Nouns and Verbs Recap quiz

Which of the following is a proper noun? (All have been given a capital letter, but only one is a proper noun in this case).

• Croatia

• School

• Headteacher

• Country

Which of the following is NOT a proper noun?

• Holsworthy

• Wales

• Jeremy

• Field

Which of the following is a concrete noun?

• Air

• Anger

• Excitement

• Tension

Which of the following is NOT a concrete noun?

• Bin

• Bus

• Woman

• Humour

Which of the following is an abstract noun?

• Memory

• Classroom

• Ice

• Sunshine

Select all the nouns in the following sentence:

The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plane.

• rain

• Spain

• mainly

• plane

Select only the common nouns in the following sentence:

I went to Catherine’s house in Exeter for her birthday because she threw a party.

• house

• Catherine

• Exeter

• birthday

• party

Select only the proper nouns in the following sentence:

They were asked to take a flight to Australia and then stay in a hotel once they arrived in Sydney.

• flight

• Australia

• hotel

• Sydney

Select only the concrete nouns in the following sentence:

I felt a thrill of excitement as I walked through the gate and into the garden, although at that point I hadn’t seen the crowd of people waiting for us.

• thrill

• excitement

• gate

• garden

• point

Select only the abstract nouns in the following sentence:

Her sense of rage and betrayal would not leave her, and it threatened to destroy not only our business and the life we had built, but our friendship too.

• rage

• betrayal

• life

• friendship