Exploring Types of Nouns in English Grammar

What is the term used to name a person, place, object, or feeling?

• Adverb

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Which type of noun is non-specific and generic?

• Specific noun

• Abstract noun

• Proper noun

• Common noun

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Which option lists only common nouns?

• Tom, Eiffel Tower, New York City

• shark, pencil, cinema

• happiness, courage, wedding

• Saturday, Japan, Queen

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What always starts with a capital letter?

• Abstract noun

• Verb

• Proper noun

• Common noun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Which of the following is an example of a proper noun?

• building

• New York City

• city

• country

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

In the examples given, which is NOT a proper noun?

• Saturday

• Eiffel Tower

• Japan

• shark

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CCSS.L.3.1C

Which type of noun represents feelings or qualities that cannot be seen or touched?

• Visible noun

• Abstract noun

• Common noun

• Proper noun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

What type of noun is 'happiness'?

• Abstract noun

• Proper noun

• Common noun

• Concrete noun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

In the sentence 'Jill's grandmother was born in Mexico', which word is NOT a noun?

• Jill

• was

• grandmother

• Mexico

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which sentence correctly identifies a set of nouns?

• is, to, for, with

• going, called, with, on

• Emily, birthday, Friday, restaurant, Peppers, friends

• birthday, going, restaurant, on

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B