Nouns and Pronouns Test

names a person, place, idea, or thing

• common noun
• proper noun
• concrete
• abstract
• singular noun

man, women, ice cream, school, ministry, church, graduation, college, dog, president, steps, backpack, park, degree, years, etc.

• common noun
• proper noun
• possessive noun
• collective noun

Volkswagen Beetle, Domino's Pizza, Joyner Park, Franklin Academy Middle School

• common noun
• proper noun
• concrete
• abstract
• possessive noun

ruler, mirror, notebook, scream, plum, face

• proper noun
• concrete
• abstract
• possessive noun

happiness, grudge, bravery, love, Marxism

• proper noun
• concrete
• abstract
• possessive noun

high school, newspaper, sister-in-law, Uncle Sam

• proper noun
• compound noun
• possessive noun
• abstract noun

family, class, staff, team, herd, swarm, audience, jury, orchestra, flock, panel, etc.

• plural noun
• compound noun
• collective noun
• abstract noun

Identify the proper noun(s) in the following sentence: Napoleon, in "Animal Farm", is one of literature's greatest villains.

• Napoleon, "Animal Farm"
• Napoleon
• "Animal Farm"
• characters

Identify the common noun(s) in the following sentence from "Flowers for Algernon": "After work, Miss Kinnian was at the laboratory."

• Miss Kinnian
• work, laboratory
• Miss Kinnian, work
• laboratory

names a SPECIFIC person, place, idea, or thing

• proper noun
• common noun
• concrete noun
• abstract noun
• singular noun