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Nouns Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an abstract noun?

a)

The name of an idea, characteristic, or quality.

b)

Any noun used to describe abstract art.

c)

Any noun that can be counted.

d)

Any noun that cannot be counted.

2.
What type of noun signifies a group of something?
a)
common noun
b)
concrete noun
c)
collective noun
d)
compound noun
3.
What type of noun names a specific person, place, or thing?
a)
noun
b)
proper noun
c)
pronoun
d)
common noun
4.
What type of noun gives a general term for a person, place, or thing?
a)
concrete noun
b)
compound noun
c)
collective noun
d)
common noun
5.
Which word below is a proper noun.
a)
city
b)
business
c)
Bellevue
d)
school
6.
Is the word in RED a proper noun or a common noun?
Old Faithful is a geyser in Yellowstone National Park.
a)
Proper Noun
b)
Common Noun
7.

Which word is an example of a common noun?

a)

Bryce

b)

Brian

c)

boy

d)

Blake

8.
Which word is an example of a proper noun?
a)
cat
b)
dog
c)
Meg
d)
person
9.

Which word is a noun in the sentence?

The children ran through the grass.

a)

grass

b)

ran

c)

through

d)

the

10.

Which word is a noun in the sentence?

Can you help me with my homework please?

a)

please

b)

help

c)

my

d)

homework

11.

Which word is a noun in the sentence?

You need to take your pencil with you.

a)

you

b)

pencil

c)

take

d)

need

12.

Which word is a noun in the sentence?

The elephant is walking in the tall grass to find food.

a)

walking

b)

tall

c)

find

d)

elephant

13.

Which word is a noun in the sentence?

The beautiful children smiled for the camera.

a)

beautiful

b)

smiled

c)

for

d)

camera

14.

Which word is a noun in the sentence?

Mrs. Haupt teaches next door to me.

a)

me

b)

Mrs. Haupt

c)

next

d)

to

15.
A noun is a ...
a)
word that describes an action
b)
word that describes a person or place only
c)
word that describes another noun
d)
word that describes a person, place, thing, or idea
16.

The Atlanta Braves play baseball almost every night.

a)

abstract noun

b)

common noun

c)

collective noun

d)

proper noun

17.

Dr. Burch is the principal at Perry Middle.

a)

collective noun

b)

abstract noun

c)

proper noun

d)

common noun

18.
Which of the following nouns below is a collective noun?
a)
class
b)
student
c)
feather
d)
doll
19.
Which of the following is an abstract noun?
a)
honesty
b)
girl
c)
Mrs. H.
d)
school
20.

The ______________ rattle broke when she threw it down

a)

baby's

b)

babies

c)

baby

21.
True or false? A proper noun must always be capitalized. 
a)
True
b)
False
22.

The ___________ coach yelled on the football field.

a)

player

b)

players'

c)

plays

23.

1. A noun that shows ownership is a ___________________________.

a)

common

b)

proper

c)

possessive

24.

Identify the collective noun:

The crowd was surprised when they saw who won the race.

a)

crowd

b)

saw

c)

the

d)

won

25.

Identify the collective noun:

During the Fall, flocks of geese head south.

a)

south

b)

during

c)

the

d)

flocks