Nouns & Pronouns Assessment
5th Grade
Name_____________________________
9-17-12
List 3 common nouns. _cat___(answers will vary) ___library___________
List 3 proper nouns. __Mc Donald’s__________
____rock______________
___Mrs. Carrie_________
___Rock Band_________
A concrete noun is a person, place, or thing that can be touched, seen, smelled, tasted, or heard. A composer is
a concrete noun. Write a sentence using the word composer.
__Sentences will vary. They must start with a capital letter and end with the correct punctuation._____________
__It must make sense and correctly use the word composer.__________________________________________
An abstract noun is a feeling, idea, characteristic, or quality that cannot be sensed by our five senses. The word
discovery is an abstract noun. Write a sentence using the word discovery.
__The sentence must correctly use the word discovery._It must begin with a capital letter and end with the
__correct punctuation.___________________________________________________________________
A plural noun is more than one noun. Write the plural form of the word musician. __musicans______________
Write a sentence using the plural form of the word musician.
__Follow the above guidelines for sentences.______________________________________________________
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Write the plural form of the following nouns:
Singular Noun
Plural Form
foot
feet
goose
geese
man
men
child
children
Write the possessive form of the following singular nouns.
Singular Noun
Possessive Singular Noun
Sofia
Sofia’s
dog
dog’s
truck
truck’s
Name______________________________________
9-17-12
Write the possessive form of the following plural nouns. Look at the ending of each noun.
Plural Noun
Possessive Plural Noun
boys
boys’
kids
kids’
bosses
bosses’
women
women’s
children
children’s
deer
deer’s
What collective noun refers to a whole bunch of geese? ___gaggle______________________
Rewrite this sentence using personal pronouns.
Kallie thinks Kallie should call Kallie’s friend when Kallie gets home.
_Kallie thinks she should call her friend when she gets home.___________________________________
_This sentence must begin with a capital letter and end with a period._____________________________
Write a sentence using the possessive pronoun mine.
_Follow the same requirements for the other sentences. _________________________________________
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Determine whether each underlined word is an indefinite, reflexive, or relative pronoun. Circle your choice.
Everybody loves my friend Raymond because he is so nice.
Indefinite Pronoun
Reflexive Pronoun
Relative Pronoun
People who speak two languages are bilingual.
Indefinite Pronoun
Reflexive Pronoun
Relative Pronoun
Mrs. Stacey talks to herself when she gets nervous.
Indefinite Pronoun
Reflexive Pronoun
Relative Pronoun
We gave ourselves a pat on the back for finishing the test.
Indefinite Pronoun
Reflexive Pronoun
Relative Pronoun