Underline any nouns in the following sentences. Remember to look out for (i) words that end in the suffixes that signal nouns (see Table 5.1), and/or (ii) words that are preceded by determiners or by...

Underline any nouns in the following sentences. Remember to look out for (i) words that end in the suffixes that signal nouns (see Table 5.1), and/or (ii) words that are preceded by determiners or by a sequence of preposition + determiner. Therefore, begin by identifying determiners and prepositions and noun-signalling endings, and use these as islands of reliability.

a. Procrastination is the thief of time.

 b. The Queen is a believer in the sanctity of marriage.

c. This wine tastes of blackcurrants. d. Your attitude causes problems.

e. The magician astonished us with his performance.

 f. The activist’s heroism led to a change in the law.

g. A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!

 h. The company’s employees voted for a strike.

 i. Levels of employment must rise.