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Exercise 2: Using Nouns in Sentences. Fill in each blank with a noun. 1. The _______________________________________has grown a foot since last year. 2. The trip to ______________________________will take two __________________. 3. My teacher, ____________________________, has redecorated her ____________________. 4. Bob rode to school on a ___________________________________________. 5. I gave my ____________________________ a ________________________for her birthday. 6. Many __________________________grown in our __________________________________. 7. Tonight we are going to the _____________________________________. 8. This homework assignment requires plenty of_________________________________. 9. Well see ____________________________ at the _____________________________. 10. I think the _________________________will improve next ______________________. Exercise 3: Classifying Nouns. Write five common nouns for each of the categories below. An example is shown for you. People Places Things ex. neighbor ex. boardwalk ex. suitcase ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Writing Application: Writing sentences with Nouns. Use the following instructions to write five sentences of your own. Highlight the nouns you use. 1. Write a sentence using two nouns that name family members. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Write a sentence using a noun that names a living thing that you can see. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Write a sentence using a noun that names an idea you cannot usually see. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Write a sentence using a noun that names a nonliving thing that you can see. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Write a sentence using nouns that name two or more cities or states you would like to visit. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Write a sentence using nouns that name things you like to do in your spare time. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Collective and Compound Nouns Collective Nouns: A collective noun names a group of individual people or things. Collective Nounsclass navy crowd flock team club family crew band Compound Nouns: A compound noun is made up of two or more words. The chart shows the three ways that compound nouns can be written. separate wordsCompound Nouns hyphenated words combined words high school post office double play  mother-in-law rock-climbing left-hander baseball typewriter doghouse Exercise 1: Identifying Collective Nouns. Write the collective noun in each sentence in the blank. 1. A large crowd stood on the platform._____________________________________ 2. On Thursday the army marched six miles. _________________________________ 3. The club held a meeting at my house._____________________________________ 4. Our family owns a house in the country.___________________________________ 5. A herd of sheep grazed on the hillside. ____________________________________ 6. The orchestra tuned up before the concert. _________________________________ 7. Mr. Ferguson spoke to our class. _________________________________________ 8. Gretchen is the president of our committee._________________________________ 9. The navy sailed three ships into the harbor. _________________________________ 10. A large group went swimming at the lake. _________________________________ Exercise 2: Identifying Compound Nouns. Underline the compound noun in each sentence. 1. Large tomatoes are growing in our backyard. 2. My great-grandfather is living with us. 3. A new high school was built last year. 4. Suddenly the doorknob began to turn slowly. 5. The racehorse ran like the wind. 6. I left angry, but I exercised self-control 7. There are three lifeguards at the beach this summer. 8. The stars lie many light-years away. 9. Two astronauts were flying in the landing-craft. 10. My bedroom is located at the end of the hall. Exercise 3: Recognizing Collective Nouns. Each of the following groups of words contains one collective noun. Write each collective noun in the space provided. Example: noise crowd flower crowd 1. vegetable radio family ______________________________ 2. jury sailboat happiness ____________________________ 3. freedom squad plant ________________________________ 4. crew skyscraper elephant _____________________________ 5. finger assembly newspaper ___________________________ Exercise 4: Identifying Compound Nouns. Each of the following sentences has one or more compound nouns. Underline each compound noun. Example: The scouts hoised their pennant up the flagpole. 1. In a desert, both people and animals search for water holes. 2. The dining room in our hotel is quite near the swimming pool. 3. This old typewriter belongs to my grandfather. 4. She has pictures of a wolf spider, a horned beetle, and a praying mantis. 5. Our teams excel in football and basketball. Exercise 5: Finding the Correct Form of Compound Nouns. Use a dictionary or a computer to find the correct spelling of each of the following compound nouns. Write the correct form in the space provided. Example: fire-drill fire drill firedrill fire drill 1. postmaster post-master post master __________________________________ 2. side-line side line sideline _____________________________________ 3. son in law soninlaw son-in-law __________________________________ 4. base ball baseball base-ball ____________________________________ 5. fire place fire-place fireplace ____________________________________ 6. werewolf were-wolf were wolf ___________________________________ 7. icecube ice-cube ice cube _____________________________________ 8. newspaper news-paper news paper __________________________________ 9. book mark bookmark book-mark___________________________________ 10. dogpound dog-pound dog pound ___________________________________ Common and Proper Nouns Common and Proper Nouns. A common noun names one of a class of people, places, or things. A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing and is always CAPITALIZED. Common NounsProper nounsleader city river state authorGeorge Washington Los Angeles Missouri River Florida Mark Twain Exercise 1: Identifying Common and Proper Nouns. Underline the common nouns in the sentences   below; circle the proper nouns. Example: Dave hit a single. 1. Ive just read a play by Shakespeare. 2. The Drama Club elected a new president. 3. Soon our family plans to visit Miami. 4. A new house is being built on Elm Street. 5. My father has been transferred to Colorado. 6. She named her new dog Max. 7. Has your brother ever seen the Statue of Liberty? 8. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. 9. My sister went climbing in the Rocky Mountains. 10. I have pictures of Niagara Falls. Exercise 2: Using Proper Nouns in Sentences. Fill in each blank with a proper noun. Remember to capitalize each proper noun. Example: There is no coastline in Kansas. 1. Her best friend in school was ___________________________________. 2. I enjoy _________________________________more than any other singer. 3. Bill has an autograph from _______________________________________. 4. Her family was moving to ______________________________________. 5. ________________________________ is the most beautiful street in our community. 6. Have you ever visited ______________________________________? 7. The capital of our state is ________________________________. 8. In my opinion, _____________________________was a very courageous leader. 9. Lets do some shopping at ______________________________________. 10. I think we should select ______________________________as our captain. Exercise 3: Identifying Common and Proper Nouns. If the noun listed below is a common noun, write an appropriate proper noun. If the noun listed is proper, write its common noun. Example: city Manhattan 1. street ______________________________________ 2. Corvette ___________________________________ 3. 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