SHS English Language · Year 1

Functions of the Noun practice questions

Nouns functioning as subjects, objects, complements and appositives, plus cohesive devices and paragraph development.

17 questions in this topic: 3 recall, 8 applying skills and concepts and 6 strategic thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.

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Question 1Recall
The topic sentence of a paragraph is best described as
- athe sentence carrying the main idea on which the whole paragraph is developed
- bthe final sentence that always restates the introduction word for word
- ca sentence that must always contain a cohesive device
- dthe only sentence in a paragraph that uses a proper noun
Question 2Skills & concepts
In "Ghana, a land of blessed resources, gained independence in 1957", the phrase "a land of blessed resources" is functioning as
- aan appositive that renames and adds detail to Ghana
- bthe subject complement of the sentence
- cthe direct object of gained
- dan indirect object showing who benefited
Question 3Strategic thinking
In "My mother bought my father a gold watch", the noun "father" is functioning as
- aan indirect object, showing for whom the watch was bought
- bthe direct object, since it receives the action directly
- cthe subject of the sentence
- da subject complement describing mother

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