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CORRECT WORDS TEST 1

1. A noun is the name of a person, place or thing.
(3 marks)

2. Nouns starting with capital letters are called proper nouns.

Nouns starting with small letters are called common nouns.
(2 marks)
3. Sort these nouns into the correct column after you have named the
columns. (9 marks)

boy football shoe Person Place Thing
village banana boy village shoe

school America dentist school banana
dentist lady lady America football

4. Underline the nouns in this passage. (9 marks)

Daniel and Zoe lived with their father and mother in a big house in the city of Oxford.
Outside was a busy road with lots of traffic.

5. A sentence begins with a capital letter.

(1 mark)
6. A sentence can end with one of three punctuation signs:-

a) Full stop b) Question mark c) Exclamation mark (3 marks)

7. Write sentences beginning with these words:-

a) Where ______________________________________________

b) What ______________________________________________

c) How _______________________________________________
(3 marks)

Total marks = 30

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