Primary 1 English Studies Flashcards: Grammar: Meaning and Use of Nouns and Pronouns

Question 1

What is a noun?

Accepted Answer

a word that names a person, animal, place or thing

Question 2

What is a pronoun?

Accepted Answer

a word that takes the place of a noun

Question 3

The noun in the sentence 'The dog barked loudly' is ____.

Accepted Answer

dog

Question 4

The noun in the sentence 'The hen is sleeping' is ____.

Accepted Answer

hen

Question 5

The noun that names a person in the sentence 'The boy kicked the ball' is ____.

Accepted Answer

boy

Question 6

The noun that names a place in the sentence 'Ada ran to the market' is ____.

Accepted Answer

market

Question 7

The noun that names an animal in the sentence 'The cat sat on the mat' is ____.

Accepted Answer

cat

Question 8

Lagos is the name of a ____.

Accepted Answer

place

Question 9

The noun in the sentence 'He plays with a ball' is ____.

Accepted Answer

ball

Question 10

The pronoun in the sentence 'She opened the door' is ____.

Accepted Answer

She

Question 11

The pronoun in the sentence 'It is a big dog' is ____.

Accepted Answer

It

Question 12

Amaka has a pencil. ____ writes with it.

Accepted Answer

She

Question 13

Emeka is my brother. ____ is tall.

Accepted Answer

He

Question 14

The pronoun used for a thing, such as a flower, is ____.

Accepted Answer

it

Question 15

'The boys are playing.' Replace 'The boys' with a pronoun: '____ are playing.'

Accepted Answer

They

Question 16

The pronoun that means 'my friends and I' is ____.

Accepted Answer

we

Question 17

The pronoun 'I' refers to ____.

Accepted Answer

the person speaking

Question 18

The pronoun 'you' refers to ____.

Accepted Answer

the person being spoken to

Question 19

Pronouns help us avoid ____ the same noun many times.

Accepted Answer

repeating

Question 20

In 'Ada has a ball. She kicked it.' the pronoun 'it' takes the place of ____.

Accepted Answer

the ball

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