ESL Nouns

Which of the following is a proper noun?

• Mrs. Pernice
• principal
• children's doctor
• teacher

Which of the following is a proper noun?

• apple
• fruit
• Golden Delicious apple
• green apple

What are the nouns in this sentence?
At the park there were many ducks.

• park, ducks
• park, there
• there, were
• many, ducks

What type of noun is the highlighted word?
The United States Army had many requests from other branches of the armed services. 

• proper noun
• common noun

Identify the common noun. 
Teddy is a sweet and intelligent boy.  

• Teddy
• sweet
• intelligent
• boy

Identify the noun. 
My sweater is unraveling. 

• My 
• sweater
• is 
• unraveling

A noun is a ...

• word that describes an action
• word that describes a person or place only
• word that describes another noun
• word that describes a person, place, thing, or idea

What are the nouns in this sentence?
Last month was my birthday.

• last, month
• month, birthday
• was, my
• last, birthday

What are the nouns in this sentence?
Our famly owns a house in the country.

• family, house
• Our, family, house
• family, house, country
• Our, country

Identify the noun. 
Salads make me hungry. 

• Salads
• make
• me 
• hungry