Lesson 1

V. ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES

A. Pick out all the nouns in the following sentences. Tell what kind of nouns
they are.
1. Common nouns: grammar, correctness, forms, uses, words, presentation, usages,
writers. Proper noun: speaker.
2. Common nouns: rhetoric, correctness, effectiveness, choice, arrangement, words.
3. Common nouns: word, idea, person, thing.
4. Common nouns: rhetoric, art, language, government, souls, men. Proper noun: Plato.
5. Common nouns: language, Greeks, rule, symmetry, simplicity.

B. Pick out the noun used as subject in the sentence

1. development
2. tree
3. boys
4. story
5. plants
C. Pick out the noun used as direct object:
1. inquiry
2. baseball
3. friends
4. goodwill
5. news

D. Pick out the nouns used as an object of a preposition.

1. fortune
2. head, math
3. streets, production, economy
4. Doyle
5. time
 E. Pick out the noun used as an indirect object.
1. daughter
2. regards
3. Leo
4. Marylene
5. Cynthia

F. Pick out the noun used as a predicate noun or compliment in the sentence.
1. teacher
2. millionaire
3. secretary
4. doctor
5. antique
G. Pick out the noun used as an objective complement.
1. partner
2. captain
3. representative
4. Delia
5. Guardian
H. Pick out the noun used as appositive in the sentence.
1. class representative
2. Phoebe’s friend
3. buddy
4. youngest daughter of Mrs. Cruz
5. my daughter’s roommate
I. Pick out the noun used as a modifier of other nouns in the sentence.
1. second grader
2. car radio
3. boyhood home, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
4. blood-bank drive, pint
5. office building

Lesson 2
II. ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES
A. In the following sentences point out the personal pronouns. Tell its person,
number, case and use.
1. Everybody (us) – Third person, singular, objective case, use: pronoun as the object of
the preposition.
2. Yours (hers) – Second person, singular, possessive case, use: possessive pronoun.
3. He (us, he) – Third person, singular, subjective case, use: pronoun as subject.
4. They (us, their) – Third person, plural, objective case, use: pronoun as object of the
verb.
5. Mine (yours) – First person, singular, possessive case, use: possessive pronoun.
B. In the following sentences pick out the personal pronoun and the noun it
refers to or its antecedent.
1. He (refers to Marco)
2. He (refers to Danny), it (refers to camera), you (refers to the person being
addressed).
3. They (refers to Arturo and Joe), it (refers to band practice).
4. Their (refers to the girls), hands, feet (refer to the body parts of the girls).
5. She (refers to Belina), it (refers to the care-giver job).
C. In the following sentences point out all the pronouns. Tell what kind of
pronoun is each one, the number and the use.
1.Both (indefinite pronoun, plural, used for emphasis)
2. That (demonstrative pronoun, singular, used to point out or identify)
3. Mary (personal pronoun, singular, used as a subject), Lydia (personal pronoun,
singular, used as a subject), each other (reciprocal pronoun, plural)
4. The cousins (demonstrative pronoun, plural, used to point out or identify), one
another (reciprocal pronoun, plural)
5. Who (interrogative pronoun, singular, used as the subject of the sentence)
D. In the following sentences choose from within the parenthesis the right
form, and tell why it is correct.
1.Everyone wanted *their share at once. (Correct: "Everyone" is an indefinite pronoun,
and using "their" is appropriate for gender neutrality.)
2. Somebody told us he is in Baguio. (Correct: "Somebody" is a singular pronoun, so
"he" is appropriate.)
3. As each entered the room, he became silent. (Correct: "Each" is a singular pronoun,
so "he" is appropriate.)
4. Neither expected to have their application accepted. (Correct: "Neither" is singular, so
"his" is appropriate for consistency.)
Supply the reflexive or intensive pronoun on the blank. Point out the antecedent
of each.
1.I myself will give you the signal. (Antecedent: I)
2. Alex, can’t you give yourself more time for this project. (Antecedent: Alex)
3. They braced themselves for the decision of the board of judges. (Antecedent: They)
4. They have only themselves to blame for their defeat. (Antecedent: They)
5. The children hurt themselves by playing on the flooded streets. (Antecedent: The
children)

JESSIE NICOLE ASGALI BEED 1-A