chapter two grammar review

Question 1

Pronouns: As the cattle came through the gate, some headed for the barn, but most stayed here.

Accepted Answer

most, some

Question 2

Pronoun: Somebody answer the phone, please.

Accepted Answer

Somebody

Question 3

names any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas

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common noun

Question 4

Proper Nouns: San Francisco and Oakland have many teams that play professional sports.

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Oakland, San Francisco

Question 5

the word a pronoun stands for

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antecedent

Question 6

N, A, or P?: The only mystery is now it ended up in a box in the back of the closet.

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noun

Question 7

a word used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns

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pronoun

Question 8

Collective Noun: The flock of geese flew high overhead.

Accepted Answer

flock

Question 9

Compound Noun: Louis left for Paris in 1819 to attend the National Institute for the Blind.

Accepted Answer

National Institute for the Blind

Question 10

Common Nouns: My family rented a car so we could drive around and see more of the area.

Accepted Answer

area, car, family

Question 11

names an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic

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abstract noun

Question 12

a and an; referring to any member of a general group

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indefinite articles

Question 13

Common Nouns: My favorite moment of the trip came when we drove across the Golden Gate Bridge.

Accepted Answer

trip, moment

Question 14

word that names a group

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collective noun

Question 15

Proper Adjectives: The society of Victorian England was the subject of many British novels.

Accepted Answer

British, Victorian

Question 16

N, A, or P?: One of the trees still has all its leaves.

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pronoun

Question 17

Proper Adjectives: My Japanese friend gave me a kimono from Tokyo.

Accepted Answer

Japanese

Question 18

N, A, or P?: The next race is scheduled for Tuesday night.

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adjective

Question 19

N, A, or P?: We'll start painting that section next.

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adjective

Question 20

N, A, or P?: One student has not finished the test.

Accepted Answer

adjective

Question 21

Adjectives: For eighty-four days, an elderly Cuban fisherman had not caught a single fish.

Accepted Answer

elderly, eighty-four, Cuban, single

Question 22

Adjective: For nearly two days after that, the fisherman struggled with a mighty fish.

Accepted Answer

mighty, two

Question 23

Proper Nouns: My whole family visited San Francisco during our vacation last year.

Accepted Answer

San Francisco

Question 24

Compound Noun: Infection from the wound spread to both eyes, and Louis lost his eyesight.

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eyesight

Question 25

Common Nouns: The city is famous for its hilly landscape.

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landscape, city

Question 26

Collective Noun: My Eeyore collection has grown extensively over the last few years.

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collection

Question 27

Proper Adjectives: Early Spanish explorers built forts along the Florida coast.

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Spanish, Florida

Question 28

names a particular person, place, thing or idea- begins with a capital letter

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proper noun

Question 29

N, A, or P?: That must be an interesting job.

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pronoun

Question 30

word or word group that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea

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noun

Question 31

N, A, or P?: The next guest speaker is famous mystery writer.

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adjective

Question 32

Compound Noun: The three-year-old injured his left eye.

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three-year-old

Question 33

Pronouns: I bought fresh flowers yesterday; aren't they beautiful?

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they, I

Question 34

Collective Noun: I accidentally burned the batch of cookies when I left them in the oven.

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batch

Question 35

a word used to modify (describe) a noun or pronoun

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adjective

Question 36

Collective Noun: I found a litter of kittens inside a box outside.

Accepted Answer

litter

Question 37

Adjectives: You can find the answers in the classic novel The Old Man and the Sea.

Accepted Answer

Old, classic

Question 38

N, A, or P?: According to some surveys, Tuesday is the best day to get work done.

Accepted Answer

noun

Question 39

Collective Noun: The committee had to designate a crew to clean up after the event.

Accepted Answer

committee, crew

Question 40

the; referring to a particular person or thing

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definite articles

Question 41

names a person, place, or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses

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concrete noun

Question 42

Adjectives: On the eighty-fifth day, he caught a ten-pound albacore.

Accepted Answer

ten-pound, eighty-fifth

Question 43

Compound Noun: Louis Braille was born in 1809 in France.

Accepted Answer

Louis Braille

Question 44

Compound Noun: His father was a saddlemaker who often let Louis play with pieces of leather.

Accepted Answer

saddlemaker

Question 45

Adjectives: What happened to the weary fisherman and his big catch?

Accepted Answer

big, weary

Question 46

Proper Adjectives: Marian McPartland, a jazz pianist from New York, played Scott Joplin songs.

Accepted Answer

Scott Joplin

Question 47

formed from a proper noun to modify (describe) nouns or pronouns- begins with a capital letter

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proper adjective

Question 48

Pronoun: Dean and Jim decided to pool their resources and buy a video camera.

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their

Question 49

Pronoun: Carla called out, "The red bass guitar is mine!"

Accepted Answer

mine

Question 50

two or more words used together as a single noun

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compound noun

Question 51

Proper Adjectives: The program about the Egyptian ruins was narrated by a British scientist.

Accepted Answer

British, Egyptian

chapter two grammar review

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chapter two grammar review

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