8th Grammar

Choose the correct definition of a noun.

• an action word

• a word that shows possession

• a dog, cat or bird

• person, place or thing

A concrete noun _______________.

• names something that can be recognized through any of the five senses.

• is solid and not easily moved from one place to another in a sentence.

• easily picked out in a sentence as the one word that is doing something in a sentence

• is the noun in the sentence that names a specific person, place or thing.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

An abstract noun _________________.

• is usually a color or something bright

• is easily moved from one area of a sentence to another

• names something that cannot be recognized through the senses.

• is multiple words put together to make a new word that is easy to define

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

The word below is a noun. Based on the definitions of the different nouns which one is correct for the word listed?

attraction

• improper noun

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

• proper noun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

Identify the type of noun the word listed below is.

fountain

• improper noun

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

• proper noun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

The underlined word in the following sentence is a(n) ________ noun.

The detective only wanted to discover the truth.

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

• proper noun

• possessive noun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

Identify the underlined word in the following sentence.

My friend showed her sympathy by sending a card.

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

• proper noun

• potential noun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C