Noun Practice 3

What type of nouns are non-specific (or general) people, places, or things that are usually NOT capitalized unless it is the first word in a sentence.

• common noun

• proper noun

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.6

What type of nouns are specific people, places, or things that are capitalized.

• common noun

• proper noun

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

What type of nouns are things that cannot be EASILY seen, touched, smelled, tasted, or heard.

• common noun

• proper noun

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RI.6.4

What type of nouns are things that can be seen, touched, smelled, tasted, or heard.

• common noun

• proper noun

• concrete noun

• abstract noun

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

Read the sentence below and choose the common noun from the options listed.

John Bill Ricketts staged the first circus performance in the US on April 3, 1793.

• circus

• April

• US

• staged

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

Read the sentence below and choose the common noun from the options listed.

PETA is a group that believes that circus animals are treated cruelly.

• PETA

• group

• are

• cruelly

Read the sentence below and choose the proper noun from the options listed.

Albert Smith set the record for juggling eleven rings at the same time.

• record

• juggling

• eleven

• Albert Smith

Read the sentence below and choose the proper noun from the options listed.

Chumbo was the biggest clown in the circus but he rode the tiniest unicycle.

• biggest

• clown

• Chumbo

• rode

Read the sentence below and choose the concrete noun from the options listed below.

Character clowns play a role like a butcher or a baker.

• play

• butcher

• like

• or

Read the sentence below and choose the concrete noun from the options listed below.

Fewer people went to circuses after World War II, perhaps due to a crazy new device called TV.

• people

• World War II

• new

• called