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English Quiz - Nouns 02 (Questions)

Get ready for more noun fun with this KS2 English quiz! You already know nouns are names for people, places, and things. But guess what? Nouns can also be names for things you can't see, like feelings, ideas, and qualities. 'Anger' is a feeling, 'equality' is an idea, and 'generosity' is a quality.

This quiz is a bit trickier than the first one, so if you haven't played it yet, give it a go. If you don't get full marks this time, no worries! Play again until you're super confident spotting nouns, whether they're proper or a bit abstract.

Test your noun skills with this cool and challenging English quiz!

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1. 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
2. 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
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
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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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

 

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English Quiz - Nouns 02 (Answers)
1. Find the nouns in the question, remembering to look out for abstract nouns.
David looked at the spider with fear.
[ ] David, looked, with
[x] 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.
2. 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
[x] day, happiness, joy
[ ] was, with, and
'Happiness' and 'joy' are abstract nouns - both are the names of feelings.
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
[x] 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
[x] 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 firemen's bravery was an inspiration.
[ ] The, bravery, an
[x] 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).
6. 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
[x] car, elegance, reliability
'Elegance' and 'reliability' are qualities - they belong to the car, which is a clue that they are nouns.
7. Find the nouns in the question, remembering to look out for abstract nouns.
The noise of the traffic seeped through the closed windows.
[x] 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.
8. 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
[x] country, pride, athletes
[ ] took, in, its
'Took' is a verb.
9. 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
[x] computer, printer, expense
'New' and 'huge' are both adjectives.
10. 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
[x] programme, radio, jazz
'On' and 'about' are prepositions.