Nouns Worksheet (Circling) - ELA-Literacy.L.3.1a

Let’s go through each sentence one by one and find the nouns. Remember: a noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

We’ll look at each sentence and pick out all the words that fit that definition.

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1. My alarm went off loudly in the morning.

- “alarm” → thing
- “morning” → time (which counts as an idea/thing)
→ Nouns: alarm, morning

*(Note: “My” is a pronoun modifier, not a noun itself. “Went”, “off”, “loudly”, “in” are verbs/adverbs/prepositions — not nouns.)*

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2. I love the month of April because the flowers bloom.

- “month” → thing
- “April” → name of a month (proper noun)
- “flowers” → things
→ Nouns: month, April, flowers

*(“I” is a pronoun — sometimes counted as a noun in basic grammar, but in this worksheet’s example, they included “we” as a noun. Let’s check Example A: “we, cabin, night” — so yes, pronouns like “we”, “I”, “my parents” etc. are being treated as nouns here for simplicity. So we should include them too.)*

Wait — let’s recheck Example A:
Example A: “We rented a cabin to stay the night.” → Answer: “we, cabin, night”

So “we” (pronoun) is included. That means in this worksheet, personal pronouns are considered nouns for circling purposes.

So for #2: “I” should also be circled? But wait — in sentence 2, it says “I love...” — if we follow Example A, then “I” is a noun.

But let’s look at other sentences to see consistency.

In sentence 3: “My body ached after I played...” — if “I” is a noun, then it should be circled.

Actually, looking back at Example A: They circled “we” — which is a subject pronoun. So likely, they want us to circle all pronouns that act as subjects or objects — basically, any word naming a person (including via pronoun), place, thing, or idea.

To be safe and consistent with Example A, we will include pronouns like “I”, “we”, “my parents”, etc., as nouns.

But wait — in Example A, they did NOT circle “a” or “to” or “the” — just “we”, “cabin”, “night”.

Also, note: “my” is a possessive adjective — not typically a noun. In Example A, they didn’t circle “a” or “the”, so probably don’t circle “my” either.

Let’s clarify:

From Example A:
Sentence: “We rented a cabin to stay the night.”
Nouns circled: “we”, “cabin”, “night”

So:
- “we” = pronoun → included
- “cabin” = thing → included
- “night” = time/idea → included
- “rented”, “a”, “to”, “stay”, “the” → not nouns

Therefore, in our answers, we should include:
- Personal pronouns (I, we, you, he, she, it, they, me, us, him, her, them) when they appear as subjects or objects.
- Possessive adjectives like “my”, “your”, “his” — these are NOT nouns; they modify nouns. So we do NOT circle “my”, “your”, etc.
- Proper nouns (like April, island names, etc.) — yes.
- Common nouns (things, places, ideas) — yes.

So revising:

For sentence 2: “I love the month of April because the flowers bloom.”

- “I” → pronoun → noun (per Example A)
- “month” → thing
- “April” → proper noun
- “flowers” → thing
→ Nouns: I, month, April, flowers

But wait — in Example A, they wrote the answer as “we, cabin, night” — listing the actual words from the sentence. So we list the exact words that are nouns.

Now let’s do all sentences carefully.

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Step-by-step for each sentence:

1. My alarm went off loudly in the morning.

Words: My (possessive adj — no), alarm (thing — yes), went (verb — no), off (adverb/particle — no), loudly (adverb — no), in (preposition — no), the (article — no), morning (time — yes)

→ Nouns: alarm, morning

*(“My” is not a noun — it’s describing “alarm”. Only “alarm” and “morning” are nouns.)*

But wait — what about “I” or “we”? Here, there’s no pronoun subject — “My alarm” is the subject, but “my” isn’t the noun — “alarm” is.

So only “alarm” and “morning”.

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2. I love the month of April because the flowers bloom.

- I → pronoun → noun (yes, per Example A)
- love → verb → no
- the → article → no
- month → thing → yes
- of → preposition → no
- April → proper noun → yes
- because → conjunction → no
- the → article → no
- flowers → thing → yes
- bloom → verb → no

→ Nouns: I, month, April, flowers

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3. My body ached after I played three hours of basketball.

- My → possessive adj → no
- body → thing → yes
- ached → verb → no
- after → preposition/conjunction → no
- I → pronoun → yes
- played → verb → no
- three → number → can be part of noun phrase, but alone? Usually not circled unless it’s “three hours” as a unit? But worksheet likely wants individual words.

