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Nouns
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A noun is a word or word group that names a person, place,
thing, or idea.
Type of Noun
Definition
Example
common
noun
general name for a person, place,
thing, or idea
proper
noun
name of a particular person, place,
Big Foot
thing, or idea
singular
noun
one person, place, thing, or idea
more than one person, place,
plural noun
thing, or idea
monster
photograph
cameras
Type of Noun
Definition
Example
compound noun
single noun formed from two
or more words
footprint
collective noun
name of a group of people or
things
herd
concrete noun
name of something perceived
by the senses
fur
abstract noun
name of an idea, quality, or
state
fear,
happiness
Underline each noun
1. A volcano is a hole in the crust of the
earth through which lava and gases may
erupt.
2. A letter from Uncle Rufino arrived
yesterday.
3. My favorite book, Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea, was written by
Jules Verne.
Underline each noun
4. The choir practiced in the new
auditorium.
5. Have you ever seen a blindfish?
6. The dragon is the best known monster
in the world.
7. Ancient cultures imagined the dragon
as a giant snake.
Underline each noun in the following sentences.
Then, identify each compound noun by writing
CN above it.
1. Did your grandparents go to Hawaii for a
convention or a vacation?
2. The storm interrupted the final game of the
World Series.
3. The journalists learned to have faith in their
editor in chief.
Underline each common noun once and each
proper noun twice in the following sentences.
1. He wrote books about imaginary adventures,
such as A Journey to the Center of the Earth.
2. The public loved these stories and eagerly
awaited each new novel.
3. Many of his books, including Around the
World in Eighty Days, have been made into
movies.
Revise the following sentences by substituting a proper noun for
each common noun.
1. That parrot belongs to my sister.
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2. This magazine is mailed to the neighbor.
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Decide whether each of the following nouns is concrete
or abstract. Identify each one by writing CON for
concrete or ABS for abstract on the line.
1.
2.
3.
4.
__________ joy
__________ pie
__________ peace
__________ crockpot
Underline each collective noun in the following
sentences.
1. During lunch today the committee will meet
to plan fund-raising events.
2. Can you find your way through this thick
grove of trees?
Identify each underlined noun in the following sentences by
writing COM for common or PRO for proper and CON for
concrete or ABS for abstract on the line.
1. ___________ A distinguishing characteristic
of these fish is blindness.
2. ___________ They have nerves on their
bodies that have a special sensitivity.
3. ___________ When tiny animals such as
amphipods move, the blindfish senses the
movement.
Rewrite the following singular nouns as
plural nouns
1.
2.
3.
4.
_________ moose
_________ wife
_________ fox
_________ man