English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 1 Language - Nouns (Singular and Plural) (Questions)

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This quiz will help children's understanding of nouns, both singular and connective, and tackles the nouns given to groups. Being able to use singular and plural 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.

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Find the nouns in the sentence.
The children in the classroom were very quiet during the exam.

[ ]	children, classroom, exam
[ ]	children, quiet, exam
[ ]	the, very, during
[ ]	very, quiet, during

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

Choose the word that best fits into the blank.
The fire ____ for a long time.

[ ]	dances
[ ]	dance
[ ]	burn
[ ]	burns

Choose the word that best fits into the blank.
Two boys ____ on the chairs.

[ ]	speak
[ ]	speaks
[ ]	sit
[ ]	sits

Choose the noun that best fits into the blank.
My ____ eats dinner together.

[ ]	family
[ ]	families
[ ]	children
[ ]	dogs

Which sentence is written correctly?

[ ]	A flag wave.
[ ]	Flags waves.
[ ]	Hair grows on your head.
[ ]	Hairs grows on your head.

Which sentence is written correctly?

[ ]	The baby cry for his mother.
[ ]	Babies cries for their mothers.
[ ]	Flowers blooms in the spring.
[ ]	A flower blooms in the spring.

Choose the verb that best fits into the blank.
The girl ____ with her crayons.

[ ]	color
[ ]	colors
[ ]	dances
[ ]	eats

Which sentence is written correctly?

[ ]	Dogs bark.
[ ]	Dogs barks.
[ ]	Cats meows.
[ ]	A cat meow.

10.

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

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

English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 1 Language - Nouns (Singular and Plural) (Answers)

Find the nouns in the sentence.
The children in the classroom were very quiet during the exam.

[x]	children, classroom, exam
[ ]	children, quiet, exam
[ ]	the, very, during
[ ]	very, quiet, during

'Quiet' is an adjective in this sentence (quiet children). In this sentence, however, 'quiet' is a noun: 'I just want some peace and quiet!'

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.

Choose the word that best fits into the blank.
The fire ____ for a long time.

[ ]	dances
[ ]	dance
[ ]	burn
[x]	burns

The fire burns for a long time.

Choose the word that best fits into the blank.
Two boys ____ on the chairs.

[ ]	speak
[ ]	speaks
[x]	sit
[ ]	sits

One boy sits; two boys sit.

Choose the noun that best fits into the blank.
My ____ eats dinner together.

[x]	family
[ ]	families
[ ]	children
[ ]	dogs

The word 'eats' is a big clue!

Which sentence is written correctly?

[ ]	A flag wave.
[ ]	Flags waves.
[x]	Hair grows on your head.
[ ]	Hairs grows on your head.

You could also say hair grows on your head.

Which sentence is written correctly?

[ ]	The baby cry for his mother.
[ ]	Babies cries for their mothers.
[ ]	Flowers blooms in the spring.
[x]	A flower blooms in the spring.

One flower blooms; two flowers bloom.

Choose the verb that best fits into the blank.
The girl ____ with her crayons.

[ ]	color
[x]	colors
[ ]	dances
[ ]	eats

The word 'colored' would also fit in this sentence.

Which sentence is written correctly?

[x]	Dogs bark.
[ ]	Dogs barks.
[ ]	Cats meows.
[ ]	A cat meow.

One dog barks, but two or more dogs bark.

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, stairs and office. The word 'climbed' is a verb and the word 'he' is a pronoun.