Count how many nouns are in the sentence: "Sita bought apples, bananas, and oranges from the market."
Answer
5
The correct answer is 5 — Count the identified nouns: 5.
Step-by-step solution
- Identify words that name people, places, things, or ideas.
- List potential nouns: Sita, apples, bananas, oranges, market.
- Exclude words that are not nouns: bought (verb), from (preposition), and (conjunction).
- Count the identified nouns: 5.
Common mistake: Counting conjunctions or prepositions as nouns
Concept tested: Identifying nouns in a sentence
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