Parts of Speech Test 1 Study Guide

Person, place, thing or idea

• plural noun
• possessive noun
• noun
• pronoun

One person, place, thing, or idea

• noun
• plural noun
• common noun
• singular noun

Two or more people, places, or things

• noun
• singular noun
• plural noun
• common noun

names any one of a class of people, places, things, or ideas

• noun
• singular noun
• common noun
• proper noun

names a specific person, place, thing, or idea

• proper noun
• singular noun
• common noun
• possessive noun

Noun that shows ownership

• common noun
• possessive noun
• proper noun
• singular noun

names something that you can perceive through your senses—something that you can see, touch, taste, hear, or smell.

• concrete noun
• abstract noun
• collective noun
• pronoun

names a feeling, a quality, or an idea—something that cannot be experienced through any of the five senses.

• concrete noun
• collective noun
• pronoun
• abstract noun

names a group of people or things

• concrete noun
• abstract noun
• pronoun
• collective noun

a word that takes the place of a noun or a group of words acting as a noun

• concrete noun
• pronoun
• abstract noun
• collective noun