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Chapter 4: Noun Functions and Plurals
      
  1.Nouns used as indirect objects follow verbs such as ask, send, and give.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  2.Proper nouns refer to specific persons, places, or things.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  3.Honesty is an example of a proper noun.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  4.A noun used as a direct object appears before the verb.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  5.Most dictionaries show irregular plural forms of nouns.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  6.Most musical terms that end in o preceded by a consonant form their plurals by adding s.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  7.The plural of ratio is ratios.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  8.Use commas to set off an appositive when the appositive is not needed for the meaning of the sentence.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  9.The plural of match is matches.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  10.Common nouns begin with capital letters.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  

 
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