Exercise on Noun

Characteristics of Nouns

Many nouns can be recognised by their endings. Typical noun endings include:

-er/-or	actor, painter, plumber, writer
-ism	egotism, magnetism
-ist	artist, journalist, scientist
-ment	arrangement, development, establishment, government
-tion	foundation, organisation, recognition, supposition

Most nouns have distinctive SINGULAR and PLURAL forms. The plural of regular nouns is formed by adding -s to the singular:

Singular	Plural
car	cars
dog	dogs
house	houses

However, there are many irregular nouns which do not form the plural in this way:

Singular	Plural
man	men
child	children
sheep	sheep

Exercise
Instructions

Select the answer that contains the proper noun(s).

Questions
1. Is John coming to the dance?

• John
• dance
• John, dance
  

2. Joan invited Marie and Don to the zoo.

• Marie
• Joan, Marie, Don
• Joan, Marie, Don, zoo
  

3. Carol and I went to the beach.

• Carol
• I
• Carol, I
  

4. Buffalo sponsored this free concert.

• Buffalo
• concert
• The city, concert
  

5. Maria doesn't like this location.

• location
• Maria
• like
  

6. Rose, Jeff, and I went to see the new reptile house.

• Rose, Jeff, I
• Rose, Jeff, I, reptile house
• Rose, Jeff
  

7. Lisa does not like certain bands.

• Lisa, bands
• certain bands
• Lisa
  

8. Professor Smith teaches John English.

• professors, semester, college
• Professor Smith, John, English
• John's, college, professors
  

9. Jane and her friends are going to the beach.

• Jane
• friends
• Jane, friends, beach
  

10. The car that was driven by Tonja was stolen last week.

• week
• car
• Tonja