Outline for Noun Test
Choose all of the nouns in each sentence. There may be more than one.
1. My mother made the best cookies yesterday.
a.
b.
c.
My
mother
cookies
d.
e.
best
yesterday
2. Many of the books I read are mysteries.
a.
b.
c.
Many
books
I
d.
e.
read
mysteries
3. Scientists discovered that there is life on Mars!
a.
b.
c.
Scientists
discovered
there
d.
e.
life
Mars
Classify each noun as concrete, abstract, and collective– a concrete noun
names a person, place, or thing that can be seen or touched. An abstract
noun names something you can think about, but which you can’t see or touch;
ideas or feelings. A collective noun names a collection of people, animals,
places or things. It is considered to be a singular noun.
4. bridge
a.
b.
c.
concrete
abstract
collective
a.
b.
c.
concrete
abstract
collective
5. trust
6. crew
a.
b.
c.
concrete
abstract
collective
a.
b.
c.
concrete
abstract
collective
7. Mars
An appositive is a word or group of words that follows a noun. It identifies,
describes, or gives more information about the noun. *** It is usually set
off by commas. Identify the appositive in each sentence and the noun it
identifies or explains.
8. Mr. Rossi, our principal, helped us find our way to class.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Appositive: Mr. Rossi
Appositive: our principal
Appositive: helped us
Appositive: our principal
Noun: our principal
Noun: Mr. Rossi
Noun: principal
Noun: class
9. We made lunch, cheesy hot pizza.
a.
b.
c.
d.
10.
Appositive: lunch
Appositive: lunch
Appositive: cheesy hot pizza
Appositive: cheesy hot pizza
Noun: pizza
Noun: cheesy hot pizza
Noun: lunch
Noun: we
Our school, Charles DeWolf Middle School, won the regional
championship.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Appositive:
Appositive:
Appositive:
Appositive:
championship
Noun: school
Charles DeWolf Middle School Noun: school
Charles DeWolf Middle School Noun: championship
school
Noun: Charles DeWolf Middle School
Subject Noun – a noun becomes the subject of a sentence when it does
something or is being talked about.
Object Noun – the object noun is in the predicate part of the sentence or is
the object of the preposition.
Choose “Subject”’ if the underlined noun is being used as a subject, or choose
“Object” if the underlined noun is being used as an object.
11. All children love to go out on Halloween.
a.
subject
b.
object
12. The computer crashed while we were doing our work.
a.
subject
b.
object
13. My sister put a red collar on the puppy.
a.
subject
b.
object
14. The teacher gave us homework.
a.
subject
b.
object
Subject – tells whom or what the sentence is about.
Complete subject – all the words in the subject
Simple subject – the main word
Compound subject – two or more subjects with the same verb
What is the simple subject or subjects in each sentence? Remember there
may be compound subjects.
15. My mother and father took us to the amusement park.
a.
b.
c.
mother
father
amusement
d.
e.
park
mother and father
16. The teacher gave us a new book to read.
a.
b.
c.
teacher
gave
us
d.
e.
book
read
17. During the evening, I wondered if many voters vote on Election Day?
a.
b.
c.
Election Day
voters
I
d.
e.
evening
during
Choose the correct word to complete each box on the chart
SINGULAR
SINGULAR
PLURAL
PLURAL
POSSESSIVE
POSSESSIVE
elf
fish
chimney
salmon
rodeo
girl
18. a.
b.
c.
21. a.
b.
c.
24. a.
b.
c.
27. a.
b.
c.
30. a.
b.
c.
33. a.
b.
c.
elfs
elves
elf’s
fishes’
fish’s
fishs’
chimney’s
chimneys’
chimnies
salmon’s
salmons
salmons’
rodeos
rodeo’s
rodeos’
girls’
girl’s
girle’s
19. a. elfs
b. elves
c. elves’
22. a. fish
b. fishes
c. fishies
25. a. chimnies
b. chimneys
c. chimney’s
28. a. salmon
b. salmon’s
c. salmones
31. a. rodeos
b. rodeoes
c. rodeos’
34. a. girl’s
b. girls’
c. girls
20. a.
b.
c.
23. a.
b.
c.
26. a.
b.
c.
29. a.
b.
c.
32. a.
b.
c.
35. a.
b.
c.
elf’s
elfs’
elves’
fishes’
fish’s
fishies’
chimney’s
chimnies’
chimneys’
salmons’
salmon’s
salmones’
rodeo’s
rodeos’
rodeoes’
girl’s
girls’
girles’