Grammar 2A

Name: ______________ Teacher: _______________ Date: ____________ Score: ___/85=___%

I. Circle all the common nouns and underline all the proper nouns used
in the following sentences. (15 pts.)

1. Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone.

2. The most popular game is soccer.

3. Julia Roberts is a famous actress in the United States of America.

4. Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

5. We can find many animals at the zoo.

6. MP3, computer, and soccer ball are my favorite things.

II. Select a proper noun from one column and a common noun from
the other column and make a sentence using both. (20 pts.)

grandfather april
island mr. james
river mississippi
friend spiderman
shirt sam
student hawaii
holiday fila
planet independence day
month pluto
movie mark
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III. Make the following singular (one) nouns plural (many). (10 pts.)

1. book – ______________ 6. donkey - _______________

2. eraser – _____________ 7. foot - ________________
3. box – _______________ 8. candy - ________________
4. tree – _______________ 9. glass - _________________
5. church – _____________ 10. child – ________________

IV. Circle the correct pronoun to be used in the following sentences.

(10 pts.)

1. ( I, Me ) am studying English well.

2. ( Your, Yours ) mother is beautiful and generous.

3. ( She, He, It ) is a gentleman.

4. ( They, Their ) ate ( my , mine ) snack.

5. ( We , Us ) are staying in a hotel.

6. Mom bought Timmy a new MP3. ( Her , Him , His ) MP3 is red.

7. That soccer ball is ( our , ours ).

8. “Are ( you , your ) workbooks with (they, them)?”, asked the
teacher.
V. Put the apostrophe in the correct place in each bold word. (5 pts.)

1. Annies house is located at South Koreas capital, Seoul.

2. The two boys pets are friendly.

3. Teacher James lessons are about conversation.

4. The womans daughter is pretty.

VI. Rewrite these sentences using the possessive forms of the underlined
words. (5 pts.)

example: The clothes of my brother got wet.

My brother’s clothes got wet.

1. The classes of our teachers are fun and exciting.

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2. The houses of the people were covered with snow.
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3. The shirts of the boys were stained with paint during their art
class.
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4. The hair of the girl is long and blonde.
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5. The beard of Santa Claus is thick and white.
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VII. Write a or an on the blank. ( 10 pts.)

1. I had _____ egg for breakfast.

2. He got _____ uniform for the soccer team.

 3. Father wrote me _____ long letter.

4. Have you ever gotten _____ honor in class.

5. I would like to have _____ eggnog, _____ box of chocolate, and

____ bag of cookies.

6. She did _____ MA in French Literature.

7. I want to study in _____ university in the United States.

8. Move fast! We barely have _____ hour before our class.

VIII. Abbreviations
A. Write the short form for each of the following words. (5 pts.)

1. Mister - __________
2. road – ____________
3. Doctor – __________
4. Junior – ___________
5. pages - ____________

B. Write the complete form of the following abbreviations. (5 pts.)

1. oz. - ____________ 4. P.O. - ____________

2. mph - ____________ 5. A.M. - ____________
3. F - ____________