Question

underline the nouns in each sentence. the number in parentheses tells you how many you must find.

1. your town has a name, and people can use a map to get there. (4)
2. many men and women in your town have jobs. (4)
3. some people collect trash and other people teach students. (4)
4. a plumber fixes pipes, but an electrician works on wires and lights. (5)
5. police officers and fire fighters keep your town safe. (3)
6. a host, waiters, and waitresses make a restaurant work smoothly. (4)
7. children sometimes have chores, which are kind of like jobs. (3)

Explanation:

Nouns are words that name a person, place, thing, or idea. In each sentence, we identify the specified number of nouns by looking for these types of words.

1. Your town has a name, and people can use a map to get there. People and there are also nouns here as 'people' is a group of individuals and 'there' can be considered as a place - like entity in this context.
2. Many men and women in your town have jobs. 'Town' is also a noun.
3. Some people collect trash and other people teach students.
4. A plumber fixes pipes, but an electrician works on wires and lights.
5. Police officers and fire fighters keep your town safe.
6. A host, waiters, and waitresses make a restaurant work smoothly.
7. Children sometimes have chores, which are kind of like jobs.

Answer:

1. town, map, people, there
2. men, women, jobs, town
3. people, trash, people, students
4. plumber, pipes, electrician, wires, lights
5. Police officers, fire fighters, town
6. host, waiters, waitresses, restaurant
7. Children, chores, jobs