Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives & Articles Trivia Questions

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1. The peasants hacked the [balloon] to pieces.

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A noun is a part of speech that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.

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2. The word "hula" was added when British sailors visited the [Hawaiian Islands] and saw a similarity between "hooping" and hula dancing.

Explanation

"Hawaiian Islands" is an example of a proper noun.

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3. [An] Australian company began making wood rings for sale in retail stores.

Explanation

The article "an" is used here because it comes before a word that starts with a vowel sound-- A.

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4. [They] filled a paper bag with hot air and found that it floated.

Explanation

"They" is a personal pronoun. Its antecedent is "brothers" in the previous sentence.

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5. More than three thousand years ago, children in [Egypt] played with large hoops of dried grapevines.

Explanation

"Egypt" is a proper noun.

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6. In the early 1950's, a man named Walter Morrison devised a metal tossing toy [he] called the "Flying Saucer."

Explanation

"He" is a person pronoun.

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7. They changed the wood rings to plastic and called [their] new toy a Hula Hoop.

Explanation

"Their" is a possessive pronoun.

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8. They landed in [a] nearby field.

Explanation

The words "a," "an," and "the" are types of adjectives called articles.

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9. In 1783, the [brothers] went for a test flight.

Explanation

"Brothers" is a common noun.

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10. During the [fourteenth] century, a "hooping" craze swept England.

Explanation

"Fourteenth" is an adjective modifying the noun "century."

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11. The hot-air balloon was invented by two [French] brothers who ran a paper bag factory.


Explanation

"French" is modifying the noun "brothers."

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The peasants hacked the [balloon] to pieces.
The word "hula" was added when British sailors visited the [Hawaiian...
[An] Australian company began making wood rings for sale in retail...
[They] filled a paper bag with hot air and found that it floated.
More than three thousand years ago, children in [Egypt] played with...
In the early 1950's, a man named Walter Morrison devised a metal...
They changed the wood rings to plastic and called [their] new toy a...
They landed in [a] nearby field.
In 1783, the [brothers] went for a test flight.
During the [fourteenth] century, a "hooping" craze swept England.
The hot-air balloon was invented by two [French] brothers who ran a...
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