Nouns

Select the noun in the sentence: The large bear ran.

• large

• large bear

• bear

• ran

Answer explanation

While the word large describes the bear, only the word bear is the noun.

Select the nouns in the sentence: The brown bear caught a salmon in the river.

• bear

• caught

• salmon

• river

Answer explanation

All three of the correct answers: bear, salmon, and river are nouns as the animals are things, and the river is a place.

Select the concrete nouns in the sentence: I really enjoyed the cake and ice cream.

• I

• cake

• ice cream

• party

Answer explanation

Remember, concrete nouns can be identified with our 5 senses.

Choose the proper noun in the sentence: Mrs. Yamanishi is very good at her job.

• job

• Mrs. Yamanishi

• good

• Mrs.

Answer explanation

Mrs. Yamanishi is a specific person who is named in the sentence. This means it is a proper noun.

Select the abstract nouns in the sentence: Friendship between people is based on trust.

• between

• people

• friendship

• trust

Answer explanation

Remember, abstract nouns are usually ideas and cannot be identified with the 5 senses.

Select the common nouns in the sentence: Two beautiful places to take friends to visit in California are Yosemite National Park and Point Reyes National Monument.

• Point Reyes National Monument

• friends

• places

• Yosemite National Park

Answer explanation

Common nouns do not name anything specific.

A concrete noun can be identified by using 1 or more of

• the other words in the sentence.

• your friends' ideas.

• your 5 senses.

Common nouns are

• the names of specific places.

• verbs.

• not specific and do not name a person, place, or thing.

Select the nouns in this sentence: Jenny dipped her toes in the Gulf of Mexico.

• toes

• dipped

• Jenny

• Gulf of Mexico

Jenny and Gulf of Mexico are:

• concrete and common nouns

• concrete and common nouns

• abstract and proper nouns

• concrete and proper nouns