NOUNS EXERCISE #2 
 
___S_____1.  When I went to college, I remember a story that I once heard. 
 
___P_____2.  Apparently, there were three roommates who lived together. 
 
___C_____3. They seemed like a family; however, every family has trouble from time to time. 
 
___C_____4.  One roommate considered himself working class; one roommate considered himself 
middle class; and, one roommate considered himself at the top of the upper class. 
 
___P_____5.  One day the working-class roommate, who worked two jobs and took a full load of classes 
came home after a long night of work with a new computer. 
 
___S_____6. The middle-class roommate was genuinely excited for his friend. However, the upper-class 
roommate was a bit jealous. 
 
___C_____7. After a few days, the middle-class roommate and the working-class roommate sat around 
watching a film while doing homework. 
 
___S_____8.  Just then, the door to their little dorm exploded open and in walked the upper-class 
roommate.  In his hands, he had the most expensive and most elaborate computer on the market. 
 
___C_____9. In a sense, because the upper-class roommate had never worked a day in his life, the new 
purchase seemed like a slap-in-the-face to the working-class roommate who worked so hard to save the 
money for his computer. 
 
___S_____10.  The middle-class roommate and his cohort were not very impressed with their other 
roommate.  So, they decided to try to teach the jerk a lesson. 
 
___S_____11.  Knowing that the upper-class roommate had a girlfriend and knowing that the upper-class 
roommate was extremely competitive, the middle class roommates decided to put together a scheme. 
 
___S_____12.  The middle-class roommate and his girlfriend went to a diamond store and picked up the 
most expensive diamond engagement ring that they could find.  They had the assurance of the store's 
proprietor that they could bring it back within the week. So, they used some credit and purchased the ring. 
 
___S_____13. Part of the scheme was to have the girlfriend show off the ring and boast about her faux 
engagement. So, they returned to the dorm, and she began to put on a show for the upper-class 
roommate. 
 
___C_____14. From the first minutes of her performance, the trio could see that a "light bulb" had 
appeared in the upper-class roommate's mind.  Later that day, they returned the ring. 
 
___S_____15.  Within hours, the upper-class roommate appeared at the dorm with a diamond 
engagement ring for his girlfriend.  Its luster and appearance spoke volumes about the countless amounts 
of cash wasted on its purchase. 
 
___S_____16. The upper-class roommate emptied every account that he had and used every ounce of 
credit to buy the ring.  And, he and his fiancé lived happily together, until they parted their ways.