Name: ______________________ Class: _________________ Date: _________

Great Writing Foundations Unit 4: Nouns

INSTRUCTIONS: Read the paragraph. Identify the nouns in the sentences.

Animals
(1) Do you like animals? (2) Animals can be good for people. (3) Monkeys are funny. (4) Elephants
are interesting. (5) But those animals cannot stay in a house! (6) A dog or a cat can live with you. (7)
You can walk to a park with a dog. (8) You can watch TV with a cat. (9) An animal can be your friend!

____ 1. What is the noun in (1)?

a. do
b. like
c. animals

____ 2. What are the nouns in (2)?

a. I, think
b. animals, people
c. are, for

____ 3. What are the nouns in (3) and (4)?

a. Monkeys, Elephants
b. are, are
c. funny, interesting

____ 4. What are the nouns in (5)?

a. those, your
b. animals, house
c. cannot, live

____ 5. What are the nouns in (6)?

a. a, a
b. dog, cat
c. can, live

INSTRUCTIONS: Write the plural form for each noun.

6. woman _______________

7. city ________________

8. month ________________

9. foot ________________

10. watch ________________

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Name: ______________________

INSTRUCTIONS: Read the sentences. Choose the correct one.

____ 11. Choose the correct sentence.

a. Friday and Saturday are my favorite days of the week.
b. Friday and saturday are my favorite day of the week.
c. Friday and Saturday are my favorite Days of the week.

____ 12. Choose the correct sentence.

a. Isabella is from brazil.
b. isabella is from Brazil.
c. Isabella is from Brazil.

____ 13. Choose the correct sentence.

a. My brother wants to travel to madrid in december.
b. My Brother wants to travel to Madrid in december.
c. My brother wants to travel to Madrid in December.

____ 14. Choose the correct sentence.

a. Fabio can write in Japanese and Korean.
b. Fabio can write in JAPANESE and KOREAN.
c. Fabio can write in Japaneses and Koreans.

____ 15. Choose the correct sentence.

a. Dr. Chan is a doctor in a big hospital.
b. Dr. chan is a doctor in a big Hospital.
c. dr. chan is a doctor in a big hospital.

INSTRUCTIONS: Look at the words with the sound of o in hot. Write the word that is spelled
correctly.

16. fother father ________________

17. everibody everybody _______________

18. bother buther ________________

19. impossible impossable ________________

20. stop stapp ________________

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete each sentence with the correct word from the box. Use correct
capital letters.

clock commas not october pot shop socks somebody

21. The ___________________ in the classroom is fast.

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Name: ______________________

22. Can ___________________ take these papers to the office?

23. ___________________, periods, and question marks are types of punctuation.

24. Please put on shoes and ____________________.

25. The ___________________ on the stove is very hot.

26. The weather is nice in the month of ___________________.

27. My favorite coffee ___________________ is next to the bank.

28. Thursday is ___________________ the day after Monday.

INSTRUCTIONS: Unscramble the words and phrases to write sentences. Use correct capital
letters and punctuation.

29. have / july and august / days / 31 ______________________________________________________

30. three / maria / languages / speak / can __________________________________________________

31. the / italy / of / rome / is / capital _____________________________________________________

INSTRUCTIONS: Look for the mistake(s) in each sentence. The number in parentheses ( ) is
the number of mistakes in that sentence. Then write the sentences correctly.

32. The furnitures in my bedroom is new. (1) _______________________________________________

33. Mrs. green has two childs, a boy and a girl. (2) ___________________________________________

34. They live in a small Town in New zealand. (2) ___________________________________________

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Name: ______________________

35. INSTRUCTIONS: Write 6–10 sentences about what you do on different days of the week. Use
nouns in your sentences. Write at least 2 sentences about people, 2 sentences about places,
and 2 sentences about things.

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Answer Section

1. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Grammar

2. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Grammar
3. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Grammar
4. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Grammar
5. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Grammar
6. ANS: women

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7. ANS: cities

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8. ANS: months

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9. ANS: feet

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10. ANS: watches

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11. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Grammar
12. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Grammar
13. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Grammar
14. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Grammar
15. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Grammar
16. ANS: father

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Spelling

17. ANS: everybody

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Spelling

18. ANS: bother

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19. ANS: impossible

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Spelling

20. ANS: stop

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Spelling

21. ANS: clock

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22. ANS: somebody

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23. ANS: Commas

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Vocabulary

24. ANS: socks

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25. ANS: pot

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26. ANS: October

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27. ANS: shop

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28. ANS: not

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Vocabulary

29. ANS:
July and August have 31 days.

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30. ANS:
Maria can speak three languages.

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Sentences

31. ANS:
The capital of Italy is Rome.
Rome is the capital of Italy.

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Sentences

32. ANS:
The furniture in my bedroom is new.

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Sentences

33. ANS:
Mrs. Green has two children, a boy and a girl.

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Sentences

34. ANS:
The live in a small town in New Zealand.

PTS: 1 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Sentences

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35. ANS:
Answers will vary.

PTS: 20 REF: Unit 4 TOP: Writing

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