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In the sentence 'The teacher gave the students a homework assignment and a test', how many nouns are there?

medium 3 marks Class 3 · English · English Grammar - Naming Words
Answer
5

The correct answer is 5 — The nouns are teacher, students, homework, assignment, test – 5 in total.

Step-by-step solution

  1. Break the sentence into words.
  2. Identify words that name people, animals, places, or objects.
  3. Count those words.
  4. The nouns are teacher, students, homework, assignment, test – 5 in total.
Common mistake: Counting articles like 'the' or 'a' as nouns

Concept tested: Counting nouns

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