Identify the compound noun in the following sentence.

maneesh always dreamed of owning a racecar.

a) always
b) racecar
c) maneesh
d) dreamed

which noun is the direct object in the following sentence?

dad bought terri a special lightbulb for her bedroom lamp.

a) terri
b) bedroom
c) lightbulb
d) lamp

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class