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Date:
Quiz Number 3. Nouns
I. Directions. Identify whether each of the highlighted words
in the following sentences is concrete or abstract. Write A
atop the word for Abstract and C for Concrete.
XI.
1-2. We will have our dinner later in our house.
3-4. His cauldron is strong as his determination.
appositives found in the following sentences.
34. I want to meet the YouTube sensation Boyce Avenue
soon.
35. Trumps’ wife Melanie was born in Novo Mesto in
Republic of Slovenia.
Directions: Rewrite the passage, correcting errors in
spelling capitalization, grammar and usage. Add any missing
punctuation. Write legibly. There are ten errors.

5. Opportunities knock only once.

My friend, Arthur Perez, said he has experienced a moments
II. Directions. Write one proper noun for each common noun.
6. business – like he was being smothered by demons last monday. He could
7. book –
8. chemical – not explain in details all the informations in his dream but he said
9. software –
he thought he was already dead. He learned from google that its
10. tv show –
called sleep Paralysis. Sleep’s researchers conclude that, in most
III. Directions. Choose the appropriate indefinite pronouns for
each sen cases, it is simply a sign that your body is not moving smoothly
11. I need ________ inspiration to finish my work. (a few, a
little) through the stages of sleep. Rarely is sleep paralysis linked to
12. How ________ assignments do we have in English?
(many, much) deep underlying psychiatric problems.
13. It depends on how _______ rice you cook. (many, much)
14. How _______ liters of water shall I use? (many, much)
Over the centurys, symptoms of sleep paralysis have been
15. The teacher doesn’t want to see _______ erasures. (any,
some) described in many ways and often attributed to an "evil"
IV. Directions: There are two compound words in the following
which are not properly written. Rewrite them correctly. presence: unseen nightdemons in ancient-times, the old-hag in
16. hair style
17. take off Shakespeares’ Romeo and Juliet, and alien abductors. Almost
18. rainfall
19. upturn every cultures throughout history has had stories of shadowy evil
20. sign-off
V. Directions: Write the plural form of the following nouns. creatures that terrify helpless humans at night. People have long
21. sheep –
sought explanations for this mysterious sleep time paralysis and
22. Myself –
23. Dwarf –
the accompanying feelings of terror.
24. Appendix –
25. Veto –
VI. Directions: Decide which words have masculine, feminine,
common and neuter gender.
26. Fallow ____________________________________________________
27. Wizard
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28. Ewe
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29. Nephew
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30. Cello
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VII. Directions: Identify the italicized word in each sentence by
writing singular possessive noun or contraction. ____________________________________________________
31. Shiela’s not ready for the quiz. ____________________________________________________
32. Danny’s not eating vegetable caused him to be weak. ____________________________________________________
33. Mary’s watched the movie adaption of Sparks’ novel, ____________________________________________________
Dear John. ____________________________________________________
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