Noun Test

What is the common noun in this sentence:

My family and I went to the circus yesterday.

• and

• family

• went

• to

What is the common noun in this sentence: John Bill Ricketts staged the first circus performance in the US on April 3, 1793.

• circus

• April

• staged

• U.S.

What is the common noun:

Isaac Van Amburgh began the tradition of taming jungle cats in 1830.

• of

• Isaac Van Amburgh

• tradition

• began

What is the common noun:

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

• group

• PETA

• cruelly

• treated

Match the following TYPES of NOUNS:

• pride

• collective

• Miller Jordan

• proper

• student

• common

• peace

• concrete

• book

• abstract

Match the following TYPES of NOUNS:

• ROCK

• CONCRETE

• TEAM

• COLLECTIVE

• CEPEDA

• PROPER

• SCHOOL

• ABSTRACT

• HAPPINESS

• COMMON

Match the following NOUN TYPE CHARACTERISTICS:

• IDEA

• CONCRETE

• NOT SPECIFIC

• PROPER

• KNOWN BY THE SENSES

• COMMON

• CAPITALIZED NAME

• ABSTRACT

• GROUPS

• COLLECTIVE

Match the following: ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• names a group of people or things

• concrete nouns

• cannot be experienced with the 5 senses

• collective nouns

• can be experience with the five senses

• abstract nouns

Match the following NOUN TYPE CHARACTERISTICS:

• KNOWN BY THE 5 SENSES

• PROPER

• NOT SPECIFIC

• COLLECTIVE

• IDEA

• COMMON

• GROUPS

• CONCRETE

• CAPITALIZED NAME

• ABSTRACT

Match the following

• names groups of things and people

• Noncount Noun

• contains two or more words that join together to make a single noun

• Count Noun

• a noun in which you can add a number to the front of it and add an s at the end of it

• Compound Noun

• a noun that only has a single form

• Collective Noun