Nouns Quiz

What is a noun?

• Describes the verb

• The main idea of a sentence

• An action

• A person, place, thing, or idea

What is a common noun?

• A person, place, or thing and is not capitalized

• A person, place, or thing that IS capitalized

• It describes the verb

• It adjusts the noun

Answer explanation

Example: firefighter, town, nook

What is a proper noun?

• Describes the noun

• An abstract thought

• A person, place, or thing that IS capitalized

• A person, place, or thing that is NOT capitalized

Answer explanation

Chief Wilson, Kansas City, Where the Red Fern Grows

What is an Abstract Noun?

• A type of noun that can be experienced by one of the 5 senses

• A type of noun that is intangible

• A type of noun that is difficult to spell

• A type of noun that is easy to spell

Answer explanation

lExamples of abstract nouns: love, courage, knowledge

What is a concrete noun?

• A person, place, thing, or idea that is not capitalized

• A person, place, thing, or idea that is capitalized

• A type of noun that can be experienced by one of the five senses

• A type of noun that is intangible

Answer explanation

Example: Thunder, ice cream, lightning

A compound noun

• is a person, place, thing, or idea

• Contains two or more words that join together to make a single noun

• Is a type of noun that can be experienced by one of the five senses

• is a group of nouns that are things or people

Answer explanation

Example: doghouse, racecar, middle class

What is a collective noun

• A collective noun is a type of noun that has a single form

• A collective noun is a type of noun that is intangible

• A collective noun is a noun that we all agree with

• A collective noun names groups of things and people

Answer explanation

Example: Family, group, team

A count noun is

• a noun in which you can add a number to the front of it and add an s at the end of it

• is a noun that you can count with your fingers

• is a noun that you can spell out

• is a type of noun that names groups of things and people

Answer explanation

Example: cake/cakes, pig/pigs, storm/storms

A non count noun is

• Is a person, place, or thing that is capitalized

• is a noun that you can not count with your fingers

• is a noun that only has a single form

• is a noun that has many forms

Answer explanation

Example: rain, music, advice

Names a person, place, or thing and is capitalized

• Noun

• Proper Noun

• Concrete Noun

• Compound Noun