KS1 Nouns | Identifying Words that are Nouns

English Quiz - Nouns - Identifying (Questions)

This quiz introduces children to the terminology ‘noun’ as requested in the National Curriculum. This quiz identifies what a noun is and is designed primarily for Year 1 children at KS1 level. This will develop their English language and Literacy skills, giving them an all-round understanding.

A noun is a word given to a thing. ‘The boy’s dog’ – there are two nouns in this sentence, the word ‘boy’ and ‘dog’.

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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.

Which of these words is not a noun?

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

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	teeth
[ ]	nose
[ ]	jump
[ ]	hair

Which word is a noun?

[ ]	feet
[ ]	run
[ ]	Fred
[ ]	whisper

Which word is not a noun?

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

Which noun will you not find in a toyshop?

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

Which noun will you not find in a farm?

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

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

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

'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)

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'.

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.

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	teeth
[ ]	nose
[x]	jump
[ ]	hair

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

Which word is a noun?

[x]	feet
[ ]	run
[ ]	Fred
[ ]	whisper

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

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.

Which noun will you not find in a toyshop?

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

Jigsaw puzzles were invented in 1760.

Which noun will you not find in a farm?

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

Female sheep are called ewes and males are called rams.

'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.

'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.