Nouns 02
The word 'anger' is a noun.

Nouns 02

This KS2 English quiz takes a second look at nouns. You know that nouns are names for people, places and things. They are very often the names of things you can't see, including feelings, ideas and qualities. For example: 'anger' is the name of a feeling, 'equality' is the name of an idea, and 'generosity' is the name of a quality.

This quiz is a little more tricky than our first quiz on nouns, so if you haven't yet played the first one, now is a good time to do so. If you don't get full marks the first time in this quiz, don't worry. Play the quiz again until you are confident you can spot nouns, whether they are proper or abstract.

See how well you know what a noun is by trying this challenging English quiz.

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1.
Find the nouns in the question, remembering to look out for abstract nouns.
The car was valued for its elegance and its reliability.
The, valued, elegance
car, was, its
car, valued, reliability
car, elegance, reliability
'Elegance' and 'reliability' are qualities - they belong to the car, which is a clue that they are nouns.
2.
Find the nouns in the question, remembering to look out for abstract nouns.
The noise of the traffic seeped through the closed windows.
noise, traffic, windows
noise, closed, windows
traffic, seeped, windows
seeped, through, closed
Be careful with this one - 'closed' is an adjective. You couldn't say 'the closed' on its own without 'windows', so this shows that 'closed' is not the noun.
3.
Find the nouns in the question, remembering to look out for abstract nouns.
Love and hate are powerful emotions.
Love, and, hate
Love, are, emotions
Love, hate, powerful
Love, hate, emotions
'Powerful' is an adjective.
4.
Find the nouns in the question, remembering to look out for abstract nouns.
The strength of the swimmers impressed the crowd.
The, of, impressed
strength, swimmers, impressed
strength, swimmers, crowd
the, impressed, crowd
'Impressed' is a verb.
5.
Find the nouns in the question, remembering to look out for abstract nouns.
The interesting programme on the radio was about jazz.
The, programme, about
interesting, programme, radio
programme, on, about
programme, radio, jazz
'On' and 'about' are prepositions.
6.
Find the nouns in the question, remembering to look out for abstract nouns.
David looked at the spider with fear.
David, looked, with
David, spider, fear
looked, the, with
at, spider, fear
'Fear' is an abstract noun - it is a feeling, which is something that you cannot see or touch.
7.
Find the nouns in the question, remembering to look out for abstract nouns.
The new computer and printer were a huge expense.
new, computer, printer
new, were, huge
computer, and, huge
computer, printer, expense
'New' and 'huge' are both adjectives.
8.
Find the nouns in the question, remembering to look out for abstract nouns.
The day was overflowing with happiness and joy.
The, was, overflowing
day, overflowing, joy
day, happiness, joy
was, with, and
'Happiness' and 'joy' are abstract nouns - both are the names of feelings.
9.
Find the nouns in the question, remembering to look out for abstract nouns.
The firemen's bravery was an inspiration.
The, bravery, an
firemen's, bravery, inspiration
firemen's, was, an
was, an, inspiration
'Bravery' and 'inspiration' are both abstract nouns - you know they are nouns because they can belong to someone/something (i.e. her bravery, his inspiration).
10.
Find the nouns in the question, remembering to look out for abstract nouns.
The country took pride in its athletes.
The, country, pride
The, took, athletes
country, pride, athletes
took, in, its
'Took' is a verb.

 

Author:  Sheri Smith

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