SBAC - Review testing

Parts of Speech - Nouns

Nouns are classified into two general classifications, proper and common. Proper nouns name a special person, place or thing and begin with capital letters. All other nouns begin with small letters and are common nouns.

Examples of common nouns include: city, man, boat, and radio. These could be changed into proper noun forms by naming specifics: Salt Lake City, Mr. Jones, Santa Maria, and Motorola.

Instructions: Pick out the nouns in these sentences and tell if they are common or proper.

1. Becky went with her sisters to Disneyland on Friday.

2. My youngest son is in Brazil until September.

3. Mr. Smith works with his wife in American Fork.

4. Love could bring marriage to Mark and Terri.

Parts of Speech - Nouns

Nouns can be singular or be plural in form. Plural means two or more. Plurals are formed by adding s, es, changing y to i and adding es, and with changes in spelling as in man becoming men. Examples: car, cars; fox, foxes; baby, babies; man, men.

 Instructions: Find the nouns in the following sentences. Some are plurals and some are not.

1. Computers are making work easier for secretaries.

2. Children always require great energies from parents.

3. Labors on farms take great effort by workers.

Parts of Speech - Nouns

 A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing. It also one of the eight parts of speech. Examples: man, city, book, and courage. Nouns often follow words like a, an, and the.

 Instructions: Rewrite each sentence and underline all the nouns in these sentences.

 1. The teacher told the student that a person should always be loyal.

 2. I bought a new pen at the drugstore across the street.

 3. The man said to the policeman that he had not seen the accident.

 Finish Test

Warm up: Capitalization of Proper Nouns

Directions: Re-write the sentences correctly.

1.  I talked to susie and alice about our trip to the beach

2. Robert made plans with jacqueline for saturday night

Test!

Warm up: Capitalization of Proper Nouns

Directions: Re-write the sentences correctly.

 1. this year my family is going to vermont for christmas.

 2. i have a problem with my brother; I need to talk it over with mr. sanchez

Which did you enjoy more, the movie or the book? Why? (give two Reasons)

I enjoyed the (book/movie) more because __________________________________

One difference between the movie and the novel is __________________________.

Should Gatsby have pursued Daisy or simply let it be and gone on with his life?

Gatsby (should/shouldn’t) have pursued Daisy because ______________________. If Gatsby did not pursue Daisy he would ___________________________________.

Wilson ___________________ Gatsby because ______________________. Then Wilson ___________.

At beginning of the novel Nick thought that Gatsby was ________________________

Now, he thinks that ____________________________________________________

___________________ is actually responsible because _______________________

___________________ is willing to take the blame for her crime because _________

“The rich are different” is an old saying used to describe those who have enormous wealth. Please consider this phrase carefully. Are the rich different? What advantages might they have? How does being very wealthy affect how one views the world?