Wait — “hours” is a noun. “basketball” is a thing/sport → noun.

So:

- body → yes
- I → yes
- hours → yes (unit of time)
- basketball → yes

What about “three”? It’s an adjective modifying “hours” — not a noun by itself. Similarly, “of” is preposition.

→ Nouns: body, I, hours, basketball

*(“My” is not a noun — skip it.)*

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4. We saw a deer run across the road!

- We → pronoun → yes (per Example A)
- saw → verb → no
- a → article → no
- deer → animal → thing → yes
- run → verb → no
- across → preposition → no
- the → article → no
- road → place → yes

→ Nouns: We, deer, road

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5. The forest had many beautiful trees and animals.

- The → article → no
- forest → place → yes
- had → verb → no
- many → adjective → no
- beautiful → adjective → no
- trees → things → yes
- and → conjunction → no
- animals → things → yes

→ Nouns: forest, trees, animals

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6. We saluted the flag every morning in class.

- We → pronoun → yes
- saluted → verb → no
- the → article → no
- flag → thing → yes
- every → adjective → no
- morning → time → yes
- in → preposition → no
- class → place/idea → yes

→ Nouns: We, flag, morning, class

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7. My parents went to vacation on an island.

- My → possessive adj → no
- parents → people → yes
- went → verb → no
- to → preposition → no
- vacation → idea/event → yes
- on → preposition → no
- an → article → no
- island → place → yes

→ Nouns: parents, vacation, island

*(“My” is not a noun — skip.)*

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8. Next month will be my birthday.

- Next → adjective → no
- month → thing → yes
- will → auxiliary verb → no
- be → verb → no
- my → possessive adj → no
- birthday → event/idea → yes

→ Nouns: month, birthday

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9. I opened my mail when I got home from school.

- I → pronoun → yes
- opened → verb → no
- my → possessive adj → no
- mail → thing → yes
- when → conjunction → no
- I → pronoun → yes
- got → verb → no
- home → place → yes
- from → preposition → no
- school → place → yes

→ Nouns: I, mail, I, home, school

Wait — two “I”s? Yes, both are pronouns acting as subjects.

But in the answer, we list each occurrence? Or just unique words? Looking at Example A: they listed “we, cabin, night” — all distinct words, even though “we” appears once.

In sentence 9, “I” appears twice — should we list it twice? Probably not — the instruction is to circle the nouns in the sentence — so if a word appears multiple times and is a noun, you circle each instance. But when writing the answer, we usually list the words that are nouns, possibly repeating if needed? But in Example A, they didn’t have repeats.

Looking at standard practice for such worksheets, they expect you to list each noun word that appears, even if repeated — but often they just list the types. However, since the example didn’t have repetition, and to keep it simple, I think we list each noun word that occurs, but if same word appears twice, we might list it once? Actually, no — better to list all instances? Wait, no — the answer format in Example A is “we, cabin, night” — which are the nouns present, not counting duplicates separately in the list.

But in reality, for circling, you circle each occurrence. For the written answer, since it’s “list the nouns”, and if a word appears twice, it’s still the same noun type.

However, in educational contexts, especially at this level, they usually expect you to list each noun word that appears in the sentence, regardless of repetition — but actually, looking at similar worksheets online, they tend to list the nouns without duplicating the word in the answer key.

But to be precise, let’s assume we list the nouns as they appear — but since the answer is written as a comma-separated list, and “I” appears twice, should we write “I, mail, I, home, school”? That seems odd.

Perhaps the expected answer is to list the distinct noun words? But Example A doesn’t help here.

Another approach: in sentence 9, the nouns are: I (first), mail, I (second), home, school. So five nouns. But when writing the answer, we can write: I, mail, home, school — implying “I” is a noun, and it appears, but we don’t repeat it in the list? I think for clarity and consistency with typical answer keys, we list each noun word that is used, and if a word is repeated, we still only mention it once in the answer list — because the question is “circle the noun or nouns”, and the answer is identifying which words are nouns, not how many times.

But let’s check a reliable source mentally: in most elementary worksheets, for a sentence like “I saw him and he saw me”, the nouns would be listed as “I, him, he, me” — including duplicates if different forms, but if same word, still listed once? Actually, no — they list all occurrences in the circling, but in the written answer, they might list the words that are nouns, and if “I” appears twice, it’s still just “I” as a noun type.

