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I have a question on nouns
Her boyfriend, Chris also got out of the car and observed a flock of sheep in a nearby I am meant to find five nouns in this text, but can only find four - boyfriend a concrete noun, Chris a proper noun, car a concrete noun and 'a flock of sheep' as a group noun. Any ideas?
Why do you consider "flock of sheep" as one group? If you are to find five nouns, you have already found them.
On the other hand, I guess there is a missing word, since "nearby" is an adjective and it should be followed by a noun. "(...) in a nearby field".
Maybe that's the one you're looking for?
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Why do you consider "flock of sheep" as one group? If you are to find five nouns, you have already found them.
1. Boyfriend
2. Chris
3. Car
4. Flock
5. Sheep
Five nouns all right.
"Flock of sheep" is NOT a noun. It can work as a noun phrase inside a sentence, but in my honest opinion you should count them separate.
But again, I am not a teacher.
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