Morphology and Syntax I.

Written Paper # 1

NOUNS

A. Underline the nouns in the following sentences and put in capital letters
the proper nouns.

1. The announcer said that the bus for minneapolis would leave in thirty
minutes.

2. dr. cooper was in college with my father.

3. john wanted to change the ribbon on his typewriter, but the ribbon was
damaged.

4. There was a scream of skidding tires and then a metallic thud, followed
by the sound of splintered glass.

5. bob and his brother crossed the continent in their old car last summer.

6. tom drove through the desert at night and slept in the daytime.

7. helen is the president of the class, and her sister is the secretary.

8. brad wrote a paper about willa cather and her life in pittsburgh.

9. Half of the people in the world can neither read nor write.

10. There is a fine exhibition of paintings by thomas hart benton at the

cleveland public library.

B. Underline the nouns in the following paragraph and put in capital letters
the proper nouns.

jenny, a girl in my class, lived in the country of brookliana until she was three
years old. Then she and her family traveled with great courage by horse, bus,
boat, and plane, over mountains, jungles, and oceans, to get to boston. Their
house is on renae road, near the mall that sells those delicious pizzas.

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C. Complete the following gaps writing all the underlined nouns in exercises
A and B.

Uncountable

Compound
Countable

Masculine
Collective

Feminine
Common

Concrete
Abstract
Nº Noun Singular Plural

Neuter
e.g.
announcer X Proper X X X announcers X X
minutes X X X minute X X
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58 Chinese
59 Elves
60 soup
61 foot
62 Texas
63 torpedo
64 sugar
65 El Niño
66 break-in
67 luck
68 calf
69 envy
70 lice
71 colony
72 scissors
73 twister
74 hanger-on
75 libretti
76 Scooby
77 deer

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78 ball
79 juice
80 progress
81 erratum
82 Larry
83 tigresses
84 fife
85 Lenovo
86 study
87 street
88 donkey
89 Japanese
90 standby
91 politics
92 weekend
93 daughters
94 Potter
95 silo
96 stimulus
97 bedtime
98 nation
99 box
100 princes

D. The following sentences contain some words that need apostrophe to

show possession. Include apostrophes where necessary.

1. Bobs uncle lives near Sharons farm.

2. Charles company owed him two days pay.

3. Marthas sister was worried about her sons health. (one son)

4. Mr. Smith was worried about her sons health. (two sons)

5. The childs name is Nora, and the familys name is Boudreau.

6. City Councils regular meetings are held on Mondays.

7. The students cafeteria will be closed after next weeks graduation.

8. Mr. O’Conners car was being serviced at Eatons.

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9. Marks mother lives at my sisters, but the companys salesman went to

my cousins place.

10. My uncles farmhouse was struck by during last summers storm.

(two uncles)

11. The girls hair had been cut short for the twins wedding.
(one girl, two twins)

12. A March snowstorm is sometimes called “winters last lament”.

13. Have you seen Mel Gibsons last three movies?

14. The skateboarders park had to be closed for repairs to its half pipes.

15. Because of the accident, his wifes income was reduced.

16. Finish your clients reports before you go to Smiths tonight. (one client)

17. The suns rays are too dangerous for us to sit on these lawn chairs for
too long!

18. Mollys pay cheque was for two weeks work.

19. Sallys covered a whole month of work.

20. Molly and Sallys rent was due on the apartment they shared.

21. The ladys hats were bought at the Duncans store.

22. Those repairs will take more than a weeks work.

23. The six workers complaints were very reasonable.

24. The horses hooves needed new shoes.

25. Sheilas mother lives next door.

26. I bought those pants in the childrens department.

27. The Martins bought Nicoles old washing machine.

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28. The bosses letters are always long and dull.

29. The kitten pulled on its mothers ear.

30. The renovations to the Jones house gave him three weeks work.

E. Reword each of the following phrases, using apostrophes.

1. The book belonging to the children

_____________________________________________________________________

2. The biggest fans of Elvis

_____________________________________________________________________

3. The meeting for the secretaries

_____________________________________________________________________

4. The memos sent by the bosses

_____________________________________________________________________

5. The car belonging to my oldest son

_____________________________________________________________________

6. The department for men

_____________________________________________________________________

7. The schedule for the buses

_____________________________________________________________________

8. The paws of the cats

_____________________________________________________________________

9. The barking of the coyote

_____________________________________________________________________

10. The pay for two weeks

_____________________________________________________________________

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F. Rewrite the following sentences to make the nouns in bold print

possessive.

1. Laura is the oldest sister of Pam.

_____________________________________________________________________

2. This is the store belonging to Doris.

_____________________________________________________________________

3. I do not like the apartment belonging to Cheryl Hastings.

_____________________________________________________________________

4. Those toys belong to the children.

_____________________________________________________________________

5. The police wrote down the descriptions given by the witnesses.

_____________________________________________________________________

G. Show the relationships between the possessors and the things possessed
by using the ending ‘s or the word of, as appropriate.

Nº Possessor Thing possessed Indicating possession

visitor map The visitor’s map
e.g.
stairs top The top of the stairs
1 woman scarf
2 door color
3 concert beginning
4 instructor advice
5 deficit size
6 girl tricycle
7 building height
8 boy parents
9 chair arm
10 street length

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