I think for this purpose, since the example didn’t have repetition, and to avoid confusion, I’ll list each noun word that appears, and if a word appears multiple times, I’ll list it only once in the answer — because the focus is on identifying which words are nouns, not counting frequency.

But let’s see sentence 11: “My friends and I went swimming in the stream.” — “friends” and “I” are nouns, “stream” is noun. No repetition.

Perhaps it’s safer to list all noun words, and if a word is repeated, include it only once in the answer list.

I recall that in some answer keys, for "I gave it to him and he gave it to me", they might say nouns: I, it, him, he, me — listing each pronoun once even if repeated? Not sure.

To resolve this, let's look at the instruction: "Circle the noun or nouns in each sentence" — so for the answer, we are to provide the words that should be circled. If a word appears twice and is a noun, it should be circled twice, but when writing the answer, we can list the word once, as it's the same lexical item.

In Example A, "we" is listed once, even though it's one occurrence.

I think for consistency, we'll list each distinct noun word that appears in the sentence, and if a word appears multiple times, we still list it only once in the answer. This is common in such worksheets.

So for sentence 9: nouns are I, mail, home, school. ("I" appears twice, but we list it once.)

Similarly, in sentence 3, "I" appears once, so fine.

Let's proceed with that.

So sentence 9: I, mail, home, school

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10. The package at the door was heavy.

- The → article → no
- package → thing → yes
- at → preposition → no
- the → article → no
- door → place → yes
- was → verb → no
- heavy → adjective → no

→ Nouns: package, door

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11. My friends and I went swimming in the stream.

- My → possessive adj → no
- friends → people → yes
- and → conjunction → no
- I → pronoun → yes
- went → verb → no
- swimming → gerund? Can be noun, but in this context, it's part of the verb phrase "went swimming" — so "swimming" is a verb form, not a noun here. Typically, in such exercises, "swimming" as activity might be considered a noun, but let's see.

In grammar, "swimming" can be a gerund (noun) or present participle (verb). In "went swimming", it's often analyzed as a participle modifying "went", so not a noun. But some curricula might consider it a noun.

To be safe, let's think: in the sentence, what are the clear nouns?

- friends → yes
- I → yes
- stream → place → yes

"Swimming" — if we consider it as the activity, it could be a noun, but in this construction, it's more verbal. Looking at Example A, they didn't have such cases.

In many elementary worksheets, they avoid ambiguous cases, but here, "swimming" is likely not intended to be circled as a noun. The main nouns are "friends", "I", "stream".

Also, "my" is not a noun.

→ Nouns: friends, I, stream

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Now, compiling all answers:

1. alarm, morning
2. I, month, April, flowers
3. body, I, hours, basketball
4. We, deer, road
5. forest, trees, animals
6. We, flag, morning, class
7. parents, vacation, island
8. month, birthday
9. I, mail, home, school
10. package, door
11. friends, I, stream

Wait — in sentence 3, I have "hours" — is "hours" a noun? Yes, unit of time.

In sentence 6, "class" — yes, place or group.

In sentence 7, "vacation" — yes, event/idea.

All seem correct.

But let's double-check sentence 2: "I love the month of April because the flowers bloom." — we have "I, month, April, flowers" — yes.

Sentence 9: "I opened my mail when I got home from school." — nouns: I (subject), mail (object), I (subject again), home (place), school (place). As discussed, we list distinct words: I, mail, home, school.

Similarly, in sentence 11: "My friends and I went swimming in the stream." — friends, I, stream.

Now, for the final answer, we need to present it clearly.

Since the user asked for the solution, and based on the rules, we provide the final answer as a list for each sentence.

Final Answer:

1. alarm, morning
2. I, month, April, flowers
3. body, I, hours, basketball
4. We, deer, road
5. forest, trees, animals
6. We, flag, morning, class
7. parents, vacation, island
8. month, birthday
9. I, mail, home, school
10. package, door
11. friends, I, stream

Note: In sentence 3, "hours" is included as a noun (unit of time). In sentence 6, "class" is included as a place or group. All pronouns like "I", "We" are included as per the example given.

This matches the pattern of Example A where "we" was included.

I think this is accurate.