing, a quality or an activity

• a word that refers to an attribute, a place or a thing, a quality or an activity

Answer explanation

a word that refers to a person (such as Ann or doctor), a place (such as Paris or city) or a thing, a quality or an activity (such as plant, joy or tennis)

Identify the nouns in the sentence.
December is my favourite month.

• December

• month

• December, month

A common noun refers to a class of person, place, thing, or concept, but not to someone or something specific.

Proper nouns are the names of specific people, places, things, or concepts.

• False

• True

Answer explanation

Common nouns are more general. A common noun refers to a class of person, place, thing, or concept, but not to someone or something specific.

Proper nouns are the names of specific people, places, things, or concepts. They are always capitalized to distinguish them from common nouns.

According to the Oxford Dictionary, a pronoun can be defined as

• a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase, for example Abdul, Jess, hers, me, them, etc.

• a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase, for example he, it, hers, me, them, etc.

How many pronouns were used in the sentence below?
Have you ever met them before?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Answer explanation

The pronouns are: you, them

Choose the correct pronouns to complete the sentence.
According to ____, ____ might rain tomorrow.

• him, they

• Fatimah, it

• her, its

According to the Oxford Dictionary, a determiner can be defined as

• a word such as the, some, my, etc. that comes before a noun to show how the adjective is being used

• a word such as the, some, my, etc. that comes before a noun to show how the noun is being used

Answer explanation

A determiner is a word that modifies, describes, or introduces a noun. Determiners can be used to clarify what a noun refers to (e.g., your car) and to indicate quantity or number (e.g., four wheels).

Identify the determiner in the sentence:
The concert has been postponed due to bad weather.

• The

• been

• to

Choose the correct determiner.
Kamal is the author of ____ books.

• whose

• one

• several

Choose the correct determiner.

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After years of hard work and determination, ___ sister finally won first place.

• whose

• the

• his