Question

What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence?: The waves are crashing against the dock.

Answer 1

See explanation.

Explanation:

The given sentence has 2 nouns:

1. waves is the subject of the sentence

2. dock is a part of prepositional phrase against the dock

Answer 2

The `color(red)("waves")` are crashing against the `color(red)("dock")`.

Explanation:

waves and dock are words used to identify a person or thing(s) (i.e. they are "nouns")

Answer 3

`waves`
and
`dock`

Explanation:

A noun by definition is a person, place, or thing. Let's try to identify them in the sentence

The waves are crashing against the dock.

What are `waves`?

In this sentence, the word, `the` is used in front of `waves`, which means that `waves` is an object being described in the sentence. An object qualifies as a "thing", so the word `waves` is a noun.

What is a `dock`?

Same as with the word `waves`, `the` is used before `dock`, meaning that `dock` is an object/thing being described.