Noun Diagnostic (Post-Test)

How do you feel about your knowedge of nouns?

• I know nouns so well I can teach people all about nouns

• I'm okay but could refresh my memory

• There are common and proper nouns?

• What is a noun?

What is a noun?

• A person

• A place

• A thing

• An idea

• All are correct

Answer explanation

A noun is a word used to identify a person, place, thing, or idea in a sentence.

This type of noun describes general items:

• common noun

• proper noun

This type of noun describes a specific item:

• common noun

• proper noun

Match the following

• school

• Place

• knowledge

• Person

• book

• Thing

• student

• Idea

Match the following

• Empire State Building

• common noun

• Chicago Bears

• common noun

• building

• proper noun

• football team

• common noun

• cat

• proper noun

Proper nouns are always:

• lowercase (unless it is the beginning of a sentence)

• capitalized

Common nouns are capitalized only when they _______ a sentence.

• begin

• end

• they are always lowercase

This picture represents a/an .....

• person

• place

• thing

• idea

This picture represents a/an .....

• person

• place

• thing

• idea