Grammatical Feature: Nouns

Part 1: Guided Grammar Activity
Directions: Nouns are very common in editorials because they give a lot of information. Read the following sentences. Determine which words are nouns. To check your answers, point your mouse over the "Answer Box." *Hint: There are more than one in each sentence.

1.  Facebook recognizes that kids under the age of 13 should not use the service.
Answer(s): Facebook, kids, age, service



2.  Several computers have been exposed to a virus because of children clicking on inappropriate websites.
Answer:(s) computers, virus, children, websites 



3.  Cyberbullying is a huge problem.
Answer(s): Cyberbullying, problem



4.  Parents should better monitor their children while being on the Internet.
Answer(s): parents, children, Internet 



5.  Dr. Marcella advises creating a contract between parent and child about how the Internet will be used.
Answer(s): Dr. Marcella, contract, parent, child, Internet



6.  People should not talk to strangers on the Internet.
Answer(s): People, strangers, Internet 



7.  Predators can see personal information on the web.
Answer(s): Predators, information, web




Part 2: Less Guided Grammar Activity
Directions: The following paragraph was taken from the editorial Should Children Be Allowed on Facebook? Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the word box. You will use each word once. To check your answers, click on the number box to the right.

Word Box
children pictures parents
accounts information friends

"Facebook is fun, but should use it appropriately. There are many dangers of Facebook such as people pretending to be people they are not, people hoping others give out their personal , people posting inappropriate or comments, and people being mean and cyberbullying others. Consumer Reports recommends that carefully monitor their children's Facebook by joining their children's circle of on the site."



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