nouns

What job does nouns have in our language?

• They are describing words.

• They state actions or being.

• They name persons, places, things, or ideas.

• They describe verbs.

Find the two nouns in this interrogative sentence:

Why did Lisa say she would cut the grass?

• Lisa, say

• She, grass

• Lisa, grass

• She, cut

What are the two proper nouns in the following sentence?

Henry is going to Denver next month.

• Henry, Denver

• Denver, month

• Henry, month

• going, month

What words in this sentence are nouns?

People say every snowflake has its own pattern.

• People, its, every

• People, snowflake, pattern

• Every, snowflake, its

• People, own, every

What is the common noun in this sentence?

From Main Street, walk along the river until you hit Fairfield Street.

• Main Street

• river

• Fairfield Street

• you

Identify the proper nouns in the following sentence.

Bobbie, Hector, and Nicole went to the mall.

• Nicole, mall, went

• Bobbie, Nicole, mall

• Hector, mall

• Bobbie, Hector, Nicole

What is the abstract noun in the following sentence?

Annie has a passion for rock music.

• music

• Annie

• rock

• passion

Which word is the abstract noun?

Alice's greatest enjoyment comes from playing softball.

• enjoyment

• Alice

• softball

• playing

Which word in the following sentence is a collective noun?

Gary shared his ideas with the committee.

• Gary

• ideas

• committee

• shared

Which of the following words is a collective noun?

• birds

• flock

• hawks

• sparrow