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Nouns and Verbs Recap quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a proper noun? (All have been given a capital letter, but only one is a proper noun in this case).

a)

Croatia

b)

School

c)

Headteacher

d)

Country

2.

Which of the following is NOT a proper noun?

a)

Holsworthy

b)

Wales

c)

Jeremy

d)

Field

3.

Which of the following is a concrete noun?

a)

Air

b)

Anger

c)

Excitement

d)

Tension

4.

Which of the following is NOT a concrete noun?

a)

Bin

b)

Bus

c)

Woman

d)

Humour

5.

Which of the following is an abstract noun?

a)

Memory

b)

Classroom

c)

Ice

d)

Sunshine

6.

Select all the nouns in the following sentence:

The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plane.

a)

rain

b)

Spain

c)

mainly

d)

plane

7.

Select only the common nouns in the following sentence:

I went to Catherine’s house in Exeter for her birthday because she threw a party.

a)

house

b)

Catherine

c)

Exeter

d)

birthday

e)

party

8.

Select only the proper nouns in the following sentence:

They were asked to take a flight to Australia and then stay in a hotel once they arrived in Sydney.

a)

flight

b)

Australia

c)

hotel

d)

Sydney

9.

Select only the concrete nouns in the following sentence:

I felt a thrill of excitement as I walked through the gate and into the garden, although at that point I hadn’t seen the crowd of people waiting for us.


a)

thrill

b)

excitement

c)

gate

d)

garden

e)

point

10.

Select only the abstract nouns in the following sentence:

Her sense of rage and betrayal would not leave her, and it threatened to destroy not only our business and the life we had built, but our friendship too.

a)

rage

b)

betrayal

c)

life

d)

friendship

11.

Select only the concrete nouns in the following sentence:

They screamed in fear while racing along the narrow clifftop, unaware of what horrors they would find when they descended onto the beach.

a)

fear

b)

clifftop

c)

horrors

d)

beach

12.

Select only the abstract nouns in the following sentence:

Her spirits soared as she contemplated the joy and pleasure of the next few days.

a)

spirits

b)

soared

c)

joy

d)

pleasure

13.

Which of the following could be both a noun and a verb?

a)

Speak

b)

Discuss

c)

Love

d)

Chair

14.

Select all the verbs in the following sentence:

He desperately tried to arrive on time but the elements, and the restraints of public transport, all conspired against him and he was dreadfully late.

a)

arrive

b)

elements

c)

transport

d)

conspired

e)

late

15.

Select only the main verbs in the following sentence:

She leapt through the door and was determined to be seen as soon as possible.

a)

leapt

b)

determined

c)

be

d)

seen

16.

Select only the auxiliary verbs in the following sentence:

Charles had to listen as they repeated lie after lie about him, and then he decided he must consider what to do next.

a)

had

b)

listen

c)

repeated

d)

must

e)

consider

17.

Select the 'being' verb in the following sentence:

We were content to stay in the cabin for the weekend.

a)

were

b)

stay

c)

weekend

18.

Select the 'being' verb in the following sentence:

It was beautiful

a)

It

b)

was

c)

beautiful

19.

Select the 'doing' verb in the following sentence:

He scowled at her.

a)

He

b)

scowled

c)

her

20.

Select the 'doing' verb in the following sentence:

She laughed hysterically.

a)

She

b)

laughed

c)

hysterically