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Is the noun common or proper?

1. tree

2. France

3. Rome

4. lake

5. Prime Minister Gillard

6. Dennis

7. Mt Everest

8. Perth

9. dog

10. Percy

Write the proper noun/nouns in the correct form.

11. Yesterday we travelled to mackay to visit the great barrier reef.

12. The amazon jungle in south America is huge.

13. My sister elizabeth came to visit.

14. Craig and Patrick enjoy playing golf.

15. In summer the weather is hot in brazil,

16. Dale and angela drove their car to dreamworld.

17. There are beautiful mountains in new zealand.

18. Kyle and victoria are good friends.

19. In australia there are many interesting animals.

20. On our trip we will travel to italy and germany.

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Write the collective for the noun.

1. a _______________ of dancers.

2. a _______________ of wool.

3. an ______________ of poems.

4. a _______________ of fish.

5. a _______________ of lions.

6. a _______________ of puppies.

7. a _______________ of books.

8. a _______________ of geese.

9. a _______________ of flowers.

10. a _______________ of bees.

Write a group for the collectives.

11. a colony of ________________

12. a muster of ________________

13. a tribe of ________________

14. a pack of ________________

15. a pair of ________________.

16. a deck of ________________

17. a set of ________________

18. an army of ________________

19. a hand of ________________

20. a clutch of ________________

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Change the word into an abstract noun.

1. happy _____________

2. stupid _____________

3. painless ____________

4. friendly _____________

5. lovely ______________

6. disappoint ____________

7. honest _____________

8. please ______________

9. admire ______________

10. sincere ______________

Complete the word to form an abstract noun.

11. I felt disg__________ when I saw the rubbish all over the park.

12. My friend ___________ with Steve has lasted a long time.

13. The clever hum__________ of the comedian made us all laugh.

14. The captain of the ship showed great cou______ in the disaster situation.

15. We need to feel comp__________ for those less fortunate than us.

16. There was a great deal of cha_________ after the earthquake.

17. The coach showed loy________ to the team even though they lost

every game in the season.

18. I felt deep sor________ after I saw the film about the war.

19. Because I had not eaten much, I felt great hun_______.

20. I had a great deal of admir_______ for the kind teacher.

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Write the plural form of the word.

1. goose

2. crisis

3. man

4. child

5. wife

6. sock

7. church

8. story

9. sky

10. hero

11. police

12. tax

13. life

14. cliff

15. mouse

16. father-in-law

17. echo

18. dish

19. axis

20. scissors

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Circle the preposition in the sentence.

1. We went inside the building.

2. The children jumped into the water.

3. The plane flew above the clouds.

4. We ran down the hill.

6. During the game the crowd cheered.

7. The boy behind the others is my friend.

8. You can’t go outside without any protection from the mosquitoes.

9. The small flower by the fence smells beautiful.

10. I left my camp at the start of the day.

Insert a suitable preposition for the phrase

11. afraid something scary

12. laugh something silly

13. run something bad

14. insure theft

15. disappointed the decision

16. very worried something

17. thanked my assistance

18. congratulated my achievements

19. choose the two flavours

20. get something terrible

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5. The dog without a tail is very friendly.

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Write a pronoun to complete the sentence.

1. John often goes by ______________ to the movies.

2. I can solve most problems by ___________.

3. Did you paint this picture by ____________?

4. He often looks at _______________ in the mirror.

5. If we help ____________ we can manage to overcome this difficult situation.

6. Sally trusts _____________ to be able to complete the task.

7. The dog sat _____________ on the carpet.

8. As we get older we need to look after _______________.

9. Although he was tired, he told _____________ he had to go on.

10. “Let them finish the puzzle by _________,” said the teacher.

11. The cat cleaned ______________ every day.

12. “Are you able to solve the question by __________________?”

asked the teacher.

13. When startled, a squirrel will often hide _____________ in a tree.

14. Dennis was able to teach _______________ to play the drums.

15. “Please help ____________ to the cakes,” said mum.

16. A Prime Minister is someone _______________ leads the country.

17. A champion is someone _____________ has achieved a great deal.

18. A gym is somewhere ________________ use to train.

19. A doctor is a person ______________ helps to heal people.

20. A watch is an instrument _______________ tells the time

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Rewrite with the required capital letters.

1. On friday morning, I will travel to europe.

2. My favourite comic is the hulk.

3. Every year around christmas we travel south for our holidays.

4. The french alps are beautiful in winter.

5. The united nations is an important organisation in the world.

6. barry was often late for his dental appointment.

7. The movie star wars was a very exciting film.

8. My name is george and i was born in australia.

9. We bought a porsche to drive to the shops everyday.

10. I enjoy eating mars bars in the morning.

11. the great barrier reef

12. the wind in the willows

13. robin hood

14. mount wellington

Unjumble the word / use a capital if needed.

15. a season : tinwer

16. a day of the week : sadnuy

17. a large Australian city : desyny

18. an ocean : cipafic

19. a month of the year : lujy

20. a special holiday : miscthras

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Abbreviate the following.

1. September

2. Thursday

3. December

4. Saint

5. Doctor

6. United Nations

7. Australian Broadcasting Corporation

8. Chemistry

9. New South Wales

10. New Testament

11. New York

12. New Zealand

13. page

14. Queensland

15. Monday

16. Saturday

17. November

18. August

19. January

20. February

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If a colon is placed in the sentence, after which word would it go?

1. I have a new suggestion let’s run!

2. The river was overflowing it had been raining for weeks.

3. There is one thing that everyone respects honesty.

4. We had to look at all the colors blue, red, green and yellow.

5. The President finished “You are all heroes here today.”

6. I have only one thing to say no!

7. I can tell you this you will not win.

8. In the cupboard were the following a tennis racquet, a baseball cap

and an old tyre.

9. We have only one choice to not give in.

10. Today I ate a lot of bread fruit meat and vegetables

If a semi-colon is placed in the sentence, after which word would it go?

11. It is raining outside I will take my umbrella.

12. It is such a cold day I will go ice-skating.

13. Some students require a great deal of help some only need a little.

14. We will play football today then we will go out for dinner.

15. Some gyms are very modern others are not.

16. There are many things to find you just need to know where to look.

17. Greece is a beautiful place great food and beautiful scenery.

18. I will have a holiday soon I need the rest.

19. I recently learned how to sew very useful.

20. It’s a beautiful day time to go outside.

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Rewrite using a dash or hyphen where needed.

1. I really enjoy a home cooked dinner when I can.

2. My brother in law has a very successful business.

3. The train weighed eighty five tones.

4. June July is the best time to visit the reef.

5. My sister is self employed with her cleaning business.

6. During the mid 1990’s I was busy at university.

7. “I don’t like it I suppose I could give it a go however,” said the new student.

8. We need to take these a coat, a torch and an umbrella.

9. Somewhere in the room maybe under the bed is the tennis ball.

10. Near the river but not too close you may play.

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