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| Question | Answer |
| Why are appositive phrases set off by commas? | Appositive phrases are treated as asides that are not essential to the meaning of the sentence. |
| Can an infinitive be the subject of a sentence? | Yes. In the sentence "To err is human", "to err" is the subject. |
| What famous line in Hamlet repeats the same infinitive twice? | "To be or not to be, that is the question." |
| True or false: An infinitive can sometimes act as a noun. | True |
| Is "sadness" a concrete noun? | No. Although we feel sadness, we don't feel it in a literal way. |
| True or false: "Pumpkins" is a countable noun. | True. We can count "pumpkins", so "pumpkins" is a countable noun. |
| True or false: "Freshness" is a collective noun. | False. "Freshness" is an abstract noun. |
| True or false: "Flock" is a collective noun. | True. "Flock" is a singular word referring to a group of individual beings, usually birds. |
| True or false: "Wine" is a non-countable (mass) noun. | True. Wine cannot be counted. |
| Is "rain" a countable noun? | No. We cannot count rain. |
| True or false: "Rims" is a countable noun. | True. We can count rims. |
| True or false: "Air" is a countable noun. | False. "Air" cannot be counted, so it is not a countable noun. |
| True or false: All proper nouns are capitalized. | True |
| True or false: "Kleenex" and "Xerox" are the same type of noun. | True. They are both proper nouns. |
| Are "Skippy" and "peanut" the same type of noun? | No. "Skippy" is proper and "peanut" is common. |
| What is the difference between a proper noun and a common noun? | A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing, whereas a common noun does not specify by name. |
| True or false: nouns can appear anywhere in a sentence. | True. There are no rules about where a noun can or cannot appear in a sentence. |
| What is a common noun? | A common noun is a naming noun that is not capitalized. |
| What is a proper noun? | A proper noun is a specifically named per, place, or thing. |
| What is an appositive phrase? | An appositive phrase is a phrase set off by commas that tells the reader more about the noun or pronoun it modifies. |
| What is an appositive? | An appositive modifies or clarifies the noun or noun phrase that precedes it. |
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