Which words in the sentence are nouns?

Question

English colonists often exchanged goods and knowledge with Native Americans.

 

a.colonists, often, knowledge, Native Americans
b.English, colonists, exchanged, goods
c. colonists, goods, knowledge, Native Americans
d. English, often, exchanged, knowledge

Answer 1

The answer is C. A noun is a person, place, or thing.

"English" describes the nationality of the colonists, so it's an adjective.

"Exchanged" tells us what the colonists did, so it's a verb.

Answer 2

Hi Kevin;

English colonists often exchanged goods and knowledge with Native Americans

English colonists...subject

goods, knowledge...object

Native Americans...object of the preposition with

ANSWER C