KS1 Singular and Collective Nouns | Group Names of Things

English Quiz - Nouns - Singular and Collective (Questions)

This quiz is for KS1 Year 2 children and any Year 1 children that have played the Nouns - Identifying quiz. The National Curriculum states that children should know what a noun is; this quiz helps their understanding of nouns, both singular and collective, and tackles the nouns given to groups. Being able to use singular and collective nouns, and to tell the difference between them, will boost children’s English writing and literacy knowledge.

A noun is a word given to a commonly used object, place or group. Sometimes we have noun names for groups like ‘people,’ ‘bunch’ and ‘pair.'

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Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	swarm
[ ]	flower
[ ]	flying
[ ]	bees

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	baa
[ ]	herd
[ ]	sheep
[ ]	grass

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	pack
[ ]	table
[ ]	cards
[ ]	playing

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	working
[ ]	set
[ ]	tools
[ ]	wood

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	crowd
[ ]	people
[ ]	person
[ ]	shouting

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	galaxy
[ ]	zoom
[ ]	stars
[ ]	sky

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	banana
[ ]	monkey
[ ]	hand
[ ]	eat

Which word is not a noun? (The picture should help you)

[ ]	shoes
[ ]	pair
[ ]	running
[ ]	laces

'The two women looked through the shop window.' How many nouns are in this sentence?

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

10.

'He climbed up the flight of steps to his office.' How many nouns are in this sentence?

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

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

English Quiz - Nouns - Singular and Collective (Answers)

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	swarm
[ ]	flower
[x]	flying
[ ]	bees

More than one bee is called a swarm.

Which word is not a noun?

[x]	baa
[ ]	herd
[ ]	sheep
[ ]	grass

More than one sheep is called a herd.

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	pack
[ ]	table
[ ]	cards
[x]	playing

We play with a pack of playing cards.

Which word is not a noun?

[x]	working
[ ]	set
[ ]	tools
[ ]	wood

We put a tool in our pocket but a set of tools in a box.

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	crowd
[ ]	people
[ ]	person
[x]	shouting

More than one person makes a crowd or group of people.

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	galaxy
[x]	zoom
[ ]	stars
[ ]	sky

More than one star is called a galaxy of stars.

Which word is not a noun?

[ ]	banana
[ ]	monkey
[ ]	hand
[x]	eat

Sometimes we say a bunch of bananas but the correct noun is a hand of bananas.

Which word is not a noun? (The picture should help you)

[ ]	shoes
[ ]	pair
[x]	running
[ ]	laces

The word 'pair' is a noun and a verb. The picture shows you pairs of shoes but if I asked you to 'pair the shoes' then you would have to match the shoes together.

'The two women looked through the shop window.' How many nouns are in this sentence?

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

The nouns are 'women,' 'shop' and 'window'.

10.

'He climbed up the flight of steps to his office.' How many nouns are in this sentence?

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

The nouns are flight, steps and office. The word 'climbed' is a verb and the word 'he' is a pronoun.