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Nouns
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6th - 8th Grade
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Dana Ortaldo
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This quiz focuses on noun identification within the context of English grammar, specifically targeting students in grades 6-8. The questions assess students' ability to distinguish nouns from other parts of speech including verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and pronouns within complete sentences. Students must demonstrate understanding that nouns function as naming words for people, places, things, and ideas, including both common nouns (grass, homework, pencil) and proper nouns (Mrs. Haupt, Hawaii, Fenway Park). The quiz progresses from single noun identification to identifying multiple nouns within more complex sentences, requiring students to parse sentence structure and recognize various noun types including concrete nouns, abstract concepts, and compound nouns like "field trip." Success on this assessment requires solid foundational knowledge of basic parts of speech and the grammatical function nouns serve in sentence construction. Created by Dana Ortaldo, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 6 and 8. This quiz serves as an excellent formative assessment tool for reinforcing noun recognition skills and can be effectively implemented as a warm-up activity, homework assignment, or review session before more advanced grammar lessons. Teachers can use this assessment to gauge student readiness for instruction on noun classifications, possessive forms, or sentence diagramming activities. The varied sentence complexity allows for differentiated instruction within the middle school classroom, supporting both struggling learners who need practice with basic identification and advanced students ready for multi-noun recognition challenges. This assessment aligns with Common Core State Standards L.6.1 and L.7.1, which require students to demonstrate command of standard English grammar conventions, specifically understanding parts of speech and their functions in sentences.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word is a noun in the sentence?
The children ran through the grass.
grass
ran
through
the
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1B
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.K.1B
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word is a noun in the sentence?
Can you help me with my homework please?
please
help
my
homework
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1B
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.K.1B
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word is a noun in the sentence?
You need to take your pencil with you.
you
pencil
take
need
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1B
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.K.1B
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word is a noun in the sentence?
The elephant is walking in the tall grass to find food.
walking
tall
find
elephant
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1B
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.K.1B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word is a noun in the sentence?
The lava flowed down the volcano to the ocean.
flowed
volcano
down
the
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1B
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.K.1B
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word is a noun in the sentence?
The beautiful children smiled for the camera.
beautiful
smiled
for
camera
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.6.1A
CCSS.L.6.1C
CCSS.L.6.1D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which word is a noun in the sentence?
Mrs. Haupt teaches next door to me.
me
Mrs. Haupt
next
to
Tags
CCSS.L.1.1B
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.K.1B
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