Negocios

Grammar Exercise # 1
Complete the exercises and bring them to class for discussion.

A. Write ten common nouns on your paper to go with each group of nouns listed below. Two examples are givenin parenthesis.




1. Time (day, second)

2. Places (garage, city)

3. Things (book, coat)

4. Person (student, man)

5. Qualities (honesty, trust)




B. Write aproper noun beside each common noun.




1. Teacher

2. City

3. Holiday

4. Dog

5. River

6. Player

7. Team

8. Newspaper

9. Neighbor

10.Singer




C. Capitalize each proper noun.




1. michael j. fox

2. england

3. paper

4. book

5. singer

6. wednesday

7. july

8. rocky mountains9. mars

10. actor




D. Capitalize the proper nouns




1. roberto mailed a package to Houston, texas.

2. his friend lives at 602 river drive, apartment 119.

3.last year roberto went to a new high school.

4. he liked northview senior high school very much.

5. roberto and sue went swimming in the lake.

6. when alex graduated from high school,he took a trip to the south.

7. on the first day, he drove 300 miles southwest.

8. he started in Baltimore and spent the first night in north carolina.

9. on the second day, alexdrove west to visit some friends in tennesse.

10. i’ve never been west of the mississippi river.




E. Write the word or words that should appear in each sentence to make it correct.1. Karl got an A in (English, English).

2. Next year Alex is taking (math and social studies, Math and Social Studies).

3. Jennifer signed up for (math I, Math I).

4. Imaenjoys (physical education, Physical Education).

5. Danny is going on a field trip in (earth science II, Earth Science II).




F. Write these titles on your paper. Capitalize the first...