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English Quiz - Nouns - Identifying (Questions)

Learn to spot nouns that name people, places, and things so sentences make sense, from playground and school to dog, bus, and rocket.

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Fascinating Fact:

Spot place nouns like school, beach, garden, London, kitchen, naming where something is.

In KS1 English, children learn that nouns name people, places, animals, and things. Spotting place nouns like school, park, and London helps them describe where events happen clearly.

Key Terms

Noun: A word that names a person, place, animal, or thing, such as teacher, park, dog, or book.
Place Noun: A noun that tells us where something is, like beach, kitchen, garden, or playground.
Proper Noun: A special name for one particular person or place, like Sam or London, which usually starts with a capital letter.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What is a noun in KS1 English?

In KS1 English, a noun is a naming word. It names people, places, animals, or things, for example mum, school, cat, tree, or ball.

How can children spot nouns in a sentence?

Ask which words name someone or something. In “The cat sat on the sofa,” cat and sofa are nouns because they name things.

What is the difference between common and proper nouns for KS1?

Common nouns are general names like girl or city. Proper nouns are special names like Emma or London and should begin with a capital letter.

Try These Related Quizzes

1.

What is a noun?

[ ]	A doing word.
[ ]	A word that describes action.
[ ]	A word that describes a thing, place or person.
[ ]	A word that describes a colour.

2.

Which of these words is not a noun?

[ ]	park
[ ]	grass
[ ]	slide
[ ]	Miss Cook

3.

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	teeth
[ ]	nose
[ ]	sing
[ ]	hair

4.

Which word is a noun?

[ ]	feet
[ ]	think
[ ]	come
[ ]	give

5.

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	hiding
[ ]	clothes
[ ]	shirt
[ ]	girl

6.

Which noun will you not find in a toyshop?

[ ]	teddy bear
[ ]	dolls
[ ]	chicken
[ ]	puzzles

7.

Which noun will you not find in a farm?

[ ]	sheep
[ ]	cows
[ ]	chickens
[ ]	slime

8.

'Ellen went to the hospital.' Which word is a noun?

[ ]	Ellen
[ ]	went
[ ]	to
[ ]	hospital

9.

'The train station was closed.' How many nouns are in this sentence?

[ ]	1
[ ]	2
[ ]	3
[ ]	4

10.

'I love pizza, chocolate, chips, rice, raisins and apples.' How many nouns are in that sentence?

[ ]	3
[ ]	4
[ ]	5
[ ]	6

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - What are nouns?

English Quiz - Nouns - Identifying (Answers)

1.

What is a noun?

[ ]	A doing word.
[ ]	A word that describes action.
[x]	A word that describes a thing, place or person.
[ ]	A word that describes a colour.

A noun can be anything you can touch like 'table', or a name given to a group like 'girls' or a place like 'park'.

2.

Which of these words is not a noun?

[ ]	park
[ ]	grass
[ ]	slide
[x]	Miss Cook

Miss Cook is a name and so there is only one Miss Cook. If there are lots of an item, then it's likely to be a noun.

3.

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	teeth
[ ]	nose
[x]	sing
[ ]	hair

The word '"sing' is a verb, whereas the other words are all things every person has.

4.

Which word is a noun?

[x]	feet
[ ]	think
[ ]	come
[ ]	give

Did you know that one-quarter of an adult's bones are found in the feet?!

5.

Which word is not a noun?

[x]	hiding
[ ]	clothes
[ ]	shirt
[ ]	girl

Nouns help us understand things. If I ask you to get me a chair, you need to know what a chair is - that's why we need nouns. They are common words.

6.

Which noun will you not find in a toyshop?

[ ]	teddy bear
[ ]	dolls
[x]	chicken
[ ]	puzzles

Jigsaw puzzles were invented in 1760.

7.

Which noun will you not find in a farm?

[ ]	sheep
[ ]	cows
[ ]	chickens
[x]	slime

Female sheep are called ewes and males are called rams.

8.

'Ellen went to the hospital.' Which word is a noun?

[ ]	Ellen
[ ]	went
[ ]	to
[x]	hospital

There is only one Ellen - as that is her name. But if we wrote 'The girl went to the hospital' then there would be two nouns in that sentence.

9.

'The train station was closed.' How many nouns are in this sentence?

[ ]	1
[x]	2
[ ]	3
[ ]	4

There are lots of types of trains and many stations - both words are nouns.

10.

'I love pizza, chocolate, chips, rice, raisins and apples.' How many nouns are in that sentence?

[ ]	3
[ ]	4
[ ]	5
[x]	6

Did you get all six? They are pizza, chocolate, chips, rice, raisins and apples. We use nouns all the time and they are easy to spot as you can have a few of them. Nouns don't need to begin with a capital letter unless they are at the beginning of a sentence.