GRAMMAR & STRUCTURENouns

   

Definition

Nouns are the words that name people, places, and things in a sentence.

Example

The girl rides her

bicycle every day.

  Subject   Object  

 Noun

 Noun

 

Explanation

Nouns --

are usually people, places, or things. For example, "John buys his fish at the supermarket."

have singular and plural forms. For example, "John and Ingrid ride bikes to school. Ingrid rides her bike to work as well."

are the subjects and / or objects of sentences. For example, "Ingrid rides a mountain bike to work."

are the objects of prepositions. For example, "I ride a mountain bike to work."

can be used as adjectives. For example, "I ride a mountain bike to work." can be place names with one or more than one word. For example, "I live on

George Street in Victoria."

 

GRAMMAR & STRUCTURE —

Examples Nouns    

Sentences using nouns

Teresa drives a red car. Subject noun: Teresa Object noun: car

My mother has a black cat. Subject noun: mother Object noun: cat

Joseph lives in London. Subject noun: Joseph Object noun: London

A pilot flies an airplane. Subject noun: pilot Object noun: airplane

Victoria is a beautiful city.Subject noun: Victoria

Object noun: city

I ride a mountain bike. Subject noun: IAdjective noun: mountainObject noun: bike

 

 

GRAMMAR & STRUCTURE

Exercises Nouns   

Answer the following questions to check your knowledge of nouns.

Choose the nouns in the following sentences.

ExampleJanet plays basketball and volleyball.

Janet / plays /  and basketball / and / volleyballJanet / basketball / volleyballplays / basketball / Janet

The correct answer is "Janet / basketball / volleyball".

1. Sharon received a letter today.  Sharon / received / today  today / letter / received  a / letter / Sharon  Sharon / letter / today     2. Francesca and Fabio live on Grant Street.  Francesca / on / Street  Grant Street / Francesca  / Fabio  Street / live / Grant  Francesca / and / Fabio     3. Rosa bought a small house on Saltspring Island.  Saltspring Island / Rosa  / house  Rosa / small / house  bought / small / Rosa

  Saltspring / house /  Rosa     4. Tristan studies for four hours every night.  Tristan / hours / studies  hours / night / for  night / hours / Tristan  studies / for / every     5. Canada is a very large country with a small population.  Canada / country / population  large / country / small  country / small / Canada  very / is / Canada     6. The white cat catches mice in the garden.  garden / white / the  cat / catches / mice  white / cat / mice  cat / garden / mice     7. Matthew buys fresh fruit at the market.  Matthew / fruit / market   Matthew / buys / fruit  market / fruit / fresh  buys / at / the     8. A doctor gives medicine to patients.  doctor / to / a  doctor / gives / medicine  doctor / medicine / patients  doctor / medicine / to     

9. Our children swim in the lake during the summer.  swim / our / lake  during / lake / summer  summer / our / lake  summer / children / lake     10. Vancouver has many cafes and bookstores.  many / cafes / has  Vancouver / cafes / bookstores  Vancouver / bookstores  / many  bookstores / has